{"product_id":"communication-and-the-baseball-stadium-9781433121463","title":"Communication and the Baseball Stadium","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBaseball 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusan 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039555453271,"sku":"9781433121463","price":72.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781433121463.jpg?v=1750944070","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/communication-and-the-baseball-stadium-9781433121463","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}