The Sociology of Sports-Talk Radio [electronic resource] /
Kerr, Robert L.author.
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, and seeks to identify the essential sociological dynamics that make all that endless chatter so vital to listeners. A qualitative, descriptive analytical focus on this remarkable platform-where people come together to interact insistently, colorfully, and often with stunning ferocity-highlights key processes by which human communicators construct meaning.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
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.
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, and seeks to identify the essential sociological dynamics that make all that endless chatter so vital to listeners. A qualitative, descriptive analytical focus on this remarkable platform-where people come together to interact insistently, colorfully, and often with stunning ferocity-highlights key processes by which human communicators construct meaning.
Sports-Sociological aspects.
Sociology.
Sociology of Sport and Leisure.
Cultural Studies.
Media Sociology.
Gender Studies.