Abstract:How Olympics reporters understand the Games and their role within them has implications for what and how they report. At stake in journalists’ storytelling choices are the representations of the Olympics themselves as well as representations of the host city and country — representations that can serve to bolster powerful institutions and dominant ideologies, or to challenge them and open new opportunities for change. Despite the importance of journalists to the production of the Olympic spectacle, there has b… Show more
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