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008 110218s2011 nyu 000 0 eng
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020 $a9780415883689 (hardback)
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050 00 $aGV742$b.S676 2011
082 00 $a070.449796$222
084 $aLAN008000$aSOC052000$aSPO066000$2bisacsh
245 00 $aSports media :$btransformation, integration, consumption /$cedited by Andrew C. Billings.
260 $aNew York :$bRoutledge,$c2011.
263 $a1104
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aElectronic media research series
520 $a"Looking toward a future with increasingly hybridized media offerings, Sports Media: Transformation, Integration, Consumption examines sports media scholarship and its role in facilitating understanding of the increasingly complex world of sports media. Acknowledging that consumer demand for sports media content has influenced nearly every major technology innovation of the past several decades, chapters included herein assess existing scholarship while positing important future questions about the role sports media will play in the daily lives of sports fans worldwide. Contributions from well-known scholars are supplemented by work from younger researchers doing new work in this area. Developed for the Broadcast Education Association's Electronic Media Research series, this volume will be required reading for graduate and undergraduate students in media, communication, sociology, marketing, and sports management, and will serve as a valuable reference for future research in sports media"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"This book incorporates many points of view that jointly explore the power inherent in a sports event, whether it is a megasports event such as the Olympics or World Series that is viewed by millions, or a niche sports event such as a college volleyball game that still has been found to have a demonstrable and loyal following. Wenner (1998) coined the term "mediasport" to represent the fusion of these two entities. This book evolves from Wenner's conception, as it covers the national and the international, the male and the female, the athlete and the fan, the traditional and the new. Nevertheless, within all of these wide-ranging issues, the book still underscores information that answers fundamental questions for academics, including: - Who consumes mediasport? - Why do they consume mediasport? - What are the perceived benefits from consuming mediasport? - What is the difference between watching and consuming mediasport? - How do traditional media interact with new media to form modern notions of mediasport? - What trends are increasing within mediasport? - What trends are dissipating within mediasport? - What are the effects of mediasport within modern society? And, perhaps most importantly: - What can the academic community do to advance the understanding and knowledge base within mediasport scholarship? "--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aMass media and sports.
650 0 $aSports$xSocial aspects.
650 7 $aLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism$2bisacsh.
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies$2bisacsh.
650 7 $aSPORTS & RECREATION / Sociology of Sports$2bisacsh.
700 1 $aBillings, Andrew C.