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- Addresses watershed moments in sports and LGBTQ history
- Offers an evidence-based contemporary examination of journalistic practices regarding a contemporary phenomenon
- Illustrates how sports journalists' coverage of Jason Collins and Michael Sam offers insight into the ability of sports journalism to go “beyond the game” by addressing issues connected to broader societal shifts and communities
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book examines how sports journalists covered the historic coming out stories of National Basketball Association (NBA) veteran Jason Collins and football All-American Michael Sam in the context of sports’ “toy department” reputation as a field whose standards are often criticized as lacking in rigor and depth compared to other forms of journalism. Employing a media sociology approach, reporting about Collins and Sam is addressed in the book via three content analysis studies and interviews with two prominent sports journalists. An overview of other pertinent research is provided along with a detailed account of both athletes’ stories. This work should appeal to readers interested in sports journalism, the role of sport in society, and media coverage of gay professional athletes.
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Communication, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, USA
William P. Cassidy
About the author
William P. Cassidy is Associate Professor of Journalism at Northern Illinois University, USA. His research has appeared in venues such as Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Communication & Sport, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, and Journal of Sports Media. He holds a PhD in Communication and Society from the University of Oregon, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sports Journalism and Coming Out Stories
Book Subtitle: Jason Collins and Michael Sam
Authors: William P. Cassidy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62770-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-62769-4Published: 09 August 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87390-9Published: 07 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-62770-0Published: 28 July 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 108
Topics: Journalism, Media and Communication, Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Media Sociology, American Culture, Culture and Gender