Sports media history : culture, technology, identity / edited by John Carvalho.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carvalho, John, editor.

Series:

Routledge research in sports history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media and sports--History.

Mass media and sports.

Sports--Social aspects.

Sports.

Sports--Social aspects--History.

Minorities in mass media.

Minorities in mass media--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 277 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, New York : Routledge, [2021]

Summary:

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 media’s 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, post-9/11 sports reporting, Martina Navratilova and women’s 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.-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I. Early influences, early developments. Curiosity shop, toy department, and beyond : the development of visual baseball journalism in Frank Leslie's Illustrated newspaper

The photo-finish as sports media

Hawking kings of the diamond : how specialty sports magazines sold the national pastime, its stars, and its audience fables of manliness

Joe Louis : the first black white hope

Dizzying up the broadcast booth : the player-broadcaster in the early years of televised baseball

Part II. Sports, media, and evolving identity issues. "Do tennis girls make good wives?" : exploring media representations of women's sport in interwar Britain

From base paths to bylines : Jackie Robinson's prodigious career in journalism

Major League Baseball and the development of Spanish-language radio broadcasts

Defying race ideology in the South : print media's role in the erosion of the unwritten rules in college basketball

Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the Super Bowl as a narrative for civil rights

Martina Navratilova : out in the (relative) open

Part III. The global reach of sports and media's influence. Sports journalism in wartime : a case of sports journalism in the Third Reich

Trapped in America : how the Masanori Murakami debacle redefined U.S.-Japan baseball relations

Argentina in the Women's World Cup Mexico 1971 : a collaborative approach to building a theoretical landmark

For profit or for country? : the Daily Mail and the Zola Budd affair

Part IV. A first look at emerging sports media history topics

Labor's denial : a case study of how labor used the media and public relations to block the first NBA-ABA merger attempt

Clyde Lear and the Learfield Sports empire

Remembering NCAA v. Board of Regents : the Supreme Court foundation of a mediated college football cartel

The ultimate value-added proposition : how fantasy sport evolved to accommodate the changing social needs of sports fans

Covering terror : the New York Times's post-9/11 sports reporting.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-429-28775-5

1-000-20653-X

9780429287756 (electronic book)

9780429287756

OCLC:

1152489692