Power Play: Sport, the Media and Popular CultureAn attractive and engaging book on the link between three key obsessions of the 20th century - sport, media and popular culture. *Looks at a popular area of interest. *Contains particularly strong material on issues of sport and identity. *Authors have a reputation in this area. *Bang up to date. *Attractive design incorporating photographs. |
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Page 61
... television coverage of a sport cluttered with a host of brands and sponsors . Having a core spon- sor such as this paying up to £ 1 million a year also lowers the produc- tion cost for ITV in covering the sport . This linkage by ...
... television coverage of a sport cluttered with a host of brands and sponsors . Having a core spon- sor such as this paying up to £ 1 million a year also lowers the produc- tion cost for ITV in covering the sport . This linkage by ...
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... television snooker and used his contacts to help arrange the series . From television's viewpoint snooker fulfilled a number of its key requirements : the action took place within a confined space easily covered by television cameras ...
... television snooker and used his contacts to help arrange the series . From television's viewpoint snooker fulfilled a number of its key requirements : the action took place within a confined space easily covered by television cameras ...
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... coverage on ITV , 1 November 1998 Between them Goldlust ( 1987 ) , Whannel ( 1992 ) and Blain et al . ( 1993 ) offer comprehensive overviews of the techniques used by television to transform sporting events into television programmes ...
... coverage on ITV , 1 November 1998 Between them Goldlust ( 1987 ) , Whannel ( 1992 ) and Blain et al . ( 1993 ) offer comprehensive overviews of the techniques used by television to transform sporting events into television programmes ...
Contents
A History of Media Sport | 22 |
Television Sport and Sponsorship | 46 |
Why Sport Matters to Television | 67 |
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