TY - BOOK AU - Earnheardt,Adam C. TI - The ESPN effect: exploring the worldwide leader in sports SN - 143312601X AV - GV742.3 .E75 2015 U1 - 070.449796 23 PY - 2015///] CY - New York PB - Peter Lang KW - ESPN (Television network) KW - History KW - Television broadcasting of sports N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; You've Come a Long Way, Baby; Greg G. Armfield/John McGuire --; In the Beginning: The Rasmussens and the Launch of ESPN; John McGuire/Greg G. Armfield --; The Mouse that Scored: Disney's Reconfiguration of ESPN and ABC Sports; Andi Stein --; Changing the Competitive Environment for Sports Broadcast Rights; John A. Fortunato --; Digging the Moat: The Political Economy of ESPN's Cable Carriage Fees; Thomas F. Corrigan --; ESPN Deportes: Numero Uno?; Henry Puente --; "The Worldwide Leader in Sports" as Race Relations Reporter: Reconsidering the Role of ESPN; George L. Daniels --; Race in the Kingdom; Daniel Sipocz --; ESPN's Mythological Rhetoric of Title IX; Karen L. Hartman --; espnW: Catering to a New Audience; Sarah Wolter --; The ESPN Effect: Representation of Women in 30 for 30 Films; Katherine L. Lavelle --; ESPN The Magazine "Body Issue": Challenging Yet Reinforcing Traditional Images of Masculinity and Femininity in Sport; Edward M. Kian/Lauren Reichart Smith/Jason W. Lee/Kristi Sweeney --; Sprawling Hagiography: ESPN's 30 for 30 Series and the Untangling of Sports Memories; Andrew C. Billings/Kevin B. Blackistone --; Framing the Bubble: How ESPN Coverage of the NCAA Tournament Bubble Changed from 2010 to 2014; Scott Lambert --; Lipsyte, the League, and the "Leader": An Ombudsman's Tale; David Staton --; Power Through the People: ESPN and the Impact of User-Circulated Emotional Value on News Efficacy; Samuel M. Jay --; North of the Border: The Influence of ESPN on TSN and Sportsnet in Canada; Michael L. Naraine/Gashaw Z. Abeza --; ESPN and the Fantasy Sport Experience; Brody J. Ruihley/Robin Hardin/Andrew C. Billings --; Missed Opportunity: The Decline of Athletics on ESPN and America's Passive Culture; Jeffery Gentry/Garret Castleberry --; Facilitating Conversations Through Sport: An Interview with Chris LaPlaca, ESPN Senior Vice President; Andrew C. Billings --; Afterword: Challenging the Worldwide Leader in Sports.; Adam C. Earnheardt ER -