Bibliography: Books

1. Bennett, Peter. Slater, Jerry. Wall, Peter (2006): A2 Media Studies: The Essential Introduction. Oxon: Routledge.

Pages 10-12

The chapter links to sport and how influential the media is when portraying sporting events. Also reflecting the impact of catchy headlines in newspapers about footballers and what effect it will have on readers. Furthermore it points out that the media was the reason for the increased amount of popularity in sports.

'Television gave extra prominence to top clubs and made celebrities out of their players'.

'Sky attempted to gain control of one of the world's leading sporting brands, Manchester United, a new era had dawned.'

2. Probert, David. Graham, Andrew (2008): Advanced Media Studies. Oxfordshire: Phillip Allan Updates.

Pages 151-155 & 159-160

Refers to media language such as the importance of camera positioning. Furthermore mentions how the media generates excitement and a sense of drama to any particular match. Consequently, it compares how a sporting contest is like a story and what are the typical conventions that come with it.

'Increased money from advertising, sponsorship and media revenues has led to increased player wages/expensive foreign imports.'

'There are heroes and villains, disappointments and triumphs, winners and losers, victory and defeat.'

3. Casey, Bernadette, Casey, Neil. Calvert, Ben. French, Liam. Lewis, Justin (2002): Television Studies The Key Concepts. London: Routledge.

Pages 226-228

Looks at the history of sports and how this has coincided with a number of media forms. It also links this to an extent with globalisation.

'Television corporations are able to influence which sports flourish commercially.'

'Produce sporting narratives that can emphasise drama, spectacle and significance.'

4. Creeber, Glen (2004): Fifty Key Television Programmes. London: Arnold.

Pages 85-90 & 149-153

This title focuses specifically on two sporting events; The Fifa World Cup and The Olympic Games. It mentions the idea of how they bring communities together and creates a unified society, the power of the media to make this happen.

'The Olympic Games is routinely celebrated, not least by its organisers the International Olympic Committee (IOC), as the television event that brings the 'global village' together through shared appreciation of the universal ideals embodied in athletic competition, transcending racial, national and religious differences.'

5. Williams, Kevin (2003): Understanding Media Theory. London: Arnold.

Pages 36-38

This refers to the theory that I will be looking at; Marxism. It mentions how the ruling class own the means of production, such as the media. Links it to the idea of 'false class consciousness.

'Hence the media are instruments of social control whose content is manipulated to mislead people and encourage them to accept their subordination.'

6. Mackinson, Kenneth (2003): Representing Men Maleness and Masculinity in the Media. London: Arnold.

Pages 103-105

Mentions the importance of nations to succeed in sport to enhance their reputations. It will be useful as it talks about the popular beliefs of sport. Such as events strengthening the sense of superior and inferior nations.

'Thus, commentary on the Olympic Games, for example, refers frequently to the way that it is taken to dissolve national boundaries and such formerly competing ideologies as those of communism and capitalism.'

7. Senn, Alfred (1999): Power, Politics, And The Olympic Games. United States: Human Kinetics.

All Pages

A more general overview of the link between The Olympic Games and Politics/Power. It is useful as it talks about the significant role of sports and how this links to wider contexts.

'Drug abuse may occur without the athlete's governement approval'.

'Independent of Nazi propaganda, there was broad opposition to the Olympic Games that crossed ideological boundaries in Germany, ranging from the extreme left.'

8. Andrews, Maggie. Stevenson, Elspeth. Burton, Julia (2009): AQA Media Studies. Cheltenham: Nelson Thornes.

Pages 50-51

It is useful as it looks at different media theories. These will be used in the essay as theories will be needed when referring to the critical investigation.

'Marx's ideas have been applied to media in contemporary society to suggest that the view of the world constructed in most mainstream media contributes to persuading the proletariat to accept capitalism as natural and inevitable, whilst simultaneously distracting them from complaining about exploitation.'

9. Carmann, Lyan. Mclean, David (2003). Media and Society in the 20th century. Australia; Blackwell

Pages 147-148

It may be useful as it links society with media and shows how one may effect the other. This would have to be brought into with sports. Such as how the media portrays sports athletes to form a unified society.

10. Miller, Toby. Lawrence, Geoffrey. McKay, Jim. Rowe, David (2001). Globalization and Sport: Playing The World, London: Sage.

This book was recommended by one of the previous book that were being researched. Although, I haven't looked at it, I haven't information regarding it that is useful to my investigation. This examines the connections between sport and culture. It argues about if culture is the focal point of understanding sport. And also talks up about globalization.