Sport and Media in Ireland Interdisciplinary Perspectives / Neil O'Boyle, Marcus Free.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Free, Marcus, editor.

O'Boyle, Neil, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports--Ireland--Sociological aspects.

Sports.

Sports--Social aspects--Ireland.

Mass media and sports--Ireland.

Mass media and sports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

Book edition.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2020

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : Cork University Press, 2020.

Summary:

"Sport occupies a central position in Irish social and cultural life, yet still a relatively marginal position within the academy. While significant research has been undertaken by individual scholars, and various important books have been published - such as Rouse's Sport and Ireland; Cronin et al.'s The GAA: A People's History; and, more recently, Curran's Irish Soccer Migrants - there are currently no collections or monographs devoted to the interrelationship of sport, media and the cultural industries in Ireland - a gap we hope the present collection of essays will redress. The title of this collection places the 'interrelationships' of these domains at the heart of our analysis. As humanities and social sciences scholars interested in popular culture and social history, we argue that sport offers an invaluable lens with which to examine change and continuity in Irish life. As editors of this book, our intention has not been to impose a uniform point of view on what aspects of sport in Ireland are worthy of investigation, or to be prescriptive about what constitutes 'media'. Rather, chapters document a variety of approaches and viewpoints on the subject. In addition to examining the current 'state of play' of sports research in Ireland, our intention is that this book will become as a key resource for future scholarship"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title

Dedication

Title

Copyright

Contents

Notes On Contributors

Acknowledgements

Introduction by Neil O'Boyle and Marcus Free

I. Historical Perspectives On The Interconnections Of Sport And The Media In Ireland

1. Ex-professional Footballers and Sports Journalism: Charlie O'Hagan's careers as a migrant professional footballer and writer in the early twentieth century Conor Curran

2. National Identity, Media and the Promotion of Gaelic Games John Connolly and Paddy Dolan

II. Sport And Representation In Television And Print Media

3. Best on the Box: George Best, television and the making of celebrity Lance Pettitt

4 The Lansdowne Road Riot of 1995: Ireland, the English far right and the media Mike Cronin

5 The Mediatisation of the GAA's Commemoration of the 1916 Rising: 'A New Ireland rises'? Seán Crosson

6 Seán CrossonFrom Team of Aliens to #TeamofUs: The evolution of Irish-rugby advertising, 2007-17 Colm Kearns

III. Women, Media And Sport In Ireland

7 Media Sport, Women and Ireland: Seeing the wood for the trees Katie Liston and Mary O'Connor

8 Undervalued and Underreported: The coverage of sportswomen in the Irish print media Ciarán Dunne

9 'Top of the tree': Examining the Irish print-news portrayal of the world's best female amateur golfer Niamh Kitching and Ali Bowes

10 Women, Media and Sport in Ireland: A round-table discussion Katie Liston

IV. Broadcasting And The Political Economy Of Sport

11 The GAA and Sky Sports, 2014-17 Paul Rouse

12 A Level Playing Field? Irish broadcast-sports rights and the decline of the national Roddy Flynn

V. Media, Geography And The Negotiation Of National And Local Identities

13 'Talking broken biscuits': Irish Liverpool fans and The Anfield Wrap Ciarán Ryan.

14 'Feel the build-up, feel connected': Mediated sport and the second-generation-Irish audience in Britain Dan Dwyer

15 James McClean's Poppy Protest and the Cultural Politics of Diasporic Non-assimilation Anthony P. McIntyre

Concluding Remarks Marcus Free and Neil O'Boyle

Endnotes

Bibliography

Index

Backcover.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781782053958

1782053956

9781782053934

178205393X

9781782053941

1782053948

OCLC:

1156042293