Repairing the Athlete's Image

Studies in Sports Image Restoration
Herausgeber: Blaney, Joseph R.; Smith, Scott J.; Lippert, Lance R.

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Produktbeschreibung

This book presents case studies of various athletes, sports, and public relations scenarios with prescriptive advice for those attempting to repair athletic reputations. This invaluable study is an essential resource for graduate and upper-level undergraduate courses in sports communication and popular culture.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 628g
• ISBN-13: 9780739197646
• ISBN-10: 0739197649
• Artikelnr.: 40789516

Autorenporträt

Edited by Joseph R. Blaney; Lance R. Lippert and Scott J. Smith

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1. Drugs Chapter 1. From the Mitchell Report to Brian
McNamee: Roger Clemen's Image Repair Discourse, J. Scott Smith Chapter 2.
"Big Mac" with a Side of Steroids: The Image Repair Strategies of Mark
McGwire, John McGuire, Lori McKinnon, and Wayne Wanta Chapter 3. Defense of
an Anti-Hero: Barry Bonds' "State of the Great Address", J. Scott Smith
Chapter 4. The Image Repair Media Interview as Apologia and Antapologia:
Marion Jones on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Michael R. Kramer Chapter 5. The
Michael Phelps Saga: From Successful Olympian, to Pot Smoker Caught on
Camera, to Renewed Role Model and Brand, Rod Troester and Lindsay Johns
Part 2. Marital Infidelity and Sexual Misconduct Chapter 6. Tiger Woods'
Image Repair: Could He Hit One Out of the Rough?, William L. Benoit Chapter
7. Power, Privilege, and the Surprising Absence of Repair: Kobe Bryant and
Interest Convergence, Rachel Alicia Griffin Chapter 8. Strategies of
Silence: The John Terry Affair and the British Press Part 3. Social
Deviance and Integrity Chapter 9. Bad Newz Kennels: Michael Vick and
Dogfighting, J. Scott Smith Chapter 10. The Failed Comedy of the NBA's
Gilbert Arenas: Image Restoration in Context, Theodore F. Sheckels Chapter
11. Plaxico Burress Takes His Best Shot, Mark Glantz Chapter 12. In the
Dark at Texas Tech: News Coverage Involving the Image Repair Discourse of
Mike Leach and Adam James, Kevin Stein, Paul Turman, and Matthew Barton
Chapter 13. How Bobby Knight Changed His Bad Boy Image to Become a Media
Darling, Ric Jensen Part 4. On-Field Actions Chapter 14. Belated Remorse:
Serena Williams' Image Repair Rhetoric at the 2009 U.S. Open, LeAnn M.
Brazeal Chapter 15. Unsports(wo)manlike Conduct: An Image Repair Analysis
of Elizabeth Lambert, the University of New Mexico, and the NCAA, Jordan L.
Compton Part 5. The Organizational Turn Chapter 16. No Pepper: Apologia and
Image Repair in the 2002 Labor Negotiations Between Major League Baseball
and the Players Association, Kevin R. Meyer and Craig W. Cutbirth Chapter
17. Giving Them the Ol' Misdirection: The NCAA and the Student-Athlete,
Mike Milford Chapter 18. A Death, a Family Feud, and a Merger: The Image
Repair of Teresa Earnhardt and Dale Earnhardt, Inc., by Angela Jerome
Chapter 19. The Puck Stops Here: The NHL's Image Repair Strategies During
the 2004-2005 Lockout, by James DiSanza, Nancy J. Legge, H.R. Allen, and
J.T. Wilde Chapter 20. Celebrating Spectator Sports in America: The
Centrality of Press Conferences and Media Interviews to Sports Image
Repair, by Peter M. Smudde and Jeffrey L. Courtright Research in Brief
Chapter 21. Reputation Differences between Mortification-Only and
Mortification/Corrective Action Strategies Following a Transgression by a
Professional Athlete, by John Twork and Joseph R. Blaney Conclusion