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The Sociology of Sports-Talk Radio

Palgrave Macmillan

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  • Contributes to an area where there has not previously been much substantive research
  • Discusses how mass media interacts with digital innovation in the realm of sports talk radio
  • Employs a rigorous "document analysis" method to connect the media representations that are the focus of the study to broader ideas in discourse and ideology
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
  2. The Smooth Talk of National Sports Radio

    • Robert L. Kerr
    Pages 19-35
  3. More Intensity in Major Regional Talk

    • Robert L. Kerr
    Pages 37-57
  4. Straight Talk from Beyond the Male Gaze

    • Robert L. Kerr
    Pages 79-91
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 97-99

About this book

The Sociology of Sports-Talk Radio is the latest sports-media scholarship from the author of How Postmodernism Explains Football and Football Explains Postmodernism, winner of the 2017 Outstanding Book Award from the National Communication Association ’s Communication and Sport Division. 

The 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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • The University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA

    Robert L. Kerr

About the author

Robert L. Kerr teaches media history and law at the University of Oklahoma, USA. He is a past winner of the National Communication Association’s Franklyn S. Haiman Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Freedom of Expression. He has twice received his college’s teaching award. 

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eBook USD 44.99
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  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 59.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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