Olympic Television: Broadcasting the Biggest Show on Earth

As the Olympic spectacle grows, broadcast coverage becomes bigger, more complex, and more sophisticated. Part sporting event, part reality show, and part global festival, the Olympics can be seen as both intensely nationalistic and a celebration of a shared sense of international community. This book sheds new light on how the Olympic experience has been shaped by television and expanded across multiple platforms and formats.  Combining a multitude of approaches ranging from interviews to content analyses to audience surveys, the book explores the production, influence, and significance of Olympic media in contemporary society. Built on a central case study of NBC’s coverage of the Rio Games in 2016, which is then placed within 20 years of content analyses, the book focuses on the entire Olympic television process from production to content to effects.  Touching on key themes such as race, gender, history, consumerism, identity, nationalism, and storytelling, Olympic Television: Broadcasting the Biggest Show on Earth is fascinating reading for any student or scholar with an interest in sport, media, and the global impact of mega-events.

Business & Money

Billings, Andrew C.

Angelini, James R.

MacArthur, Paul J.

Industries

Routledge

Sex and Violence in the Media

Sex and Violence in the Media, by James R. Angelini, is a unique anthology examining the content and effects of sex and violence in a variety of mediated environments. Scholarly articles in this anthology bring together the work of many noted researchers in the field of mass communication who examine sexual and violent content of television, film, music, video games, and advertising. The articles here provide a balanced view of the current state of scholarly research in this area without being too specialized in the language used, making the text accessible to undergraduates of all levels while still providing the scholarly research for graduate students and beyond. This anthology sets the stage with an examination of how sexual and violent content can impact audience members emotionally, particularly children. This theme carries on throughout, with unique examinations of content including public perceptions of homosexual imagery in advertising, the impact of music videos on teen sexual attitudes, and the appeal and impact of mediated sports violence. James R. Angelini (Ph.D., Indiana University) is an Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Delaware, where he teaches Theories of Mass Communication, among other courses. His current research interests include the cognitive processing of media messages, with foci on sports and advertising. He has published several research articles in journals, including Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, Journal of Advertising, Communication Methods &amp; Measures, Communication Quarterly, Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, Journal of Homosexuality, and Journal of Language and Social Psychology.

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Cognella

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