Tag: social media

Taking into consideration the expansion in regard to the ubiquitousness of soccer coverage worldwide, this call for papers seeks research which applies to “Communication and Soccer.” The goal of this special issue is to increase knowledge and understanding of the impact of communication as it pertains to what is widely known as “The Beautiful Game.”

With a goal of enhancing our understanding of social media in the context of sport, the specific aim of the special issue is to increase our knowledge of social media through conceptual, behavioral, empirical, and managerial work studying the role and impact of social media in sport from consumers, platforms, and organizations perspective.

While the ethical issues surrounding news journalism are closely scrutinised, the ethical dilemmas facing sports journalism are often neglected, or even unacknowledged. How have sports journalists responded to ethical issues arising from the digital revolution? This conference aims to provide a space for analysis and discussion on the varied ethical issues confronting sports journalists.

We encourage submissions that resist the imposition of the white gaze as the primary lens through which we theorize about sexuality, gender, and black athletes. The collection will explore how cultural narratives of blackness, gender, and sexuality remain entangled in, through, and against sport.

We invite cultural and social researchers from all disciplines to submit abstracts for individual presentations on our conference "In the Flow: People, Media, Materialities"....