Tag: Andrew Baerg

Drawing from empirical research, diverse case studies, and industry insights, the collected volume Technology, Sport and Recreation by Jacob Bustad & Gashaw Abeza (Routledge) explores technologies such as wearable fitness devices, artificial intelligence (AI), augmented and virtual reality, esports platforms, digital media, and smart sport-tech solutions. Our three reviewers from the RESPONSE Research Group at Nord University are mostly concerned with the lack of critical approaches to technology in sports, but found much to appreciate in the coverage of how technology is developed and utilized in sports.

Jimmy Sanderson’s Sport, Social Media, and Digital Technology: Sociological Approaches (Emerald Publications) brings together a collection of essays from leading global scholars to illustrate how sociological approaches are imperative to enhancing our understanding of sport and social media and digital technology. A collective of sport sociologists at Nord University, Norway has read the book as a book group, bringing many various experiences and perspectives into a rich review highlighting the book’s strong points as well as its weaknesses.

C&S is a cutting-edge peer-reviewed quarterly that publishes research to foster international scholarly understanding of the nexus of communication and sport that engages a broad intellectual community. – Editor’s pick from the current issue: YOUTH BASEBALL AND DATA ANALYTICS: QUANTIFYING RISK MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCING NEOLIBERAL RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP THROUGH THE GAMECHANGER APP by Jimmy Sanderson and Andrew Baerg.

Communication and Sport is a cutting-edge peer-reviewed quarterly that publishes research to foster international scholarly understanding of the nexus of communication and sport that engages a broad intellectual community. C&S welcomes studies of sport and media in mass and new media settings, research on sport in interpersonal, group, organizational, and other communication contexts.