Communication and Sport

Surveying the Field
5. Revised Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-0719-2233-0
Verlag: Sage Publications Inc Ebooks

Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Format (B × H): 187 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 480 g

Communication and Sport: Surveying the Field examines a wide array of topics necessary for your students to understand sports media, rhetoric, culture, and organizations from micro to macro-level issues. In response to changes in the sporting landscape, the Fifth Edition features an extensive structural change and reorganization with newly designed units and chapters.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Billings, Andrew C.

Butterworth, Michael L.

Lewis, Nicky

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
About the Book
New for the Fifth Edition
Features of the Book
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction to Communication and Sport
Communication and Sport
Perspectives and Approaches
Conclusion
Chapter 2: Theoretical Approaches to Communication & Sport
Communication Theory Defined
Theories of Media and Society
Theories of Sport Professions
Theories of Language and Symbols
Conclusion
Suggested Additional Reading
Chapter 3: Interpersonal Interactions
Sport Culture: Game Versus Sport
Sport Socialization
Family Sports Interaction
Coaching and Sport Outcomes
Parent–Coach Interactions
Peer Interactions
Other Communication Contexts
Conclusion
Suggested Additional Reading
Chapter 4: Small Group and Team Interactions
Team/Group Cohesion
Group/Team Processes in Sport
Sport and Communication Cultures
Conclusion
Suggested Additional Reading
Chapter 5: Legacy Media Interactions
Legacy Media in Society
Legacy Media and Sport Professions
Language and Symbols in Legacy Media
Conclusion
Suggested Additional Reading
Chapter 6: Social and User-Generated Media Interactions
Social Media and UGC in Society
Coaching and Sport Outcomes
Parent–Coach Interactions
Peer Interactions
Other Communication Contexts
Conclusion
Suggested Additional Reading
Chapter 4: Small Group and Team Interactions
Team/Group Cohesion
Group/Team Processes in Sport
Sport and Communication Cultures
Conclusion
Suggested Additional Reading
Chapter 5: Legacy Media Interactions
Legacy Media in Society
Legacy Media and Sport Professions
Language and Symbols in Legacy Media
Conclusion
Suggested Additional Reading
Chapter 6: Social and User-Generated Media Interactions
Social Media and UGC in Society
Social Media, UGC, and Sport Professions
Language and Symbols in Social Media and UGC
Conclusion
Suggested Additional Reading
Chapter 7: Sports Storytelling
Sport as Entertainment
The Practice of Sports Storytelling
The Practice of Sports Storytelling
Conclusion
Suggested Additional Reading
Chapter 8: Sport and Mythology
The Language of Myth
Sport Myth
Sport and Ritual
Sport Heroes
Sport as Religion
Conclusion
Suggested Additional Reading
Chapter 9: Media Representations of Sports Identity
Gender Representations in Sports Media
Racial Representations in Sports Media
Additional Identity Representations in Sports Media
Conclusion
Suggested Additional Reading
Chapter 10: Performing Identity in Sports
Performance of Gender and Sexuality
Performance of Race and Ethnicity
Performance and Disability
Performance and Disability and Mental Health
Performance and Disability and Mental Health
Suggested Additional Reading
Chapter 11: Sport and Politics
Sport as a Political Resource
Sport and the Language of Politics and War
Sport and Globalization
Sports Diplomacy and Sportswashing
Sports and Activism
Conclusion
Suggested Additional Readin
Chapter 12: Sport & National Identity
Facets of National Identity
Nation Branding
Sport and National Identity
Sport and Globalization
Transnational and Multinational Identity
Conclusion
Suggested Additional Reading
Chapter 13: Commericalism and Sport
The Sports/Media Complex
Corporate Sponsorship
Nostalgia
Conclusion
Suggested Additional Reading
Chapter 14: Reputation and Crisis Management in Sport
Situational Crisis Communication Theory
Image Repair and Apologia
Conclusion
Suggested Additional Reading
Chapter 15: Sports Gaming
Fantasy Sports
Sports Gambling
Conclusion
Suggested Additional Reading

Über Autor(innen)

Butterworth, Michael L.
Dr. Michael L. Butterworth (Ph.D., Indiana University, 2006) is the Director of the Center for Sports Communication & Media, the Governor Ann W. Richards Chair for the Texas Program in Sports and Media, and Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at The University of Texas at Austin. His research explores the connections between rhetoric, democracy, and sport, with particular interests in national identity, militarism, and public memory. He is the author of Baseball and Rhetorics of Purity: The National Pastime and American Identity during the War on Terror, co-author (with Andrew Billings and Paul Turman) of Communication and Sport: Surveying the Field, editor of Sport and Militarism: Contemporary Global Perspectives, and co-editor (with Daniel A. Grano) of Sport, Rhetoric, and Political Struggle. Dr. Butterworth’s essays have appeared in journals such as Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, Communication and Sport, Communication, Culture & Critique, Critical Studies in Media Communication, the International Review for the Sociology of Sport, the Journal of Communication, the Journal of Sport & Social Issues, the Quarterly Journal of Speech, and Rhetoric & Public Affairs. Dr. Butterworth serves as Vice Chair of the Sports Communication Interest Group for the International Communication Association. He previously served as the Chair of the Communication and Sport Division for the National Communication Association and was the Founding Executive Director of the International Association for Communication and Sport. Dr. Butterworth earned his Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Public Culture at Indiana University-Bloomington and has an M.A. in Communication and a B.A. in Political Science from Northern Illinois University. He is an avid Chicago Cubs fan and can easily be distracted with conversations about sports, politics, and music.

Billings, Andrew C.
Dr. Andrew C. Billings (Ph.D., Indiana University, 1999) is the Ronald Reagan Chair of Broadcasting, Executive Director of the Alabama Program in Sports Communication, and Professor in the Department of Journalism & Creative Media at the University of Alabama. His research interests lie in the intersection of sport, mass media, and consumption habits. With 20 books and over 200 journal articles and book chapters, he is one of the most published sports media scholars in the world. His books include Olympic Media: Inside the Biggest Show on Television (Routledge, 2008), Mascot Nation: The Controversy Over Native American Mascots in Sports (with Jason Edward Black, University of Illinois Press, 2019), Media and the Coming Out of Gay Male Athletes in American Team Sports (with Leigh M. Moscowitz, Peter Lang, 2019) and The Rise and Fall of Mass Communication (with William L. Benoit, Peter Lang, 2020). His journal outlets include the Journal of Communication, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Communication & Sport, Mass Communication & Society, and the Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media. His writings have been translated into five languages. He has lectured in nations around the world, from Spain to China to Austria. He serves as Associate Editor for both Communication & Sport and Journal of Global Sport Management as well as a book series, “Communication, Sport, and Society” with Peter Lang Press. His work in the classroom has also earned him many teaching awards. He has been interviewed over 600 times by media outlets ranging from The New York Times to The Los Angeles Times to ESPN. Billings has also consulted with many sports media agencies and is a past holder of the Invited Chair of Olympism at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Before joining the faculty at Alabama, he was at Clemson University (1999-2001). He is an avid Green Bay Packers fan and pop culture watcher.