[ecrea] new publication: Sport, Racism and Social Media

Farrington, N; Hall, L; Kilvington, D; Price, J and Saeed, A (2014) 
Sport, Racism and Social Media, London: Routledge


Amazon: 
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Racism-Routledge-Research-Culture-Society/dp/0415839866/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1410173839&sr=8-1&keywords=sport+racism+and+social+media



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Description:

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 racism?

·         How can campaigners, authorities and individuals best 
challenge and counter these forms of racism?



Combining analysis of social media content with in-depth interviews with 
athletes, fans, campaigners and officials, and including extensive case 
studies of soccer, boxing, the NHL, the NBA, and cricket, the book 
provides important new insights on a familiar but ever changing story. 
It is essential reading for any student, researcher, media professional, 
administrator or policy-maker with an interest in sport, new media or 
the issue of racism in wider society.


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Product details:

·         Hardcover: 158 pages

·         Publisher: Routledge (2 Sep 2014)

·         Language: English


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About the authors:

Neil Farrington was a multi award-nominated UK sports journalist with 18 
years’ experience of covering international, national and regional 
sport, including the Olympic Games and football World Cup. He is now a 
Senior Lecturer in Sports Journalism at the University of Sunderland, UK.



Lee Hall is Senior Lecturer in Journalism at the University of 
Sunderland, UK. He was formerly digital editor at the Sunderland Echo 
after a long spell working in magazines which included editing national 
newsstand videogames titles. He continues to write about the games 
industry for publications such as Edge.



Daniel Kilvington is Associate Lecturer in Media and Journalism at the 
University of Sunderland, UK. His recent PhD analysed the exclusion of 
British Asian professional footballers in English professional football. 
His research interests include ‘race’, racism, ethnicity and sport.



John Price is Senior Lecturer and programme leader for BA (hons) Sports 
Journalism at the University of Sunderland, UK. He is a former regional 
newspaper journalist.



Amir Saeed is an online tutor at the University of Leicester, UK and was 
until recently the Programme Leader of BA (Hons) Media, Culture and 
Communication at the University of Sunderland, UK. His research 
interests are in ‘race’, racism and Islamophobia.

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