Media Rituals-Living Undocumented
A medial ritual that I found to be precise to the concept of liveness is documentaries. In this case, I would like to focus on the documentary “Living Undocumented” which not only shows the sad reality of many immigrants but also an ongoing issue of our society that while may not be personally faced, can create a connection with the audience. As Couldry quoted from Collins, “ reality as with liveness is a thread throughout its history and is part of a wider ideology of naturalism” (Couldry, 2003) the actions may not be transmitted in real-time but the liveness is still intact, telling truthful experiences from real people. Accordingly, the "Living undocumented" documentary tells the story of eight families whose fate is at a stake of how the migration policies enforce the rules. All their dreams and possibility could be crushed in a matter of seconds, people that were escaping from life-threatening conditions, families seeking a better futur...