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Sport, Media and Society
Eileen Kennedy
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Description for Sport, Media and Society
Paperback. Sport is an integral component of media, from prime-time television to interactive websites. Analysing sport in its diverse mediated forms, this book covers techniques of analysis for film, TV, newspapers, magazines, advertisements, spaces such as stadia and museums, and the internet. It is suitable for students of media and sports studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD; JHBS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 280.
Sport is an integral component of today's media, from prime-time television to interactive websites. This book is a theoretical and methodological guide to analysing sport in its diverse mediated forms. Students of media sport are taken through techniques of analysis for film, TV, newspapers, magazines, advertisements, spaces such as stadia and museums, and the internet. The ambiguous and shifting cultural politics of sport are explored through original, researched case studies, drawn from across the UK, USA and beyond. The book encourages students to engage critically with their own experience of media sport and to develop an independent approach to analysis. ... Read more
Sport is an integral component of today's media, from prime-time television to interactive websites. This book is a theoretical and methodological guide to analysing sport in its diverse mediated forms. Students of media sport are taken through techniques of analysis for film, TV, newspapers, magazines, advertisements, spaces such as stadia and museums, and the internet. The ambiguous and shifting cultural politics of sport are explored through original, researched case studies, drawn from across the UK, USA and beyond. The book encourages students to engage critically with their own experience of media sport and to develop an independent approach to analysis. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845206871
SKU
V9781845206871
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About Eileen Kennedy
Eileen Kennedy is Associate Researcher in the School of Sport and Education at Brunel University. Laura Hills is Senior Lecturer in Youth Sport in the School of Sport and Education at Brunel University.
Reviews for Sport, Media and Society
[T]he authors have good teaching skills in dealing with abstract concepts and... the book is very clear and consistent in its approach.
Goran Eriksson, Orebro University
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Goran Eriksson, Orebro University
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