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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Andrew C. Billings , James R. Angelini , Paul J. MacArthurPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.385kg ISBN: 9781138930322ISBN 10: 1138930326 Pages: 242 Publication Date: 15 August 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: Olympic Television: Broadcasting the Biggest Show on Earth 1. Stories We Tell: The Development of Olympic Television 2. Stories Shaped: Interviews with NBC Producers and Sportscasters 3. Nationalized Stories: Portraying US vs. Portraying ‘The World’ 4. Stories Segmented by Biological Sex: Men and Women in the Thirty-First Olympiad 5. Racialized Stories: Stacking and Difference at the Rio Games 6. Stories Reverberated: The Impact of Olympic Media Consumption 7. Deciphering Stories: The Legacy and Future of Olympic MediaReviewsAuthor InformationAndrew C. Billings is the Ronald Reagan Chair of Broadcasting and Executive Director of the Alabama Program in Sports Communication in the Department of Journalism and Creative Media at the University of Alabama, U.S. He has published and/or edited 15 books, including Olympic Media: Inside the Biggest Show on Television (Routledge, 2008) and The Fantasy Sport Industry: Games within Games (Routledge, 2014), as well as over 140 academic journal articles and book chapters mostly focusing on the intersecting roles of media, sport, and identity. James R. Angelini is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Delaware, U.S. He has published 29 articles in outlets such as the Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, Sport in Society, and the Journal of Language and Social Psychology. His research interests include the cognitive processing of media with a focus on mediated sports and identity. Paul J. MacArthur is a Professor of Public Relations and Journalism at Utica College, U.S. His research interests include the Olympics, mediated sport, cable television, media law, media history, sports history, winter sports and professional wrestling. A veteran of the cable television and radio industries and an accomplished freelance writer, MacArthur’s writings have appeared in multiple publications including Smithsonian.com, Down Beat, The Houston Press, VERMONT Magazine, and Skiing Heritage: The Journal of the International Skiing History Association. He has also co-authored more than a dozen refereed articles focusing on television presentation of the Olympic Games. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |