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Sport and technology : an actor-network theory perspective /
How do new technologies come to be used in sport? This book moves beyond the idea of functionality to explore the many other important factors that athletes and sporting bodies consider throughout the process of adoption. Few would question the difficulty of producing an elite athletic performance....
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2016.
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| Colección: | Globalizing sport studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Series editor's preface
- Introduction
- 1. What is technology?
- 2. Enhancement: which technologies are improved, and how?
- 3. The integration of 'foreign' technologies into sporting practice
- 4. The actor-network of doping
- 5. The integration of science and medicine into sports training
- 6. Technologies for judging, umpiring and refereeing
- 7. Translating performances: the production of sports media broadcasts
- Conclusion
- References
- Index.