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Record Nr.

UNINA9910975198303321

Autore

Boyle Raymond <1966->

Titolo

Power play : sport, the media and popular culture / / Raymond Boyle and Richard Haynes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2009

ISBN

9786612136566

9780748671083

0748671080

9781282136564

1282136569

9780748635948

0748635947

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 254 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Altri autori (Persone)

HaynesRichard <1966->

Disciplina

306.483

Soggetti

Mass media and sports - Great Britain

Sports - Social aspects - Great Britain

Sports and state - Great Britain

Mass media - Social aspects - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous ed.: Harlow: Longman, 2000.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-239) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Sport, the Media and Popular Culture -- 2. All Our Yesterdays : A History of Media Sport -- 3. A Sporting Triangle : Television, Sport and Sponsorship -- 4. Power Game : Why Sport Matters to Television -- 5. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Media Sport and Stardom -- 6. The Race Game : Media Sport, Race and Ethnicity -- 7. Playing the Game : Media Sport and Gender -- 8. Games Across Frontiers : Mediated Sport and National Identity -- 9. The Sports Pages : Journalism and Sport -- 10. Consuming Sports : Fans, Fandom and the Audience -- 11. Conclusion : Sport in the Digital Age -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Praise for the first edition: 'An excellent book that tries to come to grips with the ever-increasing role of sport in the media as a particular phenomenon of 20th-century popular culture. 'European Journal of



Communication (2000) 'Excellent, well written and informative... of interest and use to a wider constituency. 'Times Higher Education Supplement (May 2000) The fully revised and updated version of this classic text examines the link between three key obsessions of the 21st century: the media, sport and popular culture. Gathering new material from around the 2007 Rugby World Cup, the Beijing Olympics and the rise of new sports stars such as boxing's Amir Khan and cycling's Victoria Pendleton, the authors explore a wide range of sports, as well as issues including nationalism, gender, race, political economy and the changing patterns of media sport consumption. For those interested in media and sport the second edition combines new and original material with an overview of the developing field of media sport, and examines the way in which the media has increasingly come to dominate how sport is played, organized and thought about in society. It traces the historical evolution of the relationship between sport and the media and examines the complex business relationships that have grown up around television, sponsors and sport. Covers the following topics: the history of media in sport; television, sport and sponsorship; why sport matters to television; sports stars; sports journalism; fans and the audience; sport in the digital media economy.