Power Play: Sport, the Media and Popular Culture

by Richard Haynes and Raymond Boyle

Book Overview

Praise for the first edition: 'An excellent book that tries to come to grips with the ever-increasing role of sport in the media as a particular phenomenon of 20th-century popular culture.'European Journal of Communication (2000)'Excellent, well written and informative... of interest and use to a wider constituency.'Times Higher Education Supplement (May 2000)The fully revised and updated version of this classic text examines the link between three...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748635939
• ISBN13: 9780748635931
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher