Football as show: the panoptic character of TV football broadcasts

Most football fans experience the sport as a TV broadcast. TV, however, has turned football into a media show, and what the viewer perceives is different from the experience of a stadium spectator. This article takes Bentham's panopticon as a starting point and compares it to a football broadca...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Guzzo, Gabriel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Uruguay
Institución:Universidad Católica del Uruguay
Repositorio:LIBERI
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:liberi.ucu.edu.uy:10895/5916
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucu.edu.uy/index.php/revistadixit/article/view/386
https://hdl.handle.net/10895/5916
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:televisión
espectáculo
fútbol
panóptico
ángulos de cámara
Television
show
football
panopticon
camera angles
Descripción
Sumario:Most football fans experience the sport as a TV broadcast. TV, however, has turned football into a media show, and what the viewer perceives is different from the experience of a stadium spectator. This article takes Bentham's panopticon as a starting point and compares it to a football broadcast, finding some similarities between both concepts. To this effect, it sets aside the sound dimension and concentrates on the analysis of variations depending on the chosen system of camera coverage. To conclude, it tries to find resemblances between the panopticon and camera coverage techniques as applied to a TV broadcast of a football match, and also reflects on the implications of this medium in the experience of this sport.