{"product_id":"media-and-events-in-history-hardback-9781509545407","title":"Media and Events in History (Hardback) 9781509545407","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMedia and Events in History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEspen Ytreberg (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509545407, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 2 September 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.8 x 2 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e''This book is impressive for its clarity, accessibility, interdisciplinarity, critical approach and its mastery of the massive literature on the idea of the event.''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Burke\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniversity of Cambridge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e''Espen Ytreberg’s book is a powerful account of the media’s role in the narration and construction of large-scale events in the West, from nineteenth-century industrialisation up to our times. While many media researchers are mesmerised by the here and now, Ytreberg brings a much-needed historical nuance to our understanding of events in media. He also offers a rare focus on the building blocks of events, highlighting the importance of the infrastructures that support them. A must-read for anyone interested in events as they shape societies over time.''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulia Sonnevend, \u003ci\u003eThe New School for Social Research\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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 events have been, and still are, mediated.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStarting from nineteenth-century industrialisation, \u003ci\u003eMedia and Events in History\u003c\/i\u003e explains how contemporary life has become saturated with events. It discusses how they have come to involve extensive infrastructures, forms of control and anticipation, attention and participation, contingency and transformation, and articulations of the past and the future. Synthesising and developing insights from history, media studies, philosophy and the social sciences, Ytreberg surveys the rise of event-planning via mediation, and exposes the historical driving forces behind ‘media events’, global ‘mega-events’ and ‘pseudo-events’.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRevealing the importance of events in history, this eye-opening book will be of interest to students of media studies, history, historical sociology and cultural history, as well as the general reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part 1: Concepts and theories\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1 Understanding large-scale events\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2 Trans-ports: Key concepts for large-scale events\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3 Return of the event in history, media critique and media studies\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part 2: Cases and histories\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4 Planned events\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5 Media-planned events\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6 Nonplanned events\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: The challenges and limits of events\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441808044312,"sku":"9781509545407","price":45.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509545407.jpg?v=1785026377","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/media-and-events-in-history-hardback-9781509545407","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}