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The Thematic Evolution of Sports Journalism's Narrative of Mental Illness - Ronald Bishop

The Thematic Evolution of Sports Journalism's Narrative of Mental Illness

A Little Less Conversation

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
454 Seiten
2023
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-6669-2762-7 (ISBN)
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This book explores the evolution of how sports journalists have covered the struggle of professional athletes who have experienced mental illness. Combining historical research and narrative analysis, Ronald Bishop interrogates whether sports journalists have finally begun to cover the experience of mental illness with sufficient depth.
The Thematic Evolution of Sports Journalism’s Narrative of Mental Illness: A Little Less Conversation contends that the conversation developed and sustained by sports journalists about professional athletes’ experience with mental illness has evolved through three slightly overlapping stages, each marked by a primary theme. During the first stage, from the end of the 19th Century to the middle of the 20th century, sports journalists sensationalized the experience and portrayed the athletes - breathlessly labeled insane - as tragic figures. During the roughly two-decade second stage, an athlete’s experience with mental illness was portrayed as an inconvenience that flummoxed and infuriated team officials who had neither the ability nor the inclination to address the issue. The final stage, leading up to present day and beyond, is most notable for the development and widespread adoption of a coverage template that centers around an athlete’s brave decision to reveal and discuss their experiences. Combining historical research and narrative analysis, Ronald Bishop interrogates whether sports journalists have finally begun to cover the experience of mental illness with sufficient depth. Scholars of media studies, journalism, celebrity studies, and sports psychology would find this book of particular interest.

Ronald Bishop is professor in the Department of Communication at Drexel University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Media and Mental Illness

Chapter 2: Life in the “Toy Department”

Chapter 3: “The Act of a Madman”

Chapter 4: “Natural Sunshine”

Chapter 5: “All Squared Around”

Chapter 6: “Life’s Third Strike”

Chapter 7: “Quite a Stir”

Chapter 8: “All Sunny Jim”

Ronald Bishop and Maggie Fedorocsko

Chapter 9: “Just a Touch of Rubberitis”

Chapter 10: “Drop a Cheer-Up Card”

Chapter 11: “With a Haughty Indifference”

Chapter 12: “The Endless Mystery”

Chapter 13: “A Psychiatrist’s Dream”

Chapter 14: “I’m Doing Fine”

Chapter 15: Of Battles Won

Ronald Bishop and Amanda Milo

Chapter 16: On Their Terms

Chapter 17: Becoming Fully Narratable

Ronald Bishop and Amanda Milo

Chapter 18: All Roads Lead to Elvis

References

About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum
Co-Autor Margaret Fedorocsko, Amanda Milo
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 235 mm
Gewicht 771 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Journalistik
Weitere Fachgebiete Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10 1-6669-2762-7 / 1666927627
ISBN-13 978-1-6669-2762-7 / 9781666927627
Zustand Neuware
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