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Host Cities and the Olympics : an Interactionist Approach.
Rather than interpreting the Olympics as primarily a sporting event of international or national significance, this book understands the Games as a civic project for the host city that serves as a catalyst for a variety of urban interests over a period of many years from the bidding phase through th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2012.
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| Colección: | Routledge research in sport, culture and society.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The rationale for a new approach; Applying an interactionist approach: Vancouver 2010 and its context; 1 Building an interpretive model: from macro to micro; The Olympics as a mediated event; Developing a micro perspective; Symbolic interactionist theory and the Olympics; Micro-interaction Olympic scenarios; Conclusion; 2 The Olympics as dramaturgy; The city as stage; The emergent storyline and the casting of the drama; An unfolding drama; The plebiscite as act 1: broadening and energizing public interest.
- Conclusion3 Framing: interpreting the Olympics project; Master frames and competing frames; The problem of frame resonance; Issues with competing frames; Counter-framing: organizations and protest; The media and framing; The media and protest; Other issues supporting counter-frames; Conclusion; 4 The public realm; Expectations of public responses to the games; Public space and private space; The Olympics and resident participation modes; The issue of street life during the Olympics; Public spaces in Vancouver; Analyzing the public realm during the Olympics; The street as a performance stage.
- Alternative street eventsThe meaning of the public realm; Conclusion; 5 The host city as a symbolic field; The symbolic power of the Olympics; The Olympics as a symbolic platform; The Olympics and patriotism; Symbols and emotion; Symbols and the public realm; Conclusion; 6 The social media and urban interaction; The internet and new media; Websites; Web searches; Twitter; The social media and public space; Conclusion; 7 The consequences of interaction: public opinion and the Olympics; Interaction and public opinion; Measuring host city public opinion.
- Evidence from the polling of public opinionExplaining the results; Conclusion; 8 Conclusion; The contribution of a micro approach; The contribution of dramaturgy; The urban perspective; Economic values versus other outcomes; Notes; References; Index.