ABC Sports. Travis Vogan

Историческая литература. Sport in World History

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ABC Sports


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isbn 9780520966260

Автор произведения Travis Vogan

Жанр Историческая литература

Серия Sport in World History

Издательство Ingram


ABC Sports shaped how the world consumes sport. The American Broadcasting Company&#39;s sports division is behind some of network television&#39;s most significant practices, celebrated personalities, and iconic moments. It created the weekend anthology <I>Wide World of Sports</I>, transformed professional football into a prime-time spectacle with <I>Monday Night Football</I>, fashioned the Olympics into a mega media event, and even revolutionized TV news. Travis Vogan&#39;s cultural and institutional history of ABC Sports examines the development of network sports television in the United States and the aesthetic, cultural, political, and industrial practices that mark it. <I>ABC Sports </I>traces the storied division from its beginnings through the internet age to reveal the changes it endured along with the new sports media environment it spawned.&#160;