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Book SynopsisBaseball stadia are places of memory, identity, athletic and architectural accomplishment. They are sites capable of arousing passion, sentimentality and a sense of community. The baseball stadium provides a unique lens through which to understand, explore and expand an understanding of communication theories. While baseball has previously been explored by scholars, this volume introduces the stadium as a way of exploring communication and communication theories through an examination of the four discrete themes that frame the organization of this work: community and communication, fandom and communication, memory and communication, and commodification and communication. This volume offers a unique approach to those interested in communication theory, popular culture, sports management, and people environment studies.
Table of ContentsSusan Drucker/Dale Herbeck: Introduction – Part One: Community and Communication – Vincent Brook: Mass Culture Theories: Dodger Stadium or The House that RuthlessnessBuilt – Susan J. Drucker/Gary Gumpert: Collective Memory: Citi Field, Urban Renewal and Communication – Larry Powell/Jonathan Amsbary/Justin R. Johnston: Discourse Communities: Rickwood Field as a Symbol of Segregation and Healing – Part Two: Fandom and Communication – Harvey Jassem: Media Determinism: Yankee Stadium and the E-Mediafication of the Baseball Stadium – Juliet Dee: Communication Freedoms and Limitations: Citizens Bank Park, Heckling and the First Amendment – Lewis Freeman: Symbolic Interactionism: Yogi Berra Stadium and the Minor League Ballpark Experience – Michael H. Plugh: General Semantics: Japan’s Koshien Stadium and Time-Binding Bushido – Part Three: Memory and Communication – Anthony C. Cavaiani: Public Memory Theory: On Remembering and Forgetting Old Tiger Stadium – Erik Garrett/Alexander Regina: Phenomenology and The Phantom Stadia Phenomenon: Forbes Field and Comiskey Park Remembered – Jean Ann Streiff: Narrative Theory: Building the Legacy of the Pittsburgh Pirates through PNC Park – Part Four: Commodification and Communication – Robert Trumpbour: Ritual View of Communication Theory: The Houston Astrodome and The Evolution of Stadium Construction – Adam Grossman: Transformational Communication: Wrapping Wrigley Field In a New Package – Thomas R. Flynn/Pennilane Carlisle: The Extended Self and Sports Marketing: The Opening of Jacobs Field – Contributors – Stadium Index – Index.
