The Affect of the Media

The Olympic games are a “coming together of athletes around the world” (Prohaska). With all of the athletes and competition comes the media to capture every moment for the viewers at home. There were over 10,000 media representatives and about 3 billion television viewers from around the world. The Games were even broadcasted in twenty-two different languages ("Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics | Olympic Videos, Photos, News."). All of the media coverage helps to bring in more people in the future. Now, more people will travel to Whistler Mt. to ski because it is “good enough for Olympians”. The Olympics will help change people’s views of different countries and sports because of the amount of coverage of the Games.
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