An event is an event that escapes everyday life or routine.
Determining the etymological origin of the term event is the first step that must be taken to understand its meaning. In that case, we would have to say that it emanates from Latin, specifically from the sum of the prefix “a-“, and the verb “contingere”, which can be translated as “to happen”.
An event is an event or a situation that, because it has some extraordinary characteristic, acquires relevance and manages to attract attention. In modern society, events are collected and reported through the media .
For example: “The arrival of the singer to the town was quite an event” , “The Olympic Games will be the most important sporting event of the year” , “The event was broadcast live on forty-three television channels around the world” .
Characteristics of an event
Events are facts that escape routine or everyday life. If a person leaves their house and encounters a dog or cat, there will be nothing extraordinary about the situation. On the other hand, if you encounter a tiger or a gorilla , this encounter will be an event. Therefore, the situation will become news worth telling and will arouse the interest of journalism , which will communicate the event in newspapers, television, radio and digital media.
It is important to note that an event is not always unexpected or spontaneous. The final of a football tournament is also an event, even when it was known for months that the match was going to be played on day X in stadium Y. In this type of event, coverage by the press is easier to develop since journalists are sent, in advance, to the scene of the events.
It can be said that history is a science that is responsible for recording past events to bear witness to an era and explain the development of societies.
The media record events and make them known to society.
The concept in cinema and literature
Within the world of cinema we find films that use the word that concerns us now in their titles. This would be the case, for example, of “A happy event”. It is a feature film directed by Rémi Bezançon and starring Louise Bourgoin, Pio Marmaï and Josiane Balasko.
Halfway between drama and comedy, this film tells the life of a couple who will soon see how their daily life changes drastically. The culprit? The arrival of a baby, which will mean that parents will have to face moments full of love and others of pure suffering.
Likewise, in the literature there are also works that use the term we analyzed. A clear example is the novel “The Event”, written by Javier Giménez Sasieta. It tells that a group of researchers makes a discovery that can shake the foundations of society; it is considered the most important from a scientific point of view up to that very moment. And a journalist will be aware of this and will come across a series of political and power plots, which will bring to light revenge, secrets, lies and even actions of terrorist groups.