[ecrea] symposium on sport and media

Changing the rules of the game? Two-day symposium on sport and media at 
Loughborough University, 16-17 May 2018

The Centre for Research in Communication and Culture at Loughborough 
University will be hosting a two-day symposium examining the 
relationship between sport and media on 16th and 17th May, 2018. Keynote 
talks will be given by Kirsten Frandsen (Aarhus), Michal Silk 
(Bournemouth) and Richard Haynes (Stirling). The full programe is listed 
below. For further information please contact, Michael Skey, 
(m.skey /at/ lboro.ac.uk)


 	Wednesday 16th May 2018
1000-1130	Welcome / Panel 1: Media, memory and identity
1130-1145	Break
1145-1300	Panel 2: Sociability and social media
1300-1345	Lunch
1345-1515	Panel 3: Diversity and ethics
1515-1530	Break
1530-1630	Keynote: Kirsten Frandsen
	
 	Thursday 17th May 2018
0900-1030	Panel 4 : Sports management, rights and regulations
1030-1100	Break
1100-1230	Panel 5: Gender
1230-1315	Lunch
1315-1430	Panel 6: Events, rights and regulations
1430-1445	Break
1445-1615	Roundtable: Michael Silk / Richard Haynes
	

 Panel 1: Media, memory and identity

Media, Memory and Sporting Mega-Events
Jack Black, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
 The formation of Sports Heroes: Mythology and National Identity. Keith 
Parry, Western Sydney University, Australia
 Football Fanbassadors and Tropes about Irishness: The Boys in Green at 
Euro 2016
Neil O’Boyle & Colm Kearns, Dublin City University, Republic of Ireland 
Panel 2: Sociability and Social media
 Visual Communication, Meaning Making, and Sense of Communality in 
Recreational Sports
Veera Ehrlén, University of Jyväskylä, Finland   Football Consumption, 
Authenticity and the ‘immediatisation’ of Everyday Life
Chris Stone, Liverpool Hope University, UK
Ciarán Ryan, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Republic of Ireland
 ‘A Couple of These Videos is All You Really Needed to Get Pumped to 
Skate’: Re-Viewing sports media as an act of subcultural nostalgia 
Thomas Thurnell-Read, Loughborough University, UK
 Panel 3: Diversity and Ethics

Football, Concussion and the cultural representation of dementia
Dominic Malcolm, Loughborough University, UK

Is there a (moral / ethical) ‘spirit of cricket’(SoC)?: exploring the 
roles of global governance, television deals and elite player behaviour 
in the Marylebone Cricket Club SoC lecture and ‘sandpapergate’
Neil Washbourne, Leeds Beckett University, UK
 Colin Kaepernick and Black Athlete Activism in the US: How New Media 
is Changing the Game Again
Irene Blum, Isabel Awad, Jacco van Sterkenburg,  Erasmus University, 
Rotterdam, Netherlands
 Football, racism and social media
Daniel Kilvington, Leeds Beckett University, UK
 Panel 4: Sports management, rights and regulations

Unauthorised Streaming of Premier League Football: Are injunctions 
against ISP’s an effective and legitimate solution?
Steve Greenfield, Westminster University, UK
 A Netflix of Sport? The Evolution of the Sports Media Rights Market 
Paul Smith, DeMontford University, UK
 Sports executives strategies for managing communication.
Tracie Edmondsen,  Charles Sturt University, New South Wales, Australia.
  Panel 5: Gender

‘Smart, clued-in guys’: Irish Rugby Players as Sporting Celebrities in 
Austerity Ireland
Marcus Free, University of Limerick, Republic of Ireland   “On me bed, 
son”: The (Re)presentation of (emphasised) femininity in English
‘tabloid’ newspaper coverage of Euro 2016
Roger Domeneghetti, Northumbria University, UK
 Female athletes as sportsmen - The role of femininity and fame in the 
narrative identity of athletes
Csatári Flóra Dóra, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
 Panel 6: Events, rights and regulation

ESPN Public Editor: Holding the sports worldwide leader to account
Xavier Ramon-Vegas, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain
José-Luis Rojas-Torrijos, University of Seville, Spain
 Who ate all the pies?: Piegate, Gambling, and Football Culture
Jonathan Cable, University of Gloucestershire
 Media, Sports and the Production of National Identity in Qatar.
Noureddine Miladi, Qatar University, Qatar


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