Kerr The Sociology of Sports-Talk Radio

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-67253-3
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 99 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Progress in Mathematics

The Sociology of Sports-Talk Radio is the latest sports-media scholarship from the author of How Postmodernism Explains Football and Football Explains Postmodernism , winner of the 2017 Outstanding Book Award from the National Communication Association ’s Communication and Sport Division.  The book provides a descriptive analysis of the social interaction transpiring in what the author has conceptualized as the “the hyper-mediated marketplace of sports narratives.” It examines the social structures and processes that make sports-talk radio such a vibrant societal milieu, and seeks to identify the essential sociological dynamics that make all that endless chatter so vital to listeners. A qualitative, descriptive analytical focus on this remarkable platform—where people come together to interact insistently, colorfully, and often with stunning ferocity—highlights key processes by which human communicators construct meaning.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kerr, Robert L.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Why the Sociology of Sports-Talk Radio Matters.- 2. National Sports Talk.- 3. More Intensity in Major Regional Talk.- 4. Small Talk and a Perfect Example of Contested Narratives.- 5. Talk From Beyond the Male Gaze.- 6. Conclusion: What Matters Most Sociologically.

Über Autor(innen)

Robert L. Kerr teaches media history and law at the University of Oklahoma, USA. He is a past winner of the National Communication Association’s Franklyn S. Haiman Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Freedom of Expression. He has twice received his college’s teaching award.