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Billings, Andrew C.

Olympic media : inside the biggest show on television / Andrew C. Billings. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2008. - xiv, 184 p. ; 24 cm. - Routledge critical studies in sport . - Routledge critical studies in sport. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-176) and index.

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.

ISBN: 0415772508 (hbk.) 9780415772501 (hbk.) 0415772516 (pbk.) 9780415772518 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2007027037

Subjects--Corporate Names:
National Broadcasting Company.
National Broadcasting Company.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Television broadcasting of sports--United States.
Olympics.
Sports--Social aspects.
Olympics.
Sports--Social aspects.
Television broadcasting of sports.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.

LC Class. No.: GV 742.3 / .B55 2008