- SKU: 9781433181733
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The United States of Sport: Media Framing and Influence of the Intersection of Sports and American Culture - Paperback
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by Lawrence A. Wenner (Other), Andrew C. Billings (Other), Marie Hardin (Other)
This book will take a look at how media outlets portrayed several of these intersections in politics, culture and sports, with chapters highlighting a moment or phenomenon in American history and its impact on some aspect of the sports industry through the eyes of newspapers, magazines, television, radio and online news outlets.
Author Biography
Kenon A. Brown (Ph.D., The University of Alabama, 2012) is an associate professor in the Department of Advertising and Public Relations at the University of Alabama. As the programming director for the Alabama Program in Sports Communication, Kenon is responsible for stakeholder communication and events for the program. His research interests include image and reputation management, particularly in sports, and minority recruitment in mass communication.
Joshua Dickhaus (Ph.D., The University of Alabama, 2011) is Associate Professor of Communication and the Director of the Charley Steiner School of Sports Communication at Bradley University. In 2019, he was named the Associate Chair of the Department of Communication. Joshua's main research interests lie in race in sports, apologia rhetoric in sports, and image restoration in sports.
Mia Long Anderson (Ph.D., University of Alabama, 2011) is an associate dean and professor in the College of Arts and Media at Sam Houston State University. Her research interests include the intersection of communication, race and sport, athlete activism, the history of African American magazines, and African American images in the media. Her work has been published in Communication Teacher, the Journal of African American Studies, the Journal of Contemporary Athletics, the Journal of Sports Media, the Journal of South Texas, and numerous books.
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