Tag: Joshua Dickhaus
A solid overview of topics, but not without its flaws
The United States of Sport: Media Framing and Influence of the Intersection of Sports and American Culture by Kenon A. Brown, Joshua Dickhaus & Mia Long Anderson (Peter Lang Publishing) looks at how media outlets portrayed important intersections in politics, culture and sports. Steph Doehler, while genuinely impressed by the book and generally appreciative of the authors’ efforts, still finds room for improvement and offers suggestions of ways to accomplish that.
Communication & Sport, Vol. 9, 2021, No. 5
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: Coping With Tragedy via Reflected Glory: How the Houston Astros’ World Series Win Contributed to Locals’ Process of Overcoming Hurricane Harvey by Sara R. Erlichman and Virginia S. Harrison.
Competent and comprehensive handbook charts the new sport media landscape
Under the editorship of Andrew C. Billings & Marie Hardin, 53 contributors have collaborated to produce 31 chapters over 374 pages for the Routledge Handbook of Sport and New Media. Our reviewer is Britt-Marie Ringfjord, and she finds that the collection has aged well, being originally published in 2014, an is to this day a valuable tool for sport media scholars and students alike.
