%0 Journal Article %T Aural Ritual %A Peter Joseph Gloviczki %J Cultural Studies £¿ Critical Methodologies %@ 1552-356X %D 2018 %R 10.1177/1532708617704455 %X I am fascinated by the potential for moments to reveal broader themes within media and everyday life. In this short article, I use autoethnography to explore the aural ritual of listening to a memorial tribute to media celebrities on nightly television news. I hope this article encourages others to use sensory investigation as a methodological tool within the autoethnographic tradition in communication research %K autoethnography %K ethnographies %K methodologies %K ritual %K aural %K television %K memorial %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1532708617704455