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. Ed(S): Price, Monroe E.; Dayan, Daniel - Owning the Olympics - 9780472050321 - V9780472050321
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Owning the Olympics

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Description for Owning the Olympics Paperback. Offers a framework with which to understand the struggles by which multiple entities such as the International Olympic Committee, the Beijing Organizing Committee (BOCOG), corporate sponsors, and the Chinese Communist Party itself are seeking to influence and control the narratives through which these Games will be understood. Editor(s): Price, Monroe E.; Dayan, Daniel. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JMC; JFD; JP; WSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.

"A major contribution to the study of global events in times of global media. Owning the Olympics tests the possibilities and limits of the concept of 'media events' by analyzing the mega-event of the information age: the Beijing Olympics. . . . A good read from cover to cover."
—Guobin Yang, Associate Professor, Asian/Middle Eastern Cultures & Sociology, Barnard College, Columbia University

From the moment they were announced, the Beijing Games were a major media event and the focus of intense scrutiny and speculation. In contrast to earlier such events, however, the Beijing Games are also unfolding in a newly volatile ... Read more

Bringing together a distinguished group of scholars from Chinese studies, human rights, media studies, law, and other fields, Owning the Olympics reveals how multiple entities---including the Chinese Communist Party itself---seek to influence and control the narratives through which the Beijing Games will be understood.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472050321
SKU
V9780472050321
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About . Ed(S): Price, Monroe E.; Dayan, Daniel
Monroe E. Price is Director of the Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS) at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania and Professor of Law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University. Daniel Dayan is Directeur de Recherche at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, a member of the Marcel Mauss Institute (Ecole ... Read more

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