Raymond Boyle Bücher

The book explores the intersection of football/soccer and new media, highlighting how the sport has become a significant player in the media landscape. It examines the immense financial rewards for elite players and the challenges they face in managing their celebrity status, often exacerbated by media attention. Central to the discussion is the struggle for control over the game, which has leveraged its role as a major content provider amid the evolving media environment of the last decade.

Essential for students, teachers, and researchers in sports journalism, this study by Boyle delves into the intricacies of the field. It explores key themes and practices within sports reporting, providing valuable insights and analysis. The book serves as a foundational resource, enhancing understanding of the evolution and current trends in sports journalism.

Focusing on the impact of digital multiplatform television, this book examines the evolving role of cultural intermediaries in talent identification and development. Through original research involving broadcasters, commissioning editors, and talent agents, it investigates how digitization may create new opportunities for nurturing diverse talent in the UK television industry. Additionally, it delves into the historical interpretations of 'talent' within major entities like the BBC, ITV, and Channel 4, providing a comprehensive understanding of the industry's landscape.

The book explores the intricacies of Formula 1 motor racing, delving into its global impact, cultural significance, and the dynamics of competition. It examines the evolution of the sport, the technology behind the cars, and the personalities that shape it, offering insights into the strategic and economic aspects of F1. Through this lens, readers gain a comprehensive understanding of how Formula 1 reflects broader societal trends and influences, making it a unique case study in sports and culture.

Members of the “animal welfare science community”, which includes both scientists and philosophers, have illegitimately appropriated the concept of animal welfare by claiming to have given a scientific account of it that is more objectively valid than the more “sentimental” account given by animal liberationists. This strategy has been used to argue for merely limited reform in the use of animals. This strategy was initially employed as a way of “sympathetically” responding to the abolitionist claims of anti-vivisectionists, who objected to the use of animals in research. It was subsequently used by farm animal scientists. The primarily reformist (as opposed to abolitionist) goals of this community make the false assumption that there are conditions under which animals may be raised and slaughtered for food or used as models in scientific research that are ethically acceptable. The tendency of the animal welfare science community is to accept this assumption as their framework of inquiry, and thus to discount certain practices as harmful to the interests of the animals that they affect. For example, animal welfare is conceptualized is such a way that death does not count as harmful to the interests of animal, nor prolonged life a benefit.

A new study of the link between three key obsessions of the 20th century: the media, sport and popular culture.