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This book examines the mediated construction of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and its rise to public and political prominence by way of its direct connection with the NFL. More broadly, this book explores how this relationship situates in and through the sports/media complex.
List of contents
Chapter 1: Football and the Brain: A Historical Perspective
Chapter 2: Framing Global Epidemics: A Case Study of HIV/AIDS and Big Tobacco
Chapter 3: Hegemonic Masculinity: The Foundation of American Football Culture
Chapter 4: From Punch-Drunk to CTE: The Evolution of a Brain Disease
Chapter 5: Mediating Science: The Framing of CTE
Chapter 6: Beyond the Headlines: CTE and the NFL
Chapter 7: Film and Football: Creation and Critique of Violence
Chapter 8: It's a "Guy Thing": Mediated Misconceptions
About the author
Travis R. Bell is assistant professor of digital and sports media in the Zimmerman School of Advertising & Mass Communications at the University of South Florida.
Janelle Applequist is assistant professor of advertising in the Zimmerman School of Advertising & Mass Communications at the University of South Florida.
Christian Dotson-Pierson is speech instructor at the University of South Carolina.
Summary
This book examines the mediated construction of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and its rise to public and political prominence by way of its direct connection with the NFL. More broadly, this book explores how this relationship situates in and through the sports/media complex.
