Travis R. Bell, Janelle Applequist, Christian Dotson-Pierson

CTE, Media, and the NFL

Framing a Public Health Crisis as a Football Epidemic

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the mediated construction of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and its rise to public and political prominence by way of its direct connection with the NFL. More broadly, this book explores how this relationship situates in and through the sports/media complex.

Produktdetails

• Lexington Studies in Health Communication
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 425g
• ISBN-13: 9781498570565
• ISBN-10: 1498570569
• Artikelnr.: 56152913

Autorenporträt

Travis R. Bell is assistant professor of digital and sports media in the Zimmerman School of Advertising & Mass Communications at the University of South Florida. Janelle Applequist is assistant professor of advertising in the Zimmerman School of Advertising & Mass Communications at the University of South Florida. Christian Dotson-Pierson is speech instructor at the University of South Carolina.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Football and the Brain: A Historical Perspective Chapter 2:
Framing Global Epidemics: A Case Study of HIV/AIDS and Big Tobacco Chapter
3: Hegemonic Masculinity: The Foundation of American Football Culture
Chapter 4: From Punch-Drunk to CTE: The Evolution of a Brain Disease
Chapter 5: Mediating Science: The Framing of CTE Chapter 6: Beyond the
Headlines: CTE and the NFL Chapter 7: Film and Football: Creation and
Critique of Violence Chapter 8: It's a "Guy Thing": Mediated Misconceptions