This has to go down as one of the best Superbowls in a very long time. Las Vegas had a hard time helping helpless gamblers and betters on choosing a team to waste thousands of risky dollars on. These were literally the two best teams the National Football League had to offer. Wherever you put your money at, in the end no matter what you were going to be satisfied. Disappointment levels were extremely low and being an avid sports fanatic, I was all smiles.
The Superbowl is a well-covered event. Apparently Americans love football, or something. This was one of those sporting events when sports journalists have to work an overload spreading media in variety for their respected companies.
Let's start off with the underrated aspect of media in this occasion: Print. All of the endless articles predicting on what the outcome could be. Would it come down to the wire? Or would one of these two great teams make a crucial mistake and have this football game slip through their hands? Then the postgame articles arrive and it's off to the races to see who can type the fastest and get their opinions out and cover all of the important highlights. Also, I'm not sure if this would be included in the Print category but most newspapers, even the local miniscule ones, come out with a witty headline and a cover photo on the back of the paper referring to the latest sporting event. So when the Patriots won, I think the young women of America were pretty pleased seeing Tom Brady's face plastered everywhere.
The second aspect of media is going to be: Video. There were videos of Superbowl coverage everywhere. Whether it was reviewing yet another Marshawn Lynch rebellious encounter with the media or videos of the die-hard fans having a great time at Superbowl weekend; there were videos everywhere. I think anywhere you stick one of these videos, it was placed. Also, whenever a reporter had a chance to have a one-on-one with any of the players or coaches, you better believe those videos were getting uploaded like rapid fire.
The last aspect of media was a strangely efficient one: Audio. I don't know about you but I think it's much easier putting on a radio station then to create a playlist for your daily commute. Assuming we are normal people and not spend six to eight hours watching television, we easily heard the press conferences and player interviews on the radio live. I also appreciate how these sports talk show hosts allow an average joe like you and me call and share our opinion to other listeners.
To conclude this I would just like to give a special shout-out to Katy Perry and her Halftime show performance which is a big deal, depending on who you ask. She isn't my cup of tea and she definitely isn't no Bruno Mars from a year ago but you have to give Miss Perry respect for going out there and rocking the stage with her random colleagues Lenny Kravitz and Missy Elliot. All jokes aside, this Superbowl was a smash hit, breaking records with 114.4 million viewers for the entire night. So you have to give it to these news companies doing their best to keep the world happy and keeping us updated on even the little things that the Superbowl included.
I appreciate your enthusiasm but you were to highlight one specific multimedia article as opposed to general coverage - see Blackboard for your score.
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