Tag: John Dattilo

The emphasis of Leisure Studies is on theoretically informed critical analyses within the social sciences and humanities of the topics that constitute leisure as a subject field – including the arts, tourism, sport and more. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Switching channels: investigating the push, pull, and mooring effects of moving from cable TV to OTT services by P. Sridevi & Nandukrishna T. Ajith.

This journal publishes high-quality papers on the sociology of leisure that have a global interest, promote the development of this mature field within international sociology, and go beyond the traditional geographical areas of leisure studies. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Olympic Planning, Profit, and Participation: Towards a Children’s rights-based Approach to Sport mega-event Research? by Seamus Byrne, Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen.

The purpose of WLJ is to stimulate and communicate research, theory, and critical thought in all areas that address leisure, including play, recreation, the arts and culture, sport, health and fitness, and travel and tourism. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Soccer matches as a serious leisure activity: the effect on fans’ life satisfaction and psychological well-being by Mehmet Ertaş.

The emphasis of Leisure Studies is on theoretically informed critical analyses within the social sciences and humanities of the topics that constitute leisure as a subject field – including the arts, tourism, sport and more. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: ‘I didn’t realise the variety of people that are climbers’: a sociological exploration of young women’s propensities to engage in indoor rock climbing by Jack Ryan Hewitt & Nollaig McEvilly (open access).

Loisir et Société / Society & Leisure is a bilingual, multidisciplinary and thematic journal that publishes on leisure and free time with their relation to cultural, economic and social dimensions of individuals and communities. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Déterminants d’une expérience inclusive de loisir dans des ateliers créatifs au sein de bibliothèques publiques by Valérie Poulin, Hélène Carbonneau, Leila Mostefa-Kara, Aude Porcedda, Delphine Guibourgé, Pierre-Yves Therriault & Frédéric Reichhart.

IJSL publishes high-quality papers on the sociology of leisure that have a global interest, and promote the development of this mature field. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: TOWARDS A CRITICAL SOCIOLOGY OF CHILDREN’S LEISURE by Utsa Mukherjee