The sociology of sports-talk radio

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The Sociology of Sports-Talk Radio is the latest sports-media scholarship from the author of How Postmodernism Explains Football and Football Explains Postmodernism, winner of the 2017 Outstanding Book Award from the National Communication Association ’s Communication and Sport Division. The book provides a descriptive analysis of the social interaction transpiring in what the author has conceptualized as the “the hyper-mediated marketplace of sports narratives.” It examines the social structures and processes that make sports-talk radio such a vibrant societal milieu, and seeks to identify the essential sociological dynamics that make all that endless chatter so vital to listeners. A qualitative, descriptive analytical focus on this remarkable platform—where people come together to interact insistently, colorfully, and often with stunning ferocity—highlights key processes by which human communicators construct meaning. Front Matter ....Pages i-vii Introduction: Why the Sociology of Sports-Talk Radio Matters (Robert L. Kerr)....Pages 1-17 The Smooth Talk of National Sports Radio (Robert L. Kerr)....Pages 19-35 More Intensity in Major Regional Talk (Robert L. Kerr)....Pages 37-57 Small Talk - With a Big, Classic Clash of Narratives (Robert L. Kerr)....Pages 59-78 Straight Talk from Beyond the Male Gaze (Robert L. Kerr)....Pages 79-91 Conclusion: What Matters Most Sociologically (Robert L. Kerr)....Pages 93-95 Back Matter ....Pages 97-99