The Guardian - Mulier Instituut
The Guardian - Mulier Instituut
The Guardian - Mulier Instituut
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We don’t know that much about the cumulative effect of<br />
such media imagery<br />
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‘Nobody can deny that the Olympics have inspired millions to<br />
take-up watching daytime TV on a regular basis’ (letter to <strong>The</strong><br />
<strong>Guardian</strong> 8 August, 2012)<br />
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Need to find out more about:<br />
the relationship between (mediated) mega events and<br />
people’s lives<br />
how the routinization of the ‘mega-event story’ affects<br />
people’s responses to tales of suffering as well as euphoria