From substance to image: the role of media in megaprojects execution arena

Marcos Lopez Rego; Helio Arthur Reis Irigaray; Raphael Zündt von Kentzingen

doi:10.1080/10978526.2021.1915153

From substance to image: the role of media in megaprojects execution arena

Marcos Lopez Rego^*, Helio Arthur Reis Irigaray, Raphael Zündt von Kentzingen

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Abstract

The goal of this study is to understand the role of media in megaprojects, specifically, how the media impacted the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The data was collected from four of the leading newspapers in the USA, England, and Brazil. Interviews were conducted with project team members. Twelve issues that impacted the Games were identified and analyzed according to megaproject sublime dimensions and megaproject symbolic dimensions. We concluded that the media portrayed the management of Rio 2016 in a negative light. The twelve issues were grouped into three dimensions: unpredictable risks, scope-related problems, and corruption issues. The study contributes to our understanding of megaevents and megaprojects from a different perspective.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	225-253
Number of pages	29
Journal	Latin American Business Review
Volume	23
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/10978526.2021.1915153
Publication status	Published - 2022

Keywords

Corruption
Mass media
Megaprojects
Olympic games

UN SDGs

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