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Olympic media : inside the biggest show on television / Andrew C. Billings.
Van Pelt Library GV742.3 .B55 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Billings, Andrew C.
- Series:
- Routledge critical studies in sport
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Television broadcasting of sports--United States.
- Television broadcasting of sports.
- Sports--Social aspects.
- Sports.
- United States.
- Olympics.
- National Broadcasting Company.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 184 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
- Contents:
- Investigating the biggest show on television
- Meet the "framers" : the Olympic producers
- Chronicling history : the Olympic sportscasters
- The star-spangled games? : nationalism and the Olympic telecasts
- Competing on the same stage : gender and the Olympic telecasts
- Dialogue differences in black and white? : ethnicity and the Olympic telecasts
- What do Americans think happened in Torino? : examining media effects
- Looking forward by looking back : reflections on the Olympic telecasts.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-176) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415772508
- 0415772516
- 0203933354
- 9780415772501
- 9780415772518
- 9780203933350
- OCLC:
- 152580906
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