Science and Technology Production
Football for Everyone? Soccer, Television, and Politics in Argentina

Book Chapter

Authorship
ALABARCES, PABLO ALEJANDRO ; DUEK Carolina
Date
2013
Publishing House and Editing Place
Routledge
Book
Signal Lost? Sport, Public Broadcasting and Cultura Citizenship (pp. 96-109)
Routledge
ISBN
978-0-415-88603-1
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The article summarizes the history of the relationship between football and television in Argentina, analyzing the plot between private initiatives and public policies, technological innovation and cultural traditions. It also points out what it understands to be the critical tension in the analysis of the case: the tension that oscillates between the logic of the commercial television (soccer as spectacular product) and the playful logic of sports events (the unpredictability of its developmen... The article summarizes the history of the relationship between football and television in Argentina, analyzing the plot between private initiatives and public policies, technological innovation and cultural traditions. It also points out what it understands to be the critical tension in the analysis of the case: the tension that oscillates between the logic of the commercial television (soccer as spectacular product) and the playful logic of sports events (the unpredictability of its development.)
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Key Words
FOOTBALLCITIZENSHIPTELEVISION