Sport, Advertising and Global Promotional Culture: Identities, Commodities, Spaces and Spectacles

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Steven J. Jackson (University of Otago, New Zealand) David L. Andrews (University of Maryland, USA)

Sport, Advertising and Global Promotional Culture

Identities, Commodities, Spaces and Spectacles

Steven J. Jackson (University of Otago, New Zealand), David L. Andrews (University of Maryland, USA)

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Routledge
07 February 2025

Media studies; Sociology: sport & leisure

Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

This book explores the intersection of contemporary sport, advertising, promotional culture and wider society.

Arguing that advertising and promotional culture remain key driving forces in relation to social structures and systems that contribute to enduring patterns of economic and other forms of inequality, this book examines how sport and related areas of social life continue to be transformed by these forces. Presenting in‑depth international case studies covering topics such as Nike’s sign economies, the sports‑gambling‑media complex, sportswashing/greenwashing, radical politics in sport advertising, sport and corporate nationalism, and girls’ empowerment and transgender exclusion in sports, this book sheds critical new light on some of the most important themes in the study of global consumer culture in the emerging era of surveillance capitalism. Overall, this book examines sport advertising through the lens of the circuit of cultural commodification – including production, representation, consumption and regulation – in order to provide insights into the formation, complexities and contradictions of social identities, commodities and brands.

This is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in the sociology, culture and politics of sport, or cultural studies, media studies, and the wider politics and social significance of late‑stage capitalism.

Edited by: Steven J. Jackson (University of Otago New Zealand), David L. Andrews (University of Maryland, USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 811g
ISBN: 9780367752194
ISBN 10: 0367752190
Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
Pages: 334
Publication Date: 07 February 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. The Contemporary Landscape of Sport Advertising and Promotional Culture, Part I: Signs, Economies and Spaces, 2. The Sign of the Swoosh Within 21st century Economies of Sign Value, 3. The Nike Swoosh and the Cultural Politics of Sign Economies, 4. Sports Gambling Cultivation: The Sports-Media-Gambling Industrial Complex and the Rise of Integrative Media, 5. The Paradoxical Politics of Barstool Sports’ Branding and Advertising in the Penn Entertainment Era, 6. Environmental Pretense: Sport, Advertising and Greenwashing, Part II: Identities, Commodities and Advertising, 7. Selling the Revolution: The Accommodation of Radical Politics in Sport Advertising, 8. The Big Game (Parental Consent Advised): Marketing Directly to Kids to Create Consumer Citizens, 9. Valuing Disability: Economies of Visibility, Paralympic Cripvertising and the Disabled Body Politic, 10. Corporate Cosmopolitanism, Glocalization and Cyber Ethno-Nationalism: Production and Consumption of Nike Japan’s Advertisement ‘You Can’t Stop Us: The Future Isn’t Waiting’, 11. Sport and Corporate Nationalism in India: Nike, Cricket and the Representation and Commodification of Indian Identity, Part III: Gendered/Sexed Subjectivities and Advertising, 12. “If You Let Me Play”: Girls’ Empowerment and Transgender Exclusion in Sports, 13. (Post)Feminism and Football: An Exploration of Transnational Advertising at the FIFA23 Women’s World Cup""?, 14. “Earnin’ It”: NFL Promotional Strategies to Engage Female Fans, 15. Playing for Our Team: The WNBA, LGBTQ+ Advertising, and Neoliberal Capitalism, 16. Sport, Beer Advertising, and Corporate Nationalism in Canada: Three Decades of Molson Beer Advertising’s Articulation of National Identity, Masculinity and Consumer Citizenship

Steven J. Jackson is Professor in the Socio‑Cultural Analysis of Sport at the University of Otago, New Zealand, where he is Co‑Director of the New Zealand Centre for Sport Policy and Politics. His research interests include globalization; national identity; sport and alcohol policy; and sport advertising. Steven is a past president of the International Sociology of Sport Association (ISSA) and a Corresponding Editor for the International Review for the Sociology of Sport. David L. Andrews is Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Maryland, USA, where he is Director of the Physical Cultural Studies Program. His research interests include sports and late capitalism; contemporary cultural theory; globalization and sport; social injustices and inequalities; and the sociology of sport, health and physical activity. David serves as Assistant Editor of the Journal of Sport and Social Issues and as editorial board member of the Sociology of Sport Journal, Leisure Studies, Quest and Sport Management Review. He is an elected fellow in the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education (AAKPE).