What is a MEDIA SPECTACLE?

Question

I am looking up a lot of information about the media and I am not sure what a media spectacle would be. Can you help me?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

A media spectacle is something that would draw a lot of media attention; the "last" concert of the Who was one, the launch of the Shuttle Challenger was intended to be one, but turned out to be one in quite a different way, things that media would give their right hands to be a part of.

Answer 2

#1 spectacle, November, 2004.  The crowd outside the courtroom in Redwood City, California.  Scott Peterson--Convicted.  Media Spectacle at its worse.