Sport: general Books

Book Synopsis1. Surfing in the technological era: What it means to surf in the Anthropocene Ocean.- 2. Wave parks and wave pools: removing surfing from the tyranny of the coast.- 3. Seabed sculpting: altering the seafloor to create new surf-breaks where they currently do not break.- 4. Sharkless surf: Employing technology to save lives.- 5. Understanding surf-break vulnerability in the era of rising seas.- 6. Dodging plastics: Surf environmental organizations and the quest to remove plastics from the oceans and beaches where we surf.- 7. Surfing, streaming and surveillance: the environmental and societal consequences of live surf camera feeds.- 8. Surf media in the technological era: From Mags to Tags.- 9. From Endless Summer to the Surf Spring: Technology and surf social movements.- 10. Utilizing apps to gamify and improve surf-break conservation.- 11. Future Suits: The continual evolution of the wetsuit.- 12. The Search for the carbon negative surfboard.- 13. Technology and accessibility: Expanding access to surfing through a myriad of technological improvements.- 14. Have surf, will travel: the end of surf secrets, crowding in surf destinations and the quest to expand the surf frontier.

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Book SynopsisSport is everything, but never solely sport. The commodification of human pleasure in or about many sports led to an increased political interest and dimension with regard to the major leagues and their stars. Corruption and scandals increased, while the human being in sports was and still is very often exploited or mistreated. These problems often relate to the political dimension as well. Consequently, it seems very promising and necessary alike to take a closer look at the interrelation of sports and politics. The present volume addresses this interrelation from different angles, when talking about issues like racism, gender inequality, or classism.

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Book SynopsisSport is a universal feature of global popular culture. It shapes our identities, affects our relationships, and defines our communities. It also influences our consumption habits, represents our cultures, and dramatizes our politics. In other words, sport is among the most prominent vehicles for communication available in daily life. Nevertheless, only recently has it begun to receive robust attention in the discipline of communication studies. The handbook of Communication and Sport attends to the recent and rapid growth of scholarship in communication and media studies that features sport as a central site of inquiry. The book attempts to capture a full range of methods, theories, and topics that have come to define the subfield of "communication and sport" or "sports communication." It does so by emphasizing four primary features. First, it foregrounds "communication" as central to the study of sport. This emphasis helps to distinguish the book from collections in related disciplines such as sociology, and also points readers beyond media as the primary or only context for understanding the relationship between communication and sport. Thus, in addition to studies of media effects, mediatization, media framing, and more, readers will also engage with studies in interpersonal, intercultural, organizational, and rhetorical communication. Second, the handbook presents an array of methods, theories, and topics in the effort to chart a comprehensive landscape of communication and sport scholarship. Thus, readers will benefit from empirical, interpretive, and critical work, and they will also see studies drawing on varied texts and sites of inquiry. Third, the handbook of Communication and Sport includes a broad range of scholars from around the world. It is therefore neither European nor North American in its primary focus. In addition, the book includes contributors from commonly under-represented regions in Asia, Africa, and South America. Fourth, the handbook aims to account for both historical trajectories and contemporary areas of interest. In this way, it covers the central topics, debates, and perspectives from the past and also suggests continued and emerging pathways for the future. Collectively, the handbook of Communication and Sport aspires to provide scholars and students in communication and media studies with the most comprehensive assessment of the field available.

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