Sport, Culture and the Media
The Unruly Trinity
Published in June 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-335-20202-7 (ISBN)
Description
This text is about the conjunction of two of the most powerful cultural forces of our times - sport and media. It examines the ways in which media sport has insinuated itself into contemporary everyday life, and how sport and media have made themselves mutually indispensable as well as, for whole societies of people, unavoidable. The book is divided into two parts. The first looks at the rise of the sports media and the ways in which broadcast and print sports texts are produced. The second examines different media forms - television, still photography, news reporting, film, live commentary, creative sports writing and new media sports technologies.
Reviews / Votes
"Gross's first edition...was described in Support for Learning as 'an excellent clearly written work which is full of practical advice, presented in an easily readable manner'. This is also true of the second edition...It is an invaluable collection of ideas that teachers can actually use." - British Journal of Special Education "...helpful in assisting teachers actually to accomplish things with learners." - Educational Psychology in PracticeMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Milton Keynes
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
glossary, index
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
580 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-335-20202-7 (9780335202027)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Part 1: Making media sport; understanding sport and media - a socio-historical approach; working in media sport - the discipline of sports journalism; money, myth and the big match - the political economy of the sports media. Part 2: Unmaking the media sports text; taking us through it - the "art" of sports commentating and writing; framed and mounted - sport through the photographic eye; screening the action - the moving sports image; afterword - sports into the ether (net) - new technologies, new consumers.