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Title Digital media sport : technology, power and culture in the network society / edited by Brett Hutchins and David Rowe
Published New York : Routledge, [2013]
New York : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2013

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Description xvi, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Routledge research in cultural and media studies ; 51
Routledge research in cultural and media studies ; 51
Contents Contents note continued: 10.Fan Movements in the Network Society: Project, Resistance and Legitimizing Identities among Manchester United Supporters / Peter Millward -- 11."Born on Swan Street, Next to the Yarra": Online Opinion Leaders and Inventing Commitment / Andy Ruddock -- pt. III Content Ecologies, Social Software and Games -- 12.New Media Technologies in Lifestyle Sport / Belinda Wheaton -- 13.Blogging the Beijing Olympics: The Neoliberal Logic of Chinese Web 2.0 / Haiqing Yu -- 14.Sports Journalism and Social Media: A New Conversation? / Richard Haynes -- 15.Carnival Mirrors: Sport and Digital Games / Mark Finn -- 16.Privileged Men and Masculinities: Gender and Fantasy Sports Leagues / Perri Campbell
Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction: Sport in the Network Society and Why It Matters / Brett Hutchins -- pt. I Evolving Technologies, Platforms and Markets -- 2.Sport and the Rise of Mobile Media / Gerard Goggin -- 3.Desktop Day Games: Workspace Media, Multitasking and the Digital Baseball Fan / Ethan Tussey -- 4."SporTV": The Legacies and Power of Television / Ben Goldsmith -- 5.The Struggle for Platform Leadership in the European Sports Broadcasting Market / Katrien Lefever -- 6.The Challenge of Unauthorized Online Streaming to the English Premier League and Television Broadcasters / Matthew David -- pt. II Users, Audiences and Identities -- 7.Online Belongings: Female Fan Experiences in Online Soccer Forums / Ann-Marie Cook -- 8.Eye Candy and Sex Objects: Gender, Race and Sport on YouTube / David J. Leonard -- 9.Facebook, Twitter and Sports Fans: Identity Protection and Social Network Sites in US Sports / Jimmy Sanderson --
Summary "Live broadband streaming of the 2008 Beijing Olympics accounted for 2,200 of the estimated 3,600 total hours shown by the American NBC-Universal networks. At the 2012 London Olympics, unprecedented multi-platforming embraced online, mobile devices, game consoles and broadcast television, with the BBC providing 2,500 hours of live coverage, including every competitive event, much in high definition and some in 3D. The BBC also had 12 million requests for video on mobile phones and 9.2 million browsers on its mobile Olympics website and app. This pattern will only intensify at future sport mega events like the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics, both of which will take place in Brazil. Increasingly, when people talk of the screen that delivers footage of their favorite professional sport, they are describing desktop, laptop, and tablet computer screens as well as television and mobile handsets. Digital Media Sport analyzes the intersecting issues of technological change, market power, and cultural practices that shape the contemporary global sports media landscape. The complexity of these related issues demands an interdisciplinary approach that is adopted here in a series of thematically-organized essays by international scholars working in media studies, Internet studies, sociology, cultural studies, and sport studies"--Provided by publisher
Analysis Australian
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Digital media.
Sports -- Computer network resources.
Author Hutchins, Brett, 1973-
LC no. 2013003431
ISBN 9780415517515