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Clockwise from top left: London 2012 logo; River Lea; tube advertisement; building the main
stadium; boys watching the construction; Evening Standard selling the “London Olympic Party
Guide in August 2008;” Olympic celebration at Buckingham Palace. Pictures by Kari Kramer
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Abstract
"Gold Rush" focuses on the British government's broken promises to regenerate London and improve the lives of the city's people in preparation for the 2012 Summer Olympics. The piece presents evidence of unrealistic goals made by Games' officials in conjunction with the U.K. media's idealistic hype surrounding the preparations and progress of the beloved, world-renowned 16-day sporting extravaganza. Together the politicians and press fantasize about a fairytale festival of unity, pride and patriotism, but during their search for gold the author visits the modernization of historic sites, talks to deprived and disadvantaged citizens and shows a fragile sense of existence as the local people reveal what they've really been going through for several years leading up to this expensive and destructive fleeting event.
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Asset Metadata
Creator
Kramer, Kari Scott
(author)
Core Title
Gold rush [images]
School
Annenberg School for Communication
Degree
Master of Arts
Degree Program
Journalism (Print Journalism)
Degree Conferral Date
2009-08
Publication Date
08/07/2009
Defense Date
08/06/2009
Publisher
University of Southern California
(original),
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Tag
2012,British,london,media,OAI-PMH Harvest,Olympics,propaganda,Regeneration
Format
1 page
(extent)
Language
English
Contributor
Electronically uploaded by the author
(provenance)
Advisor
Celis, William, III (
committee chair
), Castañeda, Laura (
committee member
), Kun, Joshua (
committee member
)
Creator Email
karikramerucr@aol.com,kskramer@usc.edu
Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/usctheses-c127-15528
Unique identifier
UC113778592
Identifier
usctheses-c127-15528 (legacy record id)
Legacy Identifier
etd-Kramer-3172-images
Dmrecord
15528
Document Type
Thesis
Format
1 page (extent)
Rights
Kramer, Kari Scott
Internet Media Type
application/pdf
Type
texts
Source
University of Southern California
(contributing entity),
University of Southern California Dissertations and Theses
(collection)
Repository Name
Libraries, University of Southern California
Repository Location
Los Angeles, California
Repository Email
cisadmin@lib.usc.edu
Tags
media
propaganda