“媒介事件”和“传播的仪式观”是近年来中文传播研究中被广泛引用的两个概念，但一些引用中，存在着误读、误用。本文想对《媒介事件》和《作为文化的传播》两本书中的相关概念进行重理，以期更为准确地把握这两个概念。

The concepts of “media events” and "ritual view of communication" have been widely cited in Chinese communication research in recent years. However, there are some misunderstandings in these uses, which this article tries to clarify by revisiting “Media Event: The Live Broadcasting of History " by D. Dayan and E. Katz and "Communication as Culture: Essays on Media and Society" by J. W. Carey, in which the two concepts was ?rst put forward.