Sports Media History
This research collection explores the ongoing interaction between sports, media, and society throughout important periods in history, from the nineteenth century to the present day. It examines both historical moments and broader trends in sports, with an emphasis on the medias role.
Encompassing a variety of research approaches and perspectives, the book looks at the individuals, mass media outlets, and communication technologies that have affected societies on a global scale, including print, photography, broadcast (radio and television), Internet-based media, and public relations/marketing. It presents fascinating new case studies covering topics as diverse as sports journalism and the Third Reich, Argentina at the Mexico World Cup, post9/11 sports reporting, Martina Navratilova and womens tennis, the growth of fantasy sport, and the significance of Joe Louis and Jackie Robinson in the history of US sports reporting.
This is essential reading for any researcher, student or media professional with an interest in the relationships between sports, culture, and society or in the history of media, culture, or technology.
John Carvalho is a professor of journalism at Auburn University, USA. His academic career as a sports media historian has focused mainly on sports celebrities with strong media ties.
Routledge Research in Sports History
The Routledge Research in Sports History series presents leading research in the development and historical significance of modern sports through a collection of historiographical, regional, and thematic studies, which span a variety of periods, sports, and geographical areas. Showcasing groundbreaking, cross-disciplinary work from established and emerging sports historians, the series provides a crucial contribution to the wider study of sports and society.
Available in this series:
Wrestling in Britain
Sporting Entertainments, Celebrity and Audiences
Benjamin Litherland
A History of Chinese Martial Arts
Edited by Fan Hong and Fuhua Huang
The Early Development of Football
Contemporary Debates
Edited by Graham Curry
Sport, War and the British
1850 to the Present
Peter Donaldson
The Emergence of Football
Sport, Culture and Society in the Nineteenth Century
Peter Swain
Britains Olympic Women
A History
Jean Williams
For more information about this series, please visit: www.routledge.com/sport/series/RRSH
Sports Media History
Culture, Technology, Identity
Edited by John Carvalho
First published 2021
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Contents
PART I
Early influences, early developments
SCOTT D. PETERSON
JONATHAN FINN
AMBER ROESSNER
MARK A. MEDERSON
ELIZABETH OCONNELL GENNARI
PART II
Sports, media, and evolving identity issues
FIONA SKILLEN
BRIAN CARROLL
PATRICK J. MCCONNELL AND ROBERTO AVANT-MIER
CHRISTIE M. KLEINMANN
RALPH HANSON
WILLIAM P. CASSIDY
PART III
The global reach of sports and medias influence
CHRISTIAN TOLSTRUP JENSEN
JOHN CARVALHO
ILDEFONSO APELANZ
TOBY C. RIDER AND MATTHEW P. LLEWELLYN
PART IV
A first look at emerging sports media history topics
WILLIAM ANDERSON
JOHN MCGUIRE
TRAVIS R. BELL
BRODY J. RUIHLEY, ANDREW C. BILLINGS, AND NICHOLAS R. BUZZELLI
TIMOTHY MIRABITO AND ROBIN HARDIN
Guide
William Anderson is an associate professor of strategic communications at Elon University, where he teaches a variety of courses on mass communication topics.
Ildefonso Apelanz is pursuing his PhD in Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latino Studies at the University of Albany. His area of study is women and soccer in Argentina. He is the one of the directors of Proyectar Nacin, a nonprofit organization based in Argentina dedicated to collaborative research and writing on issues that affect the Argentine nation. His writing focuses on international relations, violence, and gender inequalities.
Roberto Avant-Mier is an associate professor and research fellow in the Department of Communication at the University of Texas at El Paso. He is also affiliated with the faculty in Chicano Studies.
Travis R. Bell is an assistant professor of digital and sports media in the Zimmerman School of Advertising and Mass Communication at the University of South Florida and an award-winning documentary filmmaker. His primary research focuses on sports media, often intersecting with race and gender.
Andrew C. Billings is the Ronald Reagan Chair of Broadcasting at the University of Alabama. He has published twenty books and over 200 journal articles and book chapters, the majority of which pertain to the production, content, and/or effects of mediated sport.
Nicholas R. Buzzelli is a second-year doctoral student in the University of Alabamas Communication and Information Sciences graduate program. His primary research interests are rooted in sports journalism processes and norms and the medias coverage of race- and gender-based issues in sports.
Brian Carroll, a former reporter, editor, and photographer, is now a professor of communication and chair of the Department of Communication at Berry College, where he has taught since 2003.
William P. Cassidy is a professor and journalism area coordinator in the Department of Communication at Northern Illinois University. His research has focused in recent years on media representation of gay and lesbian athletes.