Cte, Media, and the Nfl - Framing a Public Health Crisis As a Football Epidemic

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.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.

Product details

• Authors: Janelle Applequist, Applequist Janelle, Travis R. Bell, Travis R. Applequist Bell, Christian Dotson-Pierson
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2021
• EAN: 9781498570589
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-7058-9
• No. of pages: 182
• Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Health Communication
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; American Football, Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SPORTS & RECREATION / Football