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Informationen zum Autor Adam C. Earnheardt is associate professor of communication studies and basic course director at Youngstown State University. Earnheardt was named a Distinguished Professor at Youngstown State in 2010. He is executive director of the Ohio Communication Association and incoming chair of the National Communication Association Mass Communication Division. Earnheardt has published three books including Judging Athlete Behaviors (VDM Verlag), Sports Mania (co-edited with Hugenberg & Harida-kis; McFarland) and The Modern Communicator (co-authored with O'Neill; Kendall Hunt/GRT). He has authored or co-authored more than a dozen peer-reviewed journal articles, encyclopedia entries, and book chapters. His scholar-ship has appeared in Psychology Today, Playboy, and several newspapers including the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Canton Dailey Ledger where he served as an expert source on stories related to LeBron James and Ben Roethlisberger. Earnheardt is a lifelong Pittsburgh Steelers and Pittsburgh Penguins fan, and an admitted Pittsburgh Pirates loyalist.Paul M. Haridakis is professor and interim director of the School of Communication Studies at Kent State University. His research interests include media use and effects, sports communication, new communication technologies, freedom of speech, political communication and media history. He is a co-author of Communication Research: Strategies and Sources (7th ed.). Wadsworth Cengage Learning. He is co-editor of War and the Media: Essays on News Reporting, Propaganda and Popular Culture (McFar-land & Co.); and co-editor of Sports Mania: Essays on Fandom and the Media in the 21st Century (McFarland & Co.).Barb S. Hugenberg serves as a consultant to the basic communication course at Kent State University. She previously served at Kent State as assistant professor and basic course director. She is an active member of the National Communication Association's Basic Course Division and has served as co-coordinator of Basic Course Director's Conference (Cleveland, OH) and the Fourth Summit on Sport and Communication (Cleveland, OH). Hugenberg is the coeditor of the multi-volume Teaching Ideas for the Basic Communication Course (Kendall/Hunt) and War and the Media: Essays on News Reporting, Propaganda and Popular Culture (McFarland & Co.). Her articles have appeared in the Journal of Popular Culture and Communication Education. Klappentext Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization is an eclectic collection of new studies from accomplished and emerging scholars in the fields of communication, business, geography, kinesiology, psychology, and more, who employ a wide range of methodologies including quantitative, qualitative, and critical analyses. Zusammenfassung Sports Fans! Identity! and Socialization is an eclectic collection of new studies from accomplished and emerging scholars in the fields of communication! business! geography! kinesiology! psychology! and more! who employ a wide range of methodologies including quantitative! qualitative! and critical analyses. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword James R. WalkerIntroduction Paul M. Haridakis & Adam C. Earnheardt Part One: Fan Identity 1 Remaining Rooted in a Sea of Red: Agrarianism, PlaceAttachment, and Nebraska Cornhusker Football FansRoger C. Aden & Scott Titsworth2 The Dynamics of Identity in the Communities of Local Professional Wrestling David Beard & John Heppen 3 The 13th Man: Constructions of Fandom at the 2008Ryder Cup John Harris4 Farewell to the Chief: Fan Identification and theSports Mascot as Postmodern Image Phil ChidesterPart Two: Fan Socialization 5 The Social Dimension of Sports Fanship Walter Gantz, David Fingerhut & Gayle Nadorff 6 The Importance of Team Identification in Perceptionsof Trust of Fellow and Rival Sport Fans Daniel L. Wann, Frederick G. Grieve, Ryan K. Zapalac, Amanda J. Visek, Julie A. Partridge & Jason R. Lanter7 No ...
