Olympic media
Subtitle: inside the biggest show on television
By: Andrew C. Billings.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9780415772518; 9780415772501; 9780203933350
Subjects: National Broadcasting Company, inc; Television broadcasting of sports -- United States; Olympics; Sports -- Social aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Investigating the biggest show on television; title: Meet the "framers" : the Olympic producers; title: Chronicling history : the Olympic sportscasters; title: The star-spangled games : nationalism and the Olympic telecasts; title: Competing on the same stage : gender and the Olympic telecasts; title: Dialogue differences in black and white? : ethnicity and the Olympic telecasts; title: What do Americans think happened in Torino? : examining media effects; title: Looking forward by looking back : reflections on the Olympic telecasts.