The Sociology of Sports-Talk Radio

• Main Author: Kerr, Robert L. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Sports-Sociological aspects.; Cultural studies.; Mass media.; Communication.; Sociology.; Sociology of Sport and Leisure.; Cultural Studies.; Media Sociology.; Gender Studies.

This book provides a descriptive analysis of the social interaction transpiring in what the author has conceptualized as the "the hyper-mediated marketplace of sports narratives." It examines the social structures and processes that make sports-talk radio such a vibrant societal milieu, an...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction: Why the Sociology of Sports-Talk Radio Matters
• 2. National Sports Talk
• 3. More Intensity in Major Regional Talk
• 4. Small Talk and a Perfect Example of Contested Narratives
• 5. Talk From Beyond the Male Gaze
• 6. Conclusion: What Matters Most Sociologically.