Tag: Holly Thorpe

IRSS is a peer reviewed academic journal. Its main purpose is to disseminate research and scholarship on sport throughout the international academic community. The journal publishes research articles of varying lengths, as well as book and media reviews. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Rethinking places for sport in the Anthropocene by Peter Carlman and Gabriella Torell-Palmquist (open access).

IRSS is a peer reviewed academic journal. Its main purpose is to disseminate research and scholarship on sport throughout the international academic community. The journal publishes research articles of varying lengths, as well as book and media reviews. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: European football fans’ resistance and protest in the face of legal restrictions: Towards a typology and continued research agenda by Radosław Kossakowski and Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen.

IRSS is a peer reviewed academic journal. Its main purpose is to disseminate research and scholarship on sport throughout the international academic community. The journal publishes research articles of varying lengths, as well as book and media reviews. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Family ties and social capital among grand slam tennis champions by Dario Novak, Mario Oršolić, Petar Barbaros, Etsuji Suzuki and S.V. Subramanian.

Journal of Sport & Social Issues< brings you the latest research, discussion and analysis on contemporary sport issues. In JSSI scholars study the impact of sport on social issues from many perspectives. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue:: Five essays honoring CL Cole who stepped down as editor if the journal after 25 years, by Douglas Hartmann, David L. Andrews. Pirkko Markula, Holly Thorpe, Dafna Kaufman and Grant Farred.

By placing scholars from various disciplines side-by-side on the common topic of the Olympic Games, JOS (available in both print and electronic format and marketed to a global scholarly audience) aims to promote and encourage a multi-disciplinary understanding of the Olympic Movement. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: A Basketball Height Limit? FIBA, the 1936 Olympics, and the Ruling that Saved the Game by Chad R. Carlson.

JSSI brings you the latest research, discussion and analysis on contemporary sport issues. In JSSI scholars study the impact of sport on social issues from many perspectives. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: The Experiences, and Effects, of Racial Mistreatments in the Lives of Black Male Collegiate Football Players: A Qualitative Analysis by J. Andy Walsh, Trent A. Petrie, and Randi Jackson.

JSSI brings you the latest research, discussion and analysis on contemporary sport issues. In JSSI scholars study the impact of sport on social issues from many perspectives. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: “The World Cup of Empowerment” and “They Really Missed the Ball”: Gender Discourses at the 2019 Women’s World Cup by Rachel Allison.

Based on a decade of research by Belinda Wheaton and Holly Thorpe, Action Sports and the Olympic Games maps the relationship between action sports and the Olympic Movement from the inclusion of the first action sports to those featuring for the first time in the Tokyo Olympic Games and beyond. Anna-Maria Strittmatter, an action sports insider, is thoroughly enthused – this is a must read for action sports researchers and practitioners, as well as everyone interested in the governance of the Olympic movement.

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. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: The Influence of North American Ownership on the Business, Management, and Communication Model of Spanish Professional Football: A Case Study of Real Club Deportivo Mallorca (2016–2021) by Xavier Ginesta, Nahuel I. Faedo.

Stefan Lawrence’s edited collection Digital Wellness, Health and Fitness Influencers: Critical Perspectives on Digital Guru Media (Routledge) examines the phenomenon of ‘digital guru media’ (DGM)who post on the themes of wellness, health and fitness. Arélien Daudi finds that some chapters contribute with important insights into this increasingly nonignorable social avenue, while others simply lack the novelty, ingenuity, and scope to say much of meaning. He was left equal parts frustrated and educated.