Daniel Dayan

Dayan's work is characterized by an emphasis on visual forms in the mass media. It covers three interrelated areas: the aesthetics of cinema, the anthropology of television, and the sociology of media and publics . Dayan's current research is concerned with understanding the role of media in managing social attention. Dayan focuses on the anthropology of showing: ethnographic explorations of how granting, denying or imposing attention in situations of protest, conflict or controversy contribute to a discussion of the status of visibility in contemporary societies and its role in providing regard. ==Bibliography==