Search engine for discovering works of Art, research articles, and books related to Art and Culture
ShareThis
Javascript must be enabled to continue!

More than just music: the seven dimensions of the Eurovision Song Contest

View through CrossRef
AbstractThe Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) is one of the most-watched entertainment programmes in Europe. Apparent national differences in using the show as an instrument for national-cultural representation can be explained by reducing its complexity to seven essential and interconnected ‘dimensions of meaning’.
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Title: More than just music: the seven dimensions of the Eurovision Song Contest
Description:
AbstractThe Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) is one of the most-watched entertainment programmes in Europe.
Apparent national differences in using the show as an instrument for national-cultural representation can be explained by reducing its complexity to seven essential and interconnected ‘dimensions of meaning’.

Related Results

Douze point: Eurovisions and Euro-Divisions in the Eurovision Song Contest – Review of two decades of research
Douze point: Eurovisions and Euro-Divisions in the Eurovision Song Contest – Review of two decades of research
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual international competition held by the European Broadcasting Union. The present article provides an updated review of the academic literatur...
The power of violins and rose petals: The Eurovision Song Contest as an arena of European crisis
The power of violins and rose petals: The Eurovision Song Contest as an arena of European crisis
This paper explores the interconnection between European crises and the Eurovision Song Contest, the largest non-sports-related TV show on earth, which has run as an annual music c...
Media events and European visions: Czech Republic in the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest
Media events and European visions: Czech Republic in the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest
Abstract In this article, the author deals with the relationship between the supposed socio-integrative role of media events, as defined by Dayan and Katz, and the p...
t.A.T.u. You! Russia, the global politics of Eurovision, and lesbian pop
t.A.T.u. You! Russia, the global politics of Eurovision, and lesbian pop
AbstractThe author argues that the success of the Russian pop duo, t.A.T.u., and in particular their participation in the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest, is revealing of the multiple...
Volunteering as Media Work: The Case of the Eurovision Song Contest
Volunteering as Media Work: The Case of the Eurovision Song Contest
This article explores volunteering in relation to the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), which took place in Stockholm in 2016 and in Kyiv in 2017, with the aim of shedding light on vo...
Black Rage: On Cultivating Black National Belonging
Black Rage: On Cultivating Black National Belonging
In performances in Atlanta; Philadelphia; Washington, DC; Los Angeles; Rio de Janeiro; Chicago; and Denver in 2012, Ms. Lauryn Hill carved out space to voice black rage. In videos ...

Back to Top