Tag: Jeffrey W. Kassing

Drawing from across twenty-five years of interdisciplinary scholarship, Jeffrey W, Kassing’s collection of articles from the Soccer & Society journal States of Play: Soccer and Society Perspectives on the Global Game in America (Routledge) documents the development of soccer along five interrelated trajectories. Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen has read an interesting, welcome and well-timed text that will be of interest to scholars working on the cultural, historical and social dimensions of soccer. As intended, the collection illuminates both the challenges and potential of soccer in the US by signposting the reader towards the key trajectories in the literature.

The mission of IJSC is to provide a platform for academics and practitioners to disseminate research and information from diverse fields such as critical studies, sport management, advertising, etc. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: “Criminals” and “Killjoys”: An Exploratory News Media Mapping of the Environment-Security Politics at the Olympics by Adam Ehsan Ali, MacIntosh Ross, jay johnson.

Molly Yanity and Danielle Sarver Coombs’ edited collection Media, Communication and the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup (Routledge) takes a close look at the themes of media and communication in the context of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, one of the most attended women’s sporting events in history. For our reviewer, sport event scholar Christian Tolstrup Jensen, the anthology’s value lies in the plurality of cases, the theories, and the diverse sources – in addition to being an analysis of a particular World Cup, a source for comparison with previous and future World Cups.

The mission of IJSC is to provide a platform for academics and practitioners to disseminate research and information from diverse fields such as critical studies, sport management, advertising, etc. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Passionate About Esports: Esports Players’ Motivation to Participate in and Watch Esports Events by Yong Chae Rhee, Kyungun Kim.

Athlete Activism: Contemporary Perspectives, edited by Rory Magrath (Routledge) examines the phenomenon of athlete activism across all levels of sport, from elite and international sport, to collegiate and semi-pro, and asks what this tells us about the relationship between sport and wider society. Our reviewer Steph Doehler finds that the collection, albeit less international than proclaimed, still expands knowledge in the field – besides being both insightful and thoroughly entertaining.

In The Art of Tifo: Identity, Representation, and Performing Fandom in Football/Soccer (Peter Lang Publishing), Jeffrey W. Kassing & Lindsey J. Meân examine the history and evolution of tifos, and their social significance for clubs, places, and communities. Sara Karlén, whose PhD project deals with tifos in the Swedish supporter culture, is our reviewer, and she found much to like in this timely and educational contribution to the body of literature about the tifo phenomenon.

Soccer, a.k.a (association) football is the most popular mass spectator sport in the world. Soccer & Society is the first international journal devoted to the game of soccer, and aims to focus on the game in the context of a more global world. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Looking forward, glancing back; competitive balance and the EPL by Daniel Plumley, Girish Ramchandani, Sarthak Mondal & Rob Wilson.

Football, the most popular mass spectator sport in the world, has become a major social phenomenon since the late nineteenth century. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION AND THE COACH-CREATED EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF COMPETITIVE GAMES: THE CASE OF GRASSROOTS YOUTH SOCCER IN SWEDEN by Erik Johan Anders Andersson.

The mission of IJSC is to provide a platform for academics and practitioners to disseminate research and information from diverse fields such as critical studies, sport management, advertising, communication policy, history, media studies, psychology, telecommunications, cultural studies, sport marketing, international communication, gender studies, journalism, public relations, communication theory, and new media.

Soccer and Society is an international peer-reviewed journal and the first international journal devoted to the world’s most popular game. It covers all aspects of soccer globally from anthropological, cultural, economic, historical, political and sociological perspectives. Soccer and Society encourages and favours clearly written research, analysis and comment.