Robert L. Kerr

The Sociology of Sports-Talk Radio (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a descriptive analysis of the social interaction transpiring in what the author has conceptualized as the "the hyper-mediated marketplace of sports narratives." It examines the social structures and processes that make sports-talk radio such a vibrant societal milieu, and seeks to identify the essential sociological dynamics that make all that endless chatter so vital to listeners. A qualitative, descriptive analytical focus on this remarkable platform-where people come together to interact insistently, colorfully, and often with stunning ferocity-highlights key processes by which human communicators construct meaning.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 99
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319672533
• Artikelnr.: 52942726

Autorenporträt

Robert L. Kerr teaches media history and law at the University of Oklahoma, USA. He is a past winner of the National Communication Association's Franklyn S. Haiman Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Freedom of Expression. He has twice received his college's teaching award.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Why the Sociology of Sports-Talk Radio Matters.- 2. National Sports Talk.- 3. More Intensity in Major Regional Talk.- 4. Small Talk and a Perfect Example of Contested Narratives.- 5. Talk From Beyond the Male Gaze.- 6. Conclusion: What Matters Most Sociologically.