Tag: Kiernan O. Gordon

JS&T aims to publish research that makes a clear contribution, substantively, theoretically or methodologically, to the body of knowledge relating to all aspects of the relationship between sport and tourism. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Localism and attitude, ‘it’s all good’: a surf tourist’s story analysis of simultaneous contradictory prosocial and anti-social interactions at an off-limits place by Paul Cook (open access).

Social Media in Sport: Evidence-Based Perspectives, edited by Gashaw Abeza and Jimmy Sanderson (Routledge), takes a close look at social media in sport and considers its significance for sport business and for the wider relationship between sport and society. Or, less of the latter, according to our reviewer Anna Adlwarth, who quite appreciates the business and marketing perspectives of the book but would have liked to see more reflections on the politics of the phenomenon that is social media.

JS&T aims to publish research that makes a clear contribution, substantively, theoretically or methodologically, to the body of knowledge relating to all aspects of the relationship between sport and tourism. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Making the intangible tangible in sport heritage: a conceptual analysis of sport statuary’s spatial fix by Kiernan Gordon & Gregory Ramshaw.

JSM encourages the submission of manuscripts in a number of areas as they relate to the management, governance, and consumption of sport. Studies using quantitative and/or qualitative approaches are welcomed. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Female Sports Officials and Mental Health: The Overlooked Problem by Jacob K. Tingle, Brittany L. Jacobs, Lynn L. Ridinger, Stacy Warner.