Tag: Shannon Scovel

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: Throwing Them Under the Bus: The Framing of a Critical Incident at the Tour de France by Ryan Snelgrove, Laura Wood, Larena Hoeber, Orland Hoeber.

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: Understanding the authenticity of surf tourism: evidence from Chinese tourists by Yuxiang Lu, Yangle Chen & Chao Su.

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: The Influence of North American Ownership on the Business, Management, and Communication Model of Spanish Professional Football: A Case Study of Real Club Deportivo Mallorca (2016–2021) by Xavier Ginesta, Nahuel I. Faedo.

Arguably, trans people are subject to discrimination, or worse. Whether or not they are also, as trans athletes, discriminated in sports is a moot point. In a new edited collection, Justice for Trans Athletes: Challenges and Struggles by Ali Durham Greey & Helen Jefferson Lenskyj (Emerald), the contributors argue for full inclusion of transwomen athletes in the female category of competitive sports. Our reviewer, legal and political philosopher Miroslav Imbrišević is a well-known exponent of the opposite view.