Communication and Sport: Surveying the Field / Edition 3

by Andrew C. Billings, Michael L. Butterworth, Paul David Turman

Overview

Communication and Sport: Surveying the Field provides students with an understanding of sports media, rhetoric, culture, and organizations through an examination of a wide range of topics. Authors Andrew C. Billings and Michael L. Butterworth address everything from youth to amateur to professional sports through varied lenses, including mythology, community, and identity. A comprehensive focus on communication scholarship gives attention to the ways that sports produce, maintain, or resist cultural attitudes about race, gender, sexuality, class, and politics. The Fourth Edition includes new interviews with prominent figures in the field and new discussions on current events like the Black Lives Matter movement and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781506315553
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	03/08/2017
Edition description:	Third Edition
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

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.

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.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Chapter 1. Introduction to Communication and Sport
Communication and Sport
Perspectives and Approaches
References
Chapter 2. Community in Sport
Player 1: The Participant
Player 2: Sports Organizations
Player 3: Sports Media Entities
Player 4: The Fan
Community of Sport in the 21st Century: Changing “Player” Roles
References
Suggested Additional Reading
Chapter 3. Sport Media: Navigating the Landscape
Sport and Traditional Media
Sport and New Media
Sport and Social Media
Sport and User-Generated Media
Conclusion
References
Suggested Additional Reading
Chapter 4. Sport Fan Cultures
Sport Fan Types
Sport Fan Motivations
Sport Fan Identification
Sport Fan Rituals
Fan Communities Online
Conclusion
References
Suggested Additional Reading
Chapter 5. Sport and Mythology
The Language of Myth
Sport Myth
Sport and Ritual
Sport Heroes
Sport as Religion
Conclusion
References
Suggested Additional Reading
Chapter 6. Gender in Sport
A History of Women’s Sports Participation
Hegemonic Masculinity in Sport
Gendered Coverage of Sport
Gendered Language in Sport
Categorical Differences in Gendered Media Dialogue
Opportunities for Men and Women in Sport
Globalization and Change Agency
References
Suggested Additional Reading
Chapter 7. Race and Ethnicity in Sport
History of Ethnicity in American Sport
Participation and Sport Selection
Media Exposure and Stacking
Media Dialogues
Conclusion
References
Suggested Additional Reading
Chapter 8. Politics and Nationalism in Sport
Sport as a Political Resource
Sport and the Language of Politics and War
Sport and National Identity
Sport and Globalization
Sport and Activism
Conclusion
References
Suggested Additional Reading
Chapter 9. Performing Identity in Sport
Performance of Gender and Sexuality
Performance of Race and Ethnicity
Performance of Disability and Mental Health
Conclusion
References
Suggested Additional Reading
Chapter 10. Interpersonal Communication in Sport
Changing Sports Culture: Game Versus Sport
Sport Socialization
Family Sports Interaction
Sport Outcomes and Coaching
Leadership Orientations
Communication Contexts
Conclusion
References
Suggested Additional Reading
Chapter 11. Small Groups/Teams in Sport
Team/Group Cohesion
The Coach’s Impact on Cohesion
Group/Team Processes in Sport
Sport and Communication Cultures
Conclusion
References
Suggested Additional Reading
Chapter 12. Crisis Communication in Sport Organizations
Sense-Making and Behavioral Expectations
Situational Crisis Communication Theory
Image Repair and Apologia
Sport Antapologia
Conclusion
References
Suggested Additional Reading
Chapter 13. The Commodification of Sport
The Sports/Media Complex
Corporate Sponsorship
Identity for Sale
Nostalgia
Conclusion
References
Suggested Additional Reading
Chapter 14. Sport Gaming
Fantasy Sports
Sports Gaming
Sports Gambling
Conclusion
References
Suggested Additional Reading
Index