Full Description
Baseball stadia are places of memory, identity, athletic and architectural accomplishment. They are sites capable of arousing passion, sentimentality and a sense of community. The baseball stadium provides a unique lens through which to understand, explore and expand an understanding of communication theories. While baseball has previously been explored by scholars, this volume introduces the stadium as a way of exploring communication and communication theories through an examination of the four discrete themes that frame the organization of this work: community and communication, fandom and communication, memory and communication, and commodification and communication. This volume offers a unique approach to those interested in communication theory, popular culture, sports management, and people environment studies.
Contents
Susan Drucker/Dale Herbeck: Introduction - Part One: Community and Communication - Vincent Brook: Mass Culture Theories: Dodger Stadium or The House that RuthlessnessBuilt - Susan J. Drucker/Gary Gumpert: Collective Memory: Citi Field, Urban Renewal and Communication - Larry Powell/Jonathan Amsbary/Justin R. Johnston: Discourse Communities: Rickwood Field as a Symbol of Segregation and Healing - Part Two: Fandom and Communication - Harvey Jassem: Media Determinism: Yankee Stadium and the E-Mediafication of the Baseball Stadium - Juliet Dee: Communication Freedoms and Limitations: Citizens Bank Park, Heckling and the First Amendment - Lewis Freeman: Symbolic Interactionism: Yogi Berra Stadium and the Minor League Ballpark Experience - Michael H. Plugh: General Semantics: Japan's Koshien Stadium and Time-Binding Bushido - Part Three: Memory and Communication - Anthony C. Cavaiani: Public Memory Theory: On Remembering and Forgetting Old Tiger Stadium - Erik Garrett/Alexander Regina: Phenomenology and The Phantom Stadia Phenomenon: Forbes Field and Comiskey Park Remembered - Jean Ann Streiff: Narrative Theory: Building the Legacy of the Pittsburgh Pirates through PNC Park - Part Four: Commodification and Communication - Robert Trumpbour: Ritual View of Communication Theory: The Houston Astrodome and The Evolution of Stadium Construction - Adam Grossman: Transformational Communication: Wrapping Wrigley Field In a New Package - Thomas R. Flynn/Pennilane Carlisle: The Extended Self and Sports Marketing: The Opening of Jacobs Field - Contributors - Stadium Index - Index.
