Event Power: How Global Events Manage and Manipulate

Print length: 202 pages
Language: English
Publication date: 21 February 2013

Name: Event Power: How Global Events Manage and Manipulate
SKU: 9780857025180
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SKU: 9780857025180

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Discover the hidden power dynamics behind global spectacles in ‘Event Power: How Global Events Manage and Manipulate’ by Rojek. This essential read for media and communication studies, and social sciences, unpacks how events like the Olympics and World Cup, from Live Aid to Burning Man, function beyond mere entertainment. Rojek reveals how these global happenings tap into our need for purpose and belonging, offering a sense of empowerment and community. However, he critically exposes how they also serve as tools for ‘invisible government,’ maintaining social inequalities and corporate profits under the guise of charity and representation as resistance. Explore the complex relationship between public participation and elite control in modern society. A captivating analysis for The Bookish Owl readers.

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