How Canadians Communicate V (eBook, ePUB)

Sports
Redaktion: Taras, David

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Fewer Canadians than ever are lacing up skates, swimming lengths at the pool, practicing their curve ball, and experiencing the thrill of competition. However, despite a decline in active participation, Canadians spend enormous amounts of time and money on sports, as fans and followers of sporting events and sports culture. Never has media coverage of sports been more exhaustive, and never has it been more driven by commercial interests and the need to fuel consumerism, on which corporate profits depend. But the power plays now occurring in the arena of sports are by no means solely a matter of money. At issue as well in the media capture of sports are the values that inform our daily lives, the physical and emotional health of the population, and the symbols so long central to a sense of Canadian identity. Writing from a variety of perspectives, the contributors to this collection set out to explore the impact of the media on our reception of, and attitudes toward, sports-to unpack the meanings that sports have for us as citizens and consumers. Some contributors probe the function of sports as spectacle-the escalation of violence, controversies over drug use, and the media's coverage of tragic deaths-while others shed light on the way in which the media serve to transform sports into a vehicle for the expression of identity and nationalism. The goal is not to score points but to prompt critical discussion of why sports matter in Canadian life and culture and how they contribute to the construction of identity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Athabasca University Press
• Seitenzahl: 395
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781771990097
• Artikelnr.: 44912252

Autorenporträt

David Taras holds the Ralph Klein Chair in mediastudies at Mount Royal University. He served as an expert advisor tothe House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage and is theco-author of The Last Word: Media Coverage of the Supreme Court ofCanada. Christopher Waddell is director of the School ofJournalism and Communication at Carleton University, where he holds theCarty Chair in business and financial journalism. He was formerlynational editor for The Globe and Mail and Parliamentarybureau chief for CBC television news.