Keywords
Arete, Sport and Society, American Sport History, Winter Olympics, Television, Being there
Subjects
Winter Olympics; Television; Spectators
Introduction
The Olympic experience in person is considerably, perhaps even radically, different from the Olympic experience on television, especially American television. NBC's "virtually live" Olympics, which we were told was necessary during the games from Sydney because of the great time difference, continues at the Winter Games for some complex of other bogus reasons offered up by NBC.
Publication Date
2-21-2002
Document Type
Commentary
Type
Text
Format
application/pdf
Source Title
Sport and Society for Arete
Language
English
Collection
Publication Version
Author's version
Copyright Status
Author retained
College
College of Arts and Humanities
Department
History
Creator (Linked Data)
Crepeau, Richard C., 1941- (VIAF)
Recommended Citation
Crepeau, Richard C., "The Olympics on TV and Live and in Person" (2002). On Sport and Society. 591.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/onsportandsociety/591
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