Media and Events in History

by Espen Ytreberg

Book Overview

The most intense hopes and fears of our collective lives centre around large-scale events - from competitions, celebrations and festivals to environmental disasters, pandemics and terror attacks. The media are a crucial part of this process: they enable the planning, resource allocation and circulation of the vital information needed to mount major events. They are also where traces of events are stored for history. In short, large-scale and collective...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509545417
• ISBN13: 9781509545414
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"