Communication and Sport: Surveying the Field - Softcover

Billings, Andrew C.; Butterworth, Michael Laurence; Turman, Paul D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1506315550 ISBN 13: 9781506315553

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2017

Synopsis

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.

 

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About the Author

Andrew C. Billings (PhD, Indiana University) is the Ronald Reagan Chair of Broadcasting and director of the Alabama program in Sports Communication at the University of Alabama. His research interests lie in the intersection of sport, mass media, consumption habits, and identity-laden content.  He is the author and/or editor of nine books, including Olympic Media: Inside the Biggest Show on Television; his writings have been translated into five languages.  Billings is also the author of over 90 refereed journal articles and book chapters in outlets such as the Journal of Communication, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Mass Communication & Society, and the Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media. Dr. Billings serves on many editorial boards, including the journal Communication & Sport, where he currently acts as associate editor.

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1506315550
• ISBN 13: 9781506315553
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 384