Strategic Sport Communication: Traditional and Transmedia Strategies for a Global Sports Market

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W. Timothy Coombs (Texas A&M University, USA) Jennifer L. Harker

Strategic Sport Communication

Traditional and Transmedia Strategies for a Global Sports Market

W. Timothy Coombs (Texas A&M University, USA), Jennifer L. Harker

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English

Routledge
16 September 2021

Communication studies; Humanities; Media studies; Economics; Advertising; Public relations

Authors Coombs and Harker provide step-by-step guidance on how the strategic communication process—an integration of marketing communication, public relations, and advertising—can be applied to sports communication for individual athletes, teams, and leagues.

The book is founded on the premise that the strategic communication process in sport communication is grounded in understanding the fans and sources of revenue. Looking at sports globally, it offers readers the traditional multi-step, linear approach to strategic communication message development along with the transmedia narrative transportation method, a non-linear approach that centers on narratives to engage target audiences and urge them to contribute their own material to messaging. With case studies and practical examples, it also highlights additional issues such as race and gender, social media, ethics, and athlete health.

It is an ideal text for undergraduate and graduate courses in public relations or strategic communication and sport communication.

An online instructor’s manual accompanies the text, including lecture slides; a sample strategic sports communication plan; a test bank; links to key web sites that discuss sports and sports communication concerns; links to case studies with class discussion prompts; sample assignments; a sample course syllabus; and suggestions for further reading. Please visit www.routledge.com/9780367898724.

By: W. Timothy Coombs (Texas A&M University USA), Jennifer L. Harker
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 340g
ISBN: 9780367898724
ISBN 10: 0367898721
Pages: 172
Publication Date: 16 September 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

W. Timothy Coombs (Ph.D., Purdue University) is a full professor in the Department of Communication at Texas A&M University and holds the Abell Endowed Professorship in Liberal Arts. He was the 2002 recipient of the Jackson, Jackson & Wagner Behavioral Science Prize from the Public Relations Society of America and the 2013 Pathfinder Award from the Institute of Public Relations in recognition of his research contributions to the field and to the practice. Jennifer L. Harker (Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) is an assistant professor of strategic communication in the Reed College of Media at West Virginia University. She researches sport communication, stakeholder perceptions, and media business models/product marketing.

Reviews for Strategic Sport Communication: Traditional and Transmedia Strategies for a Global Sports Market

“This text offers practical applications and important contemporary strategic planning for modern sport strategic communication. This text incorporates vital elements of public relations, marketing, and strategic communication tactics along with crisis communication aspects that will help students apply best practices to sport.” Betsy Emmons, Samford University, USA “This text offers practical applications and important contemporary strategic planning for modern sport strategic communication. This text incorporates vital elements of public relations, marketing, and strategic communication tactics along with crisis communication aspects that will help students apply best practices to sport.” Betsy Emmons, Samford University, USA