Espen Ytreberg is Professor of Media Studies at the University of Oslo.

Acknowledgements
Part 1: Concepts and theories
Chapter 1 Understanding large-scale events
Chapter 2 Trans-ports: Key concepts for large-scale events
Chapter 3 Return of the event in history, media critique and media studies
Part 2: Cases and histories
Chapter 4 Planned events
Chapter 5 Media-planned events
Chapter 6 Nonplanned events
Conclusion: The challenges and limits of events
Notes
Bibliography
Index