Major Reward and Recognition Events: Transformations and Critical Perspectives

Major Reward and Recognition Events: Transformations and Critical Perspectives is an expert-led book that explores the global growth of major award shows and prize-giving ceremonies since the start of the twentieth century, outlining their key multimodal components, core functions, and transformations over time. It discusses concerns related to social justice, environmental impacts, wellbeing, commercialization, and materialistic excess and evaluates their collective future in an increasingly politically unstable, post-Covid-19 world.

Format: Hardback
Length: 152 pages
Publication date: 24 August 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Since the turn of the 20th century, major award shows and prize-giving ceremonies have experienced a remarkable global growth, attracting attention and resources on an unprecedented scale. In response to this phenomenon, Major Reward and Recognition Events: Transformations and Critical Perspectives, an expert-led and informative volume, delves into the intricate details of these events, exploring their key multimodal components, core functions, and transformative journeys over time.

Given the significant expansion of these events, accompanied by the demand for complex resources and specialized personnel to organize and promote them, this book addresses pertinent concerns related to such gatherings. These concerns encompass social justice and representation, environmental impacts, well-being, commercialization, and materialistic excess. To enhance the reader's understanding, the book is adorned with illustrative tables and images, providing a comprehensive overview of a wide range of award shows and ceremonies. Furthermore, it critically evaluates their collective future in an increasingly politically unstable, post-Covid-19 world grappling with the urgent challenges of global environmental change.

This groundbreaking book serves as an invaluable resource for academics and researchers in critical event studies, communication, and media studies, as well as related social science disciplines. It will also captivate enthusiasts and organizers of major recognition and reward events, offering valuable insights and perspectives into the world of these extraordinary celebrations.

Weight: 460g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367618049