Concept information
Preferred term
global events
Definition
- A global event refers to a large-scale, mass-mediated collective happening that may be planned or unexpected, with limited duration and significant transformative capacities that reach well beyond its physical location. Known variously as mega-events, public events, hallmark events, televised spectacles, or simply public rituals, such planned occasions are spectacular demonstrations of the power to rationally design and then meticulously perform in a controlled way the planned order of collective human activity, in a particular place, during a specific period of time, on an ever growing scale. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Studies; Events, Global]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/global_events
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