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Communication and Sport
Surveying the Field
Third Edition
- Andrew C. Billings - University of Alabama, USA
- Michael L. Butterworth - University of Texas at Austin, USA
- Paul D. Turman - Nebraska State College System, Lincoln, NE, South Dakota Board of Regents, USA
April 2017 | 384 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Communication and Sport: Surveying the Field, Third Edition examines a wide array of topics necessary to understand sports media, rhetoric, culture, and organizations from micro- to macro-level issues. All levels of sports are addressed through varied lenses such as mythology, community, and identity. The Third Edition is newly expanded to incorporate the latest topics and perspectives in the field such as fan cultures; racial identity and gender in sports media; politics and nationality in sports; crisis communication in sports organizations and more.
Chapter 1: Introduction to Communication & Sport
Chapter 2: COMMUNITY IN SPORT
Chapter 3: SPORTS MEDIA: NAVIGATING THE LANDSCAPE
Chapter 4: SPORT FAN CULTURES
Chapter 5: SPORTS AND MYTHOLOGY
Chapter 6: GENDER IN SPORT
Chapter 7: RACE AND ETHNICITY IN SPORT
Chapter 8: POLITICS AND NATIONALISM IN SPORT
Chapter 9: PERFORMING IDENTITY IN SPORTS
Chapter 10: COMMUNICATION AND SPORT IN PARENT–CHILD INTERACTIONS
Chapter 11: PLAYER–COACH RELATIONSHIPS IN SPORTS
Chapter 12:SMALL GROUPS/TEAMS IN SPORT
Chapter 13: CRISIS COMMUNICATION IN SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS
Chapter 14: THE COMMODIFICATION OF SPORT
Chapter 15: SPORTS GAMING
Chapter 16: COMMUNICATION AND SPORT IN THE FUTURE