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Sport and Technology: An Actor-network Theory Perspective - Couverture rigide

Kerr, Roslyn

 
9781784995157: Sport and Technology: An Actor-network Theory Perspective
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ISBN 10 : 1784995150 ISBN 13 : 9781784995157
Editeur : Manchester University Press, 2016

Synopsis

How do new technologies come to be used in sport? This book moves beyond the idea of functionality to explore the many other important factors that athletes and sporting bodies consider throughout the process of adoption.

Few would question the difficulty of producing an elite athletic performance. The high level of training, combined with intense competition and pressure from media and sponsors, can be challenging for athletes and sporting bodies to negotiate. This book explores how these factors affect the use of technology in sport, while simultaneously demonstrating the influence of new technologies on sporting practice. Using actor-network theory -- an approach common in studies of science and management but seldom applied in this field - it offers readers an inside view into elite sport and the part that technology plays in training, competition and broadcasting.

Sport and technology offers theoretical insights relevant to students and scholars of sport and sociology. It will also be fascinating reading for anyone interested in elite sporting practice in the twenty-first century.

An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC) licence.

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À propos de l'auteur

Roslyn Kerr is Lecturer in Recreation, Sport and Leisure at Lincoln University, New Zealand

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Éditeur
Manchester University Press
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1784995150
ISBN 13 
9781784995157
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
192
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
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