Introduction: the highlight mythmaking machine -- Knockout rounds and rounding marks -- The habit of highlights --Bad habits -- A dream of carnage and the electronic monster -- The agony and the ecstasy of communication -- Sports junkies, junk journalism and cathode ray sterilization -- The little shop of highlights -- The real virtuality for an audience of one -- Highlights and history.
Summary:
"This book traces the development and popularity of the sportscast highlight as the primary means of communicating about sports and athletes. It delves into the intricate relationships between media producers, sports leagues and organizations, and audiences, and explains that the sportscast highlights are not a recent development"--Provided by publisher.
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