Research Catalog

Title

Communication and the baseball stadium : community, commodification, fanship, and memory / edited by Dale Herbeck and Susan J. Drucker.

Publication

New York : Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., [2017]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Herbeck, Dale
• Drucker, Susan J.

Description

xvii, 286 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

Baseball stadia are places of memory, identity, athletic and architectural accomplishment. They are sites capable of arousing passion, sentimentality and a sense of community. The baseball stadium provides a unique lens through which to understand, explore and expand an understanding of communication theories. While baseball has previously been explored by scholars, this volume introduces the stadium as a way of exploring communication and communication theories through an examination of the four discrete themes that frame the organization of this work: community and communication, fandom and communication, memory and communication, and commodification and communication. This volume offers a unique approach to those interested in communication theory, popular culture, sports management, and people environment studies.

Series Statement

Urban communication ; Vol. 2

Subjects

• City planning > Social aspects
• City planning > Social aspects > United States
• Baseball fields > Social aspects > United States
• United States
• Baseball > Economic aspects > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Mass Culture Theories : Dodger Stadium or The House that Ruthlessness Built / Vincent Brook -- Collective Memory : Citi Field, Urban Renewal and Communication / Gary Gumpert and Susan J. Drucker -- Discourse Communities : Rickwood Field as a Symbol of Segregation and Healing / Larry Powell, Jonathan Amsbary, & Justin R. Johnston -- Media Determinism : Yankee Stadium and the E-Mediafication of the Baseball Stadium / Harvey Jassem -- Communication Freedoms and Limitations : Citizens Bank Park, Heckling and the First Amendment / Juliet Dee -- Symbolic Interactionism : Yogi Berra Stadium and the Minor League Ballpark Experience / Lewis Freeman -- General Semantics : Japan's Koshien Stadium and Time-Binding Bushido / Michael H. Plugh -- Public Memory Theory : On Remembering and Forgetting Old Tiger Stadium / Anthony C. Cavaiani -- Phenomenology and The Phantom Stadia Phenomenon : Forbes Field and Comiskey Park Remembered / Erik Garrett and Alex Regina -- Narrative Theory : Building the Legacy of the Pittsburgh Pirates through PNC Park / Jean Ann Strieff -- Ritual View of Communication Theory : The Houston Astrodome and The Evolution of Stadium Construction / Robert Trumpbour -- Transformational Communication : Wrapping Wrigley Field In a New Package / Adam Grossman -- Extended Self and Marketing : Sports Marketing, and the Opening of Jacobs' Field / Thomas Flynn.

Call Number

JFE 19-11207

ISBN

• 9781433121463
• 1433121468
• 9781433121456
• 143312145X
• 9781453918227 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781433136283 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781433136290 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2016032914

OCLC

962409699

Title

Communication and the baseball stadium : community, commodification, fanship, and memory / edited by Dale Herbeck and Susan J. Drucker.

Publisher

New York : Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., [2017]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Urban communication ; Vol. 2

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Note

ED: NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY. PAPERS DESCRIBE VARIOUS STADIA

Added Author

Herbeck, Dale, editor.

Drucker, Susan J., editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 19-11207