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"Fewer Canadians than ever are lacing up skates, swimming lengths at the pool, practicing their curve ball, and experiencing the thrill of competition. However, despite a decline in active participation, Canadians spend enormous amounts of time and money on sports, as fans and followers of spor...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edmonton, Alberta :
AU Press,
[2016]
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| Colección: | How Canadians communicate ;
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| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Power plays : communication and control in Canadian sports / David Taras
- Part 1. The medium is the money
- Troubles in the toy department : conflicts of interest, the triumph of trivia, and the changing face of sports journalism / Roy MacGregor
- The hall of mirrors / Christopher Waddell
- The end of CBC sports? / Jay Scherer
- Playing make-believe : how fantasy leagues have changed sports / Derrick Newman
- Part 2. Searching for heroes in the new media world
- Questioning assumptions : a comparison of Canadian and American university sports / Duane Bratt
- Of home teams and visiting players : imports and substitutions in Canadian professional sports / Ira Wagman
- The changing world of sports in Québec / Andre Richelieu
- The Olympics as an iconic event : the question of national unity and the Vancouver 2010 Games / Harry Hiller
- Debating disability : Paralympic athletes and the media / David Legg
- Part 3. Hockey night in Canada
- Hockey, concussions, and the media / Tom Maloney
- The Hockey Calgary body-checking vote : colliding views / Janice Paskey
- Goodbye, Gordie Howe : sport participation and class inequality in the "pay for play" society / Richard Gruneau
- Cultivating distinction through hockey as commodity / Peter Zuurbier
- Hockey art as visual communication : insights from oral culture / Chaseten Remillard
- Part 4. Drugs, violence, and death
- The Kayfabe era : early professional wrestling in Canada / Glenn Ruhl
- "The UFC Is selling wolf tickets" : sport and fiction in the Ultimate Fighting Championship / Bart Beaty
- On the temptations of doping : moral relativism and the Tour de France / Angela J. Schneider
- An insider's look at the Vancouver 2010 luge tragedy / Regan Lauscher
- Communicating tragedy : the death of Nodar Kumaritashvili at the Vancouver Olympics / Jeremy Berry
- The half a mile of heaven's gate / Aritha van Herk.