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Super Bowl As A Culture And Media Spectacle Analysis

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There are many reasons for the inactivity of our general populace. However, this essay will focus on how elite professional sport spectacles are a major factor in this increasing problematic trend. More specifically, how the culture around spectating these events and has encouraged inactivity. The video, “Discussion of Super Bowl as a Cultural and Media Spectacle” discusses how television has made the Super Bowl what it is today. In a sense it has formed its own culture and my essay will discuss how this culture shapes an inactive society.

The Super bowl is one of the most watched sporting events around the world. In America it is basically a holiday in which friends and family gather and watch the two best football teams play for the title

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