The Olympics, Media and Society

Fans of the Olympic Games would find it difficult, if not impossible, to experience them without the media as intermediary. This book performs the important task of analysing ways in which the media serves as both an integral component and an arbiter of the Games for society. This book was originally published as a special issue of Mass Communication and Society.

Author: Kim Bissell
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 07/18/2015
Pages: 184
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781138944329

About the Author

Kim Bissell is the Director of the Institute for Communication and Information Research, and the Associate Dean for Research in the College of Communication and Information Sciences at the University of Alabama, USA. She has published more than 30 research articles in peer reviewed journals and several book chapters. Her research interests include the intersection of media, health, and sport in the context of media effects and media messages.

Stephen D. Perry is the Editor of Mass Communication and Society, and is the Mass Media Coordinator and Professor at Illinois State University, USA. He is co-author of Communication Theories for Everyday Life (2003) and author of A Consolidated History of Media (2005), as well as many book chapters and research articles in peer-reviewed journals. His research interests include media effects on society, and media history.