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Sportscasters/Sportscasting Principles and Practices

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ISBN-10: 0789018268

ISBN-13: 9780789018267

Edition: 2009

Authors: Linda Fuller

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How does one become a sportscaster? Sportscasters/Sportscasting: Principles and Practices is a crucial sourcebook that explains the profession from top to bottom. This comprehensive text brings together the foundational information every budding sportscaster needs to know to get a start in this multimillion dollar business. This valuable source provides essential knowledge about the craft of sportscasting, including its history, economics, audiences, and vital information about how to actually get involved in the practicalities of sportscasting. In addition to the text, an accompanying online Instructor's Manual, Exercises in Sportscasting, offers creative ideas and exercises to enhance the…    
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Book details

List price: $60.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 6/20/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 392
Size: 6.10" wide x 8.98" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

LINDA K. FULLER, Ph.D., is Professor of Communications at Worcester State College. She is the author/(co-) editor of more than 20 books, including "The Cosby Show" (1992), "Community TV in the U.S." (1994), and "Dictionary of Quotations in Communications" (1997). Awarded Fulbright scholarships to teach in Singapore in 1996 and do AIDS research Senegal in 2002, she has also been a Visiting Scholar at Northeastern University.

Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction to Sport, Sportscasters, and Sportscasting
Organization
Exercises in Sportscasting
The Historical Development of Sports and Sportscasting
Radio
Television
The Economics of Sports, Sportscasters, and Sportscasting
Sports Advertisers and Advertising
Sport Tourism
Sports Marketing and Management
The Sports-Media Complex
Sportscaster Earnings
Sports Sponsorship
Audiences for Sports and Sportscasting
U.S. Sports Spectators
Sports Spectators around the World
Sports Spectators for Special Events
The Role of Media in Sports and Sportscasting
Print Sports Media
Sportswriters/Sportswriting
Sports Journalism/Sports Journalists
Sports Print Media Today
Sports Media: Broadcasting and Beyond
Radio
Television
Sports/Television
Controversies
Beyond Broadcasting
Sportscasters
Sportscaster Profiles
Sociocultural Perspectives on Sports and Sportscasting
The Pervasiveness and Salience of Sports
Role Modeling/Heroes
Sociological Issues Relative to Sportscasting
Race
Drugs, Gambling, and Violence
Practicum on Sportscasting
Becoming a Sportscaster
Sports Journalism: Writing
Sports Journalism: Broadcasting
Specific Sports(Casting)
Sports Psychology
Future Concerns and Considerations about Sports and Sportscasting
Technology
Sports Stadiums
Politics and Legalities
Ethics
You and the Future of Sportscasters/Sportscasting
Acronyms
Autobiographies, Biographies, and Books about Sports Journalists
Sportscasters: A Partial Listing
Sportscasting-related Journals, Periodicals, Magazines, Newspapers, and E-zines
Sportscasting-related Resources for Racial Minorities
Sportscasting-related Resources for Women
Sportscasting-related Schools, Libraries, Museums, and Archives
Sportscasting-related Web Sites
Sports Halls of Fame
Sports Networks
Sports and Sportscasting-related Organizations
Worldwide Sports
Glossary
References
About the Author
Index