Tag: Steph Doehler
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.
A compelling analysis of the intersection between sports, politics, and race in America
In The Black Athlete Revolt: The Sport Justice Movement in the Age of #BlackLivesMatter (Rowman & Littlefield), Shaun M. Anderson examines the Black athlete’s rise in advocating for social justice and how today’s athletes have moved beyond protesting to create substantial change for Black Americans. Our reviewer is Steph Doehler, and to her it’s a must-read for anyone interested in the juncture of sports, politics, and racial dynamics, and a standout contribution to the ongoing conversation about the role of athletes in shaping our society.
Soccer & Society, Volume 24, 2023, Issue 4 | The Champions? Thirty Years of the UEFA Champions League
Soccer, a.k.a (association) football is the most popular mass spectator sport in the world. Soccer & Society is the first international journal devoted to the game of soccer, and aims to focus on the game in the context of a more global world. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: ‘Full speed ahead Barcelona’: the social construction of Roy Keane’s 1999 semi-final performance versus Juventus by Steph Doehler (open access).
International Journal of Sport Communication, Volume 16, 2023, No. 1
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: Role Model or Quitter? Social Media’s Response to Simone Biles at Tokyo 2020 by Steph Doehler.
Sport in Society, Volume 26, 2023, Issue 1
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: Country image and satire in sport management: analyzing America through sports in South Park by Yoav Dubinsky.
Excellent collection of essays that contributes to a well-explored field
Athlete Activism: Contemporary Perspectives, edited by Rory Magrath (Routledge) examines the phenomenon of athlete activism across all levels of sport, from elite and international sport, to collegiate and semi-pro, and asks what this tells us about the relationship between sport and wider society. Our reviewer Steph Doehler finds that the collection, albeit less international than proclaimed, still expands knowledge in the field – besides being both insightful and thoroughly entertaining.
“Global Maradona: man, athlete, celebrity, idol, hero, myth” | Special issue of Funes and Eracle
It is hard to find, in the champions pantheon of the sport history, a person who has experienced the same public consideration as the one for Diego Armando Maradona. Always on the stage, always drawing everyone’s attention, never an ordinary man. The Forum Editor’s choice from this special issue: A hero’s journey: the monomythical narrative of Diego Maradona’s World Cup appearances by Steph Doehler.
A strong collection of essays on some of sports most compelling figures
Written by a range of scholarly contributors from multiple disciplines, The Circus Is in Town: Sport, Celebrity, and Spectacle (University Press of Mississippi) contains careful analyses of such megastars as LeBron James, Tonya Harding, David Beckham, Shaquille O’Neal, Maria Sharapova, and Colin Kaepernick. Steph Doehler’s review reveals an entertaining book of great academic value for those interested in sport sociology, and sport communication and journalism.
Solid collection of essays depicting sport through its significant doubles
Brittany Reid’s and Taylor McKee’s collected volume Duelism: Confronting Sport Through Its Doubles (Common Ground) curates critical readings from sport scholars across many fields that acknowledge and interrogate the concept of sport by exploring it in connection with its significant doubles, an approach termed “duelism.” Steph Doehler’s reading of the anthology evokes mainly positive reactions, while also indicating that critical comments are called for.
Taking the star-spangled knee: the media framing of Colin Kaepernick | A summary
In this feature article, Steph Doehler summarizes her article in Sport in Society, in which she analyses the newspaper coverage of Colin Kaepernick’s protest using the concept of media framing. She identifies four key frames which can be scrutinized and understood using the theoretical framework of the protest paradigm. In an innovative approach the research also analyses the coverage of Kaepernick in 2020, in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder at the hands of a police officer.
