Documenting the Beijing Olympics

This book focuses on the processes of documenting the Beijing Olympics - ranging from the visual (television and film) to radio and the written word - and the meanings generated by such representations.
It was published as a special issue of Sport in Society.

List of contents

1. Documenting the Beijing Olympics: An introduction 2. The cultural legacy of Olympic posters 3. The ‘caged torch procession’: celebrities, protesters and the 2008 Olympic torch relay in London, Paris and San Francisco 4. ‘Betwixt and Between’: Reflections on the ritual aspects of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics 5. Media representation of volunteers at the Beijing Olympic Games 6. China’s media viewed through the prism of the Beijing Olympics 7. The communication gesture of the Beijing Olympic Games 8. Framing China and the world through the Olympic opening ceremonies, 1984-2008 9. A study of Guangdong TV’s Olympics coverage strategy 10. Personal, popular and information portals - Olympic news and the use of mobile phones among migrant workers in Fuzhou 11. Olympiad, a place of linguistic struggle – The discursive constitution of ‘human rights’ in the 2008 Beijing Olympics 12. Public diplomacy games: A comparative study of American and Japanese responses to the interplay of nationalism, ideology and Chinese soft power strategies around the 2008 Beijing Olympics 13. Human rights and the Olympic Movement after Beijing 14. The tricolour in Beijing: Indian sport, Olympism and nationalism

Summary

This book focuses on the processes of documenting the Beijing Olympics – ranging from the visual (television and film) to radio and the written word – and the meanings generated by such representations. It was published as a special issue of Sport in Society.

Product details

• Authors: D.p. Latham Martinez
• Assisted by: Kevin Latham (Editor), Latham Kevin (Editor), D.P. Martinez (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.05.2015
• EAN: 9781138880573
• ISBN: 978-1-138-88057-3
• Series: Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; China, History, Media Studies, SPORTS & RECREATION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SPORTS & RECREATION / Olympics & Paralympics, Humanities, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, SPORTS & RECREATION / Cultural & Social Aspects, Olympic & Paralympic games, Olympic and Paralympic games