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Physical Activity, Disability and Health in Advertising Campaigns Associated with Major Sporting Events in the World
Physical Activity, Disability and Health in Advertising Campaigns Associated with Major Sporting Events in the World

Author(s): Tomasz Sahaj
Subject(s): Media studies, Health and medicine and law, Sports Studies, Marketing / Advertising
Published by: Uniwersytet Łódzki - Wydział Ekonomiczno-Socjologiczny
Keywords: Physical Activity; Mass Media; Disability; Advertising; Sport; Health;

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the article is to present commercials broadcasted during global sporting events such as the US Super Bowl, the Olympic Games and Paralympics, the world championships, as well as the European Football Championships. While examining the phenomenon of commercials, a quality method was applied, in the form of film content/plot analysis. The commercials were treated as peculiar texts of contemporary culture, an element of wider discourse associated with sport—an important component of postmodern social reality. Nowadays mass media are a universal language of communication of the global world. Public duties also rest with them, the sign of which are advertisements concerning disability, encouraging an active, healthy lifestyle and an escape from diseases associated with the progress of civilization.

  • Issue Year: XIV/2018
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 72-91
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: English