Football as show: the panoptic character of TV football broadcasts

El fútbol como espectáculo: el carácter panóptico de su transmisión televisiva

Guzzo, Gabriel
Detalles Bibliográficos
2014
televisión
espectáculo
fútbol
panóptico
ángulos de cámara
Television
show
football
panopticon
camera angles
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Universidad Católica del Uruguay
LIBERI
https://revistas.ucu.edu.uy/index.php/revistadixit/article/view/386
https://hdl.handle.net/10895/3424
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Resumen:
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.