Tag: media studies
International Journal of Sport Communication, Volume 18, 2025, No. 4
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: by Zachary W. Arth, Mackenzie P. Pike, James R. Angelini.
Sport in Society, Volume 28, 2025, Issue 10 | Sport and Climate Change; Guest Editors: Marie Larneby, Daniel Svensson & Susanna Hedenborg
Academics in various disciplines are writing about sport. Sport in Society is a multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary forum for academics to discuss the growing relationship of sport to significant areas of modern life. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Investigating the climate vulnerability of North American ultra-endurance running events by Lance Warwick, Jonathan R. Oliveira & Mikihiro Sato.
Sport in Society, Volume 28, 2025, Issue 9
Academics in various disciplines are writing about sport. Sport in Society is a multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary forum for academics to discuss the growing relationship of sport to significant areas of modern life. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: The emergence of new mountain biking media practices: toward a culture of inclusive mountain biking by Fiona Spotswood, Martin Hurcombe & Maria Moxey (open access)
Sport in Society, Volume 28, 2025, Issue 8
Academics in various disciplines are writing about sport. Sport in Society is a multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary forum for academics to discuss the growing relationship of sport to significant areas of modern life. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: The redefinition of a Chinese sports hero’s public image: evidence from the reactions on Chinese social media to Sun Yang’s international trial by Tang-Yun Leng, Shuo Yang & Alan Bairner.
Sport in Society, Volume 28, 2025, Issue 6–7 | Sport, Business and Society
Academics in various disciplines are writing about sport. Sport in Society is a multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary forum for academics to discuss the growing relationship of sport to significant areas of modern life. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: The concept of political neutrality – where we are at? by Marko Begović (open access).
International Journal of Sport Communication, Volume 18, 2025, No. 3 | Politics, Sport, and Communication: A Global Perspective
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.
Call for Papers | Sport, Media and Soft Power, an International Sport And Media Symposium | University of Wester Cape, June 3, 2026. Call ends January 15, 2026
Recent scholarship in sport and media has highlighted a range of ways that mediated sport has been appropriated for the exercise of soft power: a set of tactics for securing consent for various aims using persuasion rather than force. Sport for development and peace examines efforts undertaken by the United Nations and NGOs to leverage sport as means to foster humanitarian concerns. Others have studied how nations use sport to advance diplomatic efforts and foster international cooperation.
International Journal of Sport Communication, Volume 18, 2025, No. 2
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: Still the Outsiders? Women in Sport Journalism by Alex Harris and Ali Bowes.
Sport in Society, Volume 28, 2025, Issue 5
Academics in various disciplines are writing about sport. Sport in Society is a multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary forum for academics to discuss the growing relationship of sport to significant areas of modern life. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: The anatomy of body shaming in sports coaching by Valeria Varea, Robert S. Primus, Natalie Barker-Ruchti & Mikael Quennerstedt (open access).
Sport in Society, Volume 28, 2025, Issue 4 | Football vs. ice hockey in the European sport landscape
Academics in various disciplines are writing about sport. Sport in Society is a multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary forum for academics to discuss the growing relationship of sport to significant areas of modern life. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Sport brand coexistence, competition and synergy: case study of the Sparta Prague ice hockey and football clubs by William Crossan, Jan Šíma & Michaela Kaprálková.













