Communication and sport surveying the field

• Main Author: Billings, Andrew C. (Author)
• Other Authors: Turman, Paul D., Butterworth, Michael L.
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles SAGE Publications 2015
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Subjects: Mass media and sports; Communication in sports
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• Physical Description: xvii, 387 pages illustrations 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9781452279138

The Second Edition of Communication and Sport: Surveying the Field offers the most comprehensive and diverse approach to the study of communication and sport available at the undergraduate level. Newly expanded to incorporate the latest topics and perspectives in the field, the New Edition examines a wide array of topics to help readers understand important issues such as sports media, rhetoric, culture, and organizations from both micro- and macro- perspectives. Everything from youth to amateur to professional sports is addressed in terms of mythology, community, and identity; issues such as fan cultures, racial identity and gender in sports media, politics and nationality in sports, and sports and religion are explored in depth, and provide useful, applied insight for readers. Practical and relevant, epistemologically diverse, and theoretically grounded, the Second Edition of Billings, Butterworth, and Turman's text keeps readers on the cutting-edge.