ISBN:
9780415839860
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (159 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
Parallel Title:
Print version Sport, Racism and Social Media
DDC:
306.4/83
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Racist abuse may at one time have been hurled across the sports stadium or scrawled on a wall. But in today's social media world it can be published to millions, from almost anywhere, in an instant. Sport, Racism and Social Media provides the first significant, academic account of how social media is shaping the nature of racisms in sport. Among the questions it addresses are:How, and why, is racism being expressed across different social media platforms and sporting contexts? To what extent is social media providing new platforms for traditional prejudices or actually creating new forms of ra
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; About the authors; 1 Introduction; 2 The rise of social media; 3 Managing social media; 4 'Race' and racisms in a digital world; 5 Football, racism and social media; 6 Cricket, racism and social media; 7 Boxing, racism and social media; 8 US sport, racism and social media; 9 The way forward: explanations and recommendations; References; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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