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He is Director of the Cultural Industries and Practices Research Centre (CIPS) at the University of Newcastle, Australia.
His books include: Popular Cultures: Rock Music, Sport and the Politics of Pleasure (1995). Globalization and Sport: Playing the World (2001).
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (FIRST EDITION)
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (SECOND EDITION)
INTRODUCTION: IMMERSED IN MEDIA SPORT A day in the life of the media sports consumer Sport, Culture and the Media: Structure and outline Conclusion: looking towards sport and media
PART 1 MAKING MEDIA SPORT
1. UNDERSTANDING SPORT AND MEDIA: A SOCIO-HISTORICAL APPROACH Introduction: When two worlds collide The rise of sport Profitable play Political football The rise of mass media News and Entertainment Having it both ways: sport meets media Conclusion: sport, media and cultural power Further Reading
2. WORKING IN MEDIA SPORT: THE DISCIPLINE OF SPORTS JOURNALISM Introduction: flesh, blood and sports journalists Sports journalists: 'shabby reputations' and professional problems Profiler: the strange case of the sports journalist Crusaders and cheerleaders Talking to the sports talkers Tabloids, broadsheets and fanzines Conclusion: hacks and hipsters Further Reading
3. MONEY, MYTH AND THE BIG MATCH: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE SPORTS MEDIA Introduction: Valuing sport Sport, media and capital accumulation How to make money while losing it in sports television The 'strategic chaos' of media sport Sport as screen filler Media sports policy, politics and myth Fighting for the right to watch When sports television fails Sport at school for scandal Conclusion: media sport lost and found Further Reading PART II UNMAKING THE MEDIA SPORTS TEXT
4. TAKING US THROUGH IT: THE 'ART' OF SPORTS COMMENTATING AND WRITING Introduction: the world of sports speak Live Commentary, dead language Ideologies and Olympic extravaganzas On the page, off the air revelations, exclusives and 'bungs' Literary moments Conclusion: from script to still Further Reading
5. FRAMED AND MOUNTED: SPORT THROUGH THE PHOTOGRAPHIC EYE Introduction: still sport Caught in the act Sports bodies: hot and hard Politics and portraits Imaging sporting masculinity Variable subject, different gaze The uses of sport in photography Conclusion: sports images on the move Further Reading
6. SCREENING THE ACTION: THE MOVING SPORTS IMAGE Introduction: action, drama and narrative The front row seat in the living room verses 'being there' Audience hunting Screen of dreams Conclusion: 'there's always the sport' Further reading
AFTERWORD: SPORT INTO THE ETHER(NET) - NEW TECHNOLOGIES, NEW CONSUMERS Introduction: the coming of cybersport From consumer to auteur Conclusion: look and learn
GLOSSARY OF KEY TERMS
REFERENCES
INDEX
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