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Cricket and Broadcasting
Jack Williams
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Description for Cricket and Broadcasting
Hardback. Cricket and broadcasting discusses the roles of radio and television within English cricket since the beginnings of broadcasting. It explains how and why cricket has been increasingly shaped by its relationship with broadcasting. Series Editor(s): Richards, Jeffrey. Series: Studies in Popular Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: APT; APW; JFD; WSJC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 165 x 242 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
Cricket and broadcasting explores how the significance of radio and television to cricket in England has grown since the beginnings of broadcasting.
Since the Second World War cricket has been increasingly shaped by its relationship with broadcasting which has been a force for conservatism and change. Representations of cricket on radio and television have done much to determine levels of interest and participation in the sport. Major changes such as the growth of the limited-overs game, the expansion of international cricket, reforms to County Championship and the rise of sponsorship were dependent on support from television, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Popular Culture
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719077487
SKU
V9780719077487
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Jack Williams
Jack Williams is a Research Fellow in History at Liverpool John Moores University. -- .
Reviews for Cricket and Broadcasting
Williams makes a compelling argument for a need to develop a detailed study of the relationship between cricket and broadcasting in order to understand how radio, and then television, transformed the sport. Richard Haynes, Sport in History, 10/10/2012
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