Fields in Vision - Television Sport and Cultural Transformation

Television sports coverage is examined in the first study of its kind. Whannel considers the historical development of sport on television and the way that sponsorship and television have re-shaped sport.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Sport, television and culture; Part I Institutions, practices and economic relations; Chapter 2 National events and the authority of the BBC; Chapter 3 Production practices and professional ideologies; Chapter 4 BBC v. ITV competition; Chapter 5 Made for television; Part 2 Sport on television; Chapter 6 Analysing television sport; Chapter 7 Assemblage and framing; Chapter 8 Stars, narratives and ideologies; Part 3 Cultural transformations; Chapter 9 The case of athletics; Chapter 10 The road to globalisation; Chapter 11 Field of representations; Chapter 12 Audiences and pleasures; Chapter 13 Final thoughts;

About the author

Garry Whannel is a Senior Lecturer in Sports Studies at Roehampton Institute.

Summary

Television sports coverage is examined in the first study of its kind. Whannel considers the historical development of sport on television and the way that sponsorship and television have re-shaped sport.

Product details

• Authors: Garry Whannel, Whannel Garry
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.10.1992
• EAN: 9780415053822
• ISBN: 978-0-415-05382-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Weight: 630 g
• Series: Communication and Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism; History, Media Studies, Cultural Studies, HISTORY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism, Humanities, History: specific events and topics, History of Performing Arts