Fields in vision

Garry Whannel

'Fields in vision' offers a comprehensive and analytical study of the international phenomenon of television sports coverage. Contents: 1. Sport, television and culture PART I: INSTITUTIONS, PRACTICES AND ECONOMIC RELATIONS 2. National events and the authority of the BBC 3. Production practices and professional ideologies 4. BBC v. ITV competition 5. Made for television: sponsorship and the rise of the sports agent PART II: SPORT ON TELEVISION 6. Analysing television sport: transformations of space and time 7. Assemblage and framing 8. Stars, narratives and ideologies PART III: CULTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS 9. The case of athletics 10. The road to globalisation 11. Field of representations 12. Audiences and pleasures 13. Final thoughts.