Sport History in the Digital Era

Gary Osmond is a senior lecturer in sport history at the University of Queensland. Murray G. Phillips is an associate professor in the socio-cultural aspects of sport and physical activity at the University of Queensland and editor of Deconstructing Sport History: A Postmodern Analysis. Both are active members in the North American Society for Sport History.

• UntitledTitleContentsForeword Stephen RobertsonAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Bones of Digital History Gary Osmond and Murray G. PhillipsPart 1: Digital History and the Archive1. The Library's Role in Devloping Web-Based Sport History Resources Wayne Wilson2. Sport History and Digital Archives in Practice Martin Johnes and Bob NicholsonPart II: Digital History as Archive3. @www.olympic.org.nz: Organizational Websites, E-Spaces, and Sport History Geoffery Z. Kohe4. "Dear Collective Brain. . .": Social Media as a Research TOol in Sport History Mike Cronin5. Into the Digitial Era: Sport History, Teaching and Learning, and Web 2.0 Tara Magdalinski6. "Get excited people!": Online Fansites and the Circulation of the Past in the Preseason Hopes of7. Interactivity, Blogs, and the Ethics of Doing Sport History Rebecca Olive8. Death, Mourning, and Cultural Memory on the Internet: The Virtual Memorialization of Fallen SportPart III: Digital History is History9. On the Nature of Sport: A Treatise in Light of Universality and Digital Culture Synthia Sydnor10. Who's Afraid of the Internet?: Swimming in an Infinite Archive Fiona McLachlan and Douglas BooConclusion: Digital History Flexxes its Muscle Murray G. Phillips andContributorsIndex

"Each essay is thought-provoking and grounded with examples or connections to sport history that challenge us to consider the utility of digital technologies—and our relationship to them—moving forward. . . .  Osmond and Phillips show a keen awareness of the major developments, debates, and conversations in the digital humanities and offer an important book that will serve as an accessible conversation starter for historians of sport."--Sport in American History   "Those who are interested in sport history will appreciate this resource on using the Internet in their work. Highly recommended."--Choice"This book should interest anyone who does research into sports history or who teaches a graduate-level class on doing research, especially archival work."--Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly