Title: The ESPN effect : exploring the worldwide leader in sports /
Authors: Earnheardt, Adam C., 1970-
Year: 2015
Subjects: ESPN (Television network) History.; ESPN (Television network); Television broadcasting of sports History.; Television broadcasting of sports
Abstract: In the "ESPN effect", leading sports media scholars examine ESPN and its impact on culture, sports journalism, audience, and the business of sports media. The final part of the book considers the future of ESPN, beginning with an interview with Chris LaPlaca, ESPN senior vice president. As the first academic text dedicated to the self-proclaimed "worldwide leader in sports", this book contributes to the growth of sports media research and provides a starting point for scholars examining the present and future impact of ESPN.
Contents: Preface: You've come a long way, baby / Greg G. Armfield and John McGuire -- Business and the ESPN effect. In the beginning: the Rasmussens and the launch of ESPN / John McGuire and Greg G. Armfield -- the mouse that scored: Disney's reconfiguration of ESPN and ABC Sports / Andi Stein -- Changing the competitive environment for sports broadcast rights / John A. Fortunato -- Digging the moat: the political economy of ESPN's cable carriage fees / Thomas F. Corrigan -- ESPN deportes: Numero uno? / Henry Puente -- Race, gender, and the ESPN effect. "The worldwide leader ins ports" as race relations reporter: reconsidering the role of ESPN / George L. Daniels -- Race in the kingdom / Daniel Sipocz -- ESPN's mythological rhetoric of Title IX / Karen L. Hartman -- espnW: catering to a new audience / Sarah Wolter -- The ESPN effect: representation of women in 30 for 30 films / Katherine L. Lavelle --^ ESPN The Magazine "body issue": challenging yet reinforcing traditional images of masculinity and femininity in sport / Edward M, Kian, Lauren Reichart Smith, Jason W. Lee, and Kristi Sweeney -- Journalism and the ESPN effect. Sprawling hagiography: ESPNs 30 for 30 series and the untangling of sports memories / Andrew C. Billings and Kevin B. Blackistone -- Framing the bubble: how ESPN coverage of the NCAA Tournament bubble changed from 2010 to 2014 / Scott Lambert -- Lipsyte, the league, and the "leader"; an ombudsman's tale / David Staton -- Power through the people: ESPN and the impact of user-circulated emotional value on news efficacy / Samuel M. Jay -- North of the border: the influence of ESPN on TSN and Sportsnet in Canada / Michael L. Naraine and Gashaw Z. Abeza -- The ESPN effect and its audience / ESPN and the fantasy sport experience / Brody J. Ruihley, Robin Hardin, and Andrew C. Billings --^ Missed opportunity: the decline of athletics on ESPN and America's passive culture / Jeffery Gentry and Garret Castleberry -- The future of the ESPN effect. Facilitating conversations through sport: an interview with Chris LaPlaca, ESPN Senior Vice President / Andrew C. Billings -- Afterword: Challenging the worldwide leader in sports / Adam C. Earnheardt.