Research Catalog

Title

Power play : sport, the media, and popular culture / Raymond Boyle and Richard Haynes.

Author

Boyle, Raymond, 1966-

Publication

Harlow, England ; New York : Longman, 2000.

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Details

Additional Authors

Haynes, Richard.

Description

xii, 244 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"Combining new and original material with an overview of the developing field of media sport, this book examines the way in which the media has increasingly come to dominate how sport is played, organized and thought about in society. It traces the historical evolution of the relationship between sport and the media and examines the complex business relationships that have grown up around television, sponsors and sport."--Jacket.

Subject

• Mass media and sports > Social aspects > Great Britain
• Mass media and sports > Economic aspects > Great Britain
• Massamedia
• Sport
• Populaire cultuur
• Great Britain

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-235) and index.

Contents

Sport, media and popular culture: questions of Theory -- All our yesterdays: a history of media sport -- A sporting triangle: television, sport and sponsorship -- Power game: why sport matters to television -- Who wants to be a millionaire? Media sport and stardom -- The race game: media sport, race and ethnicity -- For men who play to win: media sport and gender -- Games across frontiers: mediated sport and national identity -- Sportspages: journalism and literature -- Consuming sport: fans, fandom and the audience -- Conclusion: The state of play, sport in the new media age.

ISBN

• 0582369398
• 9780582369399

LCCN

• 99038838
• 9780582369399

OCLC

• ocm41712052
• 41712052
• SCSB-1031603

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library