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The Aftermath of a Media Event: A Decade of Journalistic Ambivalence on the Olympic Heritage of the 2004 Olympic Games of Athens

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Eleven years after the 2004 Olympic Games of Athens, Greece is in the middle of a political, economic and social turmoil. The economic crisis that emerged in late 2009 was the cause and starting point for a series of transformations in the political and social domains of the country. Old ‘sinful’ practices were re-evaluated, the ‘promise’ of a course of constant development and prosperity has collapsed and public opinion has become rather more ‘sensitive’ on issues of public expenses. This context has kept alive an existing public debate about the ‘damages’ and the ‘benefits’ caused by the Olympics, though not that intense compared with the years immediately after the Games.

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  1. University of Wolverhampton, UK

    Bianca Mitu

  2. University of Bournemouth, UK

    Stamatis Poulakidakos

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Poulakidakos, S. (2016). The Aftermath of a Media Event: A Decade of Journalistic Ambivalence on the Olympic Heritage of the 2004 Olympic Games of Athens. In: Mitu, B., Poulakidakos, S. (eds) Media Events. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137574282_9

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