Rethinking media events: Large screens, public space broadcasting and beyond

New Media and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 567-582

  Mcquire, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Broadcasting; Large screens; New media art; Public culture; Public space; Surveillance; Television; Urban spectacle

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953717758     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444809342764     Document Type: Article

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