Case Studies in Sport Communication

Name: Case Studies in Sport Communication
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ISBN: 9780275975319

ISBN-10: 0275975312

ISBN-13: 9780275975319

Edition: 2003

Authors: Robert S. Brown, Daniel O'Rourke III, Robert S. Brown, Daniel O'Rourke

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Americans love sports. We play sports, watch sports, read about sports, listen to and talk about sports. Brown and O'Rourke provide an introduction to the study of the narratives that surround the physical and ritualistic activities of sport. Ten critical analyses explore a range of sports as diverse as baseball, whitewater rafting, and full-contact fighting. Among the topics examined are the differences in the broadcasts of NBA and WNBA games and the cultural roots of "hooliganism" in British soccer. This is the only book of its kind to offer a compilation of qualitative research in the area of sport and communication. Faculty will find this to be an invaluable resource for beginning (or…

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List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 12/30/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface



Introduction




The Rhetorical Resurgence of Pete Rose: A Second-Chance Apologia




Hoop Games: A Narrative Analysis of Television Coverage of Women's and Men's Professional Basketball




Dueling Genders: Announcer Bias in the 1999 U.S. Open Tennis Tournament




The Talk of the Town: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Browns' Departure from and Return to Cleveland




Sport, (Dis) Ability, and Public Controversy: Ableist Rhetoric and Casey Martin v. PGA Tour, Inc.




Regulating Sport Rationality in America through the Moral Controversy of Extreme Fighting




The Resignification of Risk in Marketing Whitewater: Ritual Initiation and the Mythology of River Culture




Coachtalk: Good Reasons for Winning and Losing




Metaphor in Sport Policy Debate: Parliament and British Soccer Violence




Fifty-Eight American Dreams: The NBA Draft as Mediated Ritual



Index


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