Media is everywhere. It has become engrained in every part of our lives. As our media literacy, access, and usage has evolved exponentially, we have an all-encompassing need and desire to no longer just be a bystander or spectator, but to be an active participant.
We, the audience, remain captivated, enthralled, and yearn for this interdependent relationship with the media we consume, in all its outlets. This connection culminates in what we call,
The Media Spectacle
. It is the place where truth, media, entertainment, and great consequences are merged into one.
These Media Spectacles, their elements, the reasons for society's overwhelming fascination with them, the global reach they have, the evolution of the nature of the viewership, and how the progression of digital media and social paradigms has transcended the experience is the focus of this book.
The goal is simple - to define, discuss, analyze, and understand this incredible phenomenon known as the Media Spectacle. It has affected every person who has consumed media in the last century and continues to do so.