Communication and Sport : Surveying the Field
ISBN: 9781412972932 | 1412972930
Format: PaperbackPublisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
Pub. Date: 2/10/2011
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Communication and Sport: Perspectives and Approaches examines a wide array of topics necessary for students to understand sports media, rhetoric, culture, and organizations from micro to macro-level issues. Everything from youth to amateur to professional sports is addressed through varied useful lens such as mythology, community, and identity. Communication and Sport introduces readers to the traditions and vocabulary found in communication scholarship as it then explains what distinguishes communication from related disciplinary approaches, s... MORE
| Introduction to Communication & Sport | |
| Introduction | |
| Communication & Sport | |
| Perspectives and Approaches | |
| Appendices | |
| References | |
| Community in Sport | |
| Introduction | |
| Player #1: The Participant | |
| Player #2: Sports Organizations | |
| Player #3: Sports Media Entities | |
| Pl... MORE | |
| Community of Sport in the 21st Century: Changing âÇ£PlayerâÇ Roles | |
| Appendices | |
| References | |
| Suggested Additional Reading | |
| Sports Fan Cultures | |
| Introduction | |
| Sports Fan Types | |
| Live vs. Mediated Fandom | |
| Fan Rituals | |
| Motives of Sport Spectators | |
| Sport Identification and Fandom | |
| Impact of New Technologies on Sport Fandom | |
| Conclusion | |
| Appendices | |
| References | |
| Suggested Additional Reading | |
| Sports and Mythology | |
| Introduction | |
| Defining Terms | |
| Sports Myth | |
| Sport and Ritual | |
| Sports Heroes | |
| Sports and Religion | |
| Conclusion | |
| Appendices | |
| References | |
| Suggested Additional Reading | |
| Gender and Sports | |
| Introduction | |
| a History of WomenâÇÖs Sports Participation | |
| Hegemonic Masculinity in Sport | |
| Gendered Coverage of Sport | |
| Gendered Language in Sport | |
| Opportunities for Men and Women in Sport | |
| Globalization and Change Agency | |
| Appendices | |
| References | |
| Suggested Additional Readings | |
| Race/Ethnicity and Sports | |
| Introduction | |
| History of Ethnicity in American Sport | |
| Participation and Sport Selection | |
| Media Exposure & Stacking | |
| Media Dialogues | |
| Conclusion | |
| Appendices | |
| References | |
| Suggested Additional Readings | |
| Politics and Nationalism in Sport | |
| Introduction | |
| Sport as Political Resource | |
| Sport and the Language and Politics of War | |
| Sport and National Identity | |
| Sport and Globalization | |
| Sport and Resistance | |
| Conclusion | |
| Appendices | |
| Performing Identity in Sports | |
| Introduction | |
| Performance of Gender & Sexuality | |
| Performance of Race & Ethnicity | |
| Performance of Disability | |
| Conclusion | |
| Appendices | |
| References | |
| Suggested Additional Readings | |
| Communication and Sport in Parent/Child Interactions | |
| Introduction | |
| Changing Sports Culture: Game vs. Sport | |
| Sport Socialization | |
| Parent/Child Sports Interaction | |
| Sex Difference in Parental Influence | |
| Conclusion | |
| Appendices | |
| References | |
| Suggested Additional Reading | |
| Player Coach Relationships in Sports | |
| Introduction | |
| Sport Outcomes and Coaching | |
| Parent/Coach Relationships in Sports | |
| Leadership Orientations | |
| Positive Coaching | |
| Communication Contexts | |
| Conclusion | |
| Appendices | |
| References | |
| Suggested Additional Readings | |
| Small Group/Teams in Sport | |
| Introduction | |
| Small Group Cohesion | |
| Group/Team Processes in Sport | |
| Sport and Communication Cultures | |
| Conclusion | |
| Appendices | |
| References | |
| Suggested Additional Readings | |
| Crisis Communication in Sports Organizations | |
| Introduction | |
| Sensemaking and Information Management | |
| Sport Antopologia | |
| Conclusion | |
| Appendices | |
| References | |
| Suggested Additional Readings | |
| The Commodification of Sport | |
| Introduction | |
| The Sports/Media Complex | |
| Corporate Sponsorship | |
| Nostalgia | |
| Conclusion | |
| Appendices | |
| References | |
| Suggested Additional Readings | |
| Fantasy Sports | |
| Introduction | |
| Fantasy Sports: a Brief History | |
| Rules and Protocols | |
| Motivations for Play | |
| Fantasy Sport Communities | |
| Societal Impact | |
| The Future of Fantasy Sport | |
| Appendices | |
| References | |
| Suggested Additional Readings | |
| Sports & the Future | |
| Introduction | |
| The Future Sports Participant | |
| The Future Sports Organization | |
| The Future Sports Media Entity | |
| The Future Sports Fan | |
| Communication & Sport: Entering Hyper-Drive | |
| Appendices | |
| References | |
| Suggested Additional Readings | |
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