Emerging Sports as Social Movements

Disc Golf and the Rise of an Unknown Sport

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

AvJoshua Woods

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This volume examines the rise of an emerging sport as a grassroots effort (or “new social movement”), arguing that the growth of non-normative sports movements occurs through two social processes: one driven primarily by product development, commercialization, and consumption, and another that relies upon public resources and grassroots efforts.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-07-29
Mått148 x 210 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor232
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783030764593

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Sociologi inom Samhalle och politik
Medievetenskap inom Samhalle och politik
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Introduction.- Chapter 1: The Disc Golf Movement.- Chapter 2: The Professional Disc Golf Association Pushes for Legitimacy through Competition.- Chapter 3: The Mixed Bag of Disc Golf Culture: Disc Golf as Lifestyle.- Chapter 4: The Framing of Disc Golf in News Media.- Chapter 5: The Associations Between Traditional and Social Media and the Growth of Disc Golf.- Chapter 6: Neglect, Trivialization and Stigmatization: The Framing of Disc Golf in Popular Films and Television.- Chapter 7: Disparities in Disc Golf Course Distribution in the United States.- Chapter 8: Disc Golfer Demographics.- Conclusion.