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Sport and technology : an actor-network theory perspective /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kerr, Roslyn (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016.
Series:Globalizing sport studies.
Subjects:
Sports > Technological innovations.
Sports > Philosophy.
Sports > Innovations.
Sports > Philosophie.
SPORTS & RECREATION / General.
Sports > Technological innovations
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Series editor's preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. What is technology?
  • 2. Enhancement: which technologies are improved, and how?
  • 3. The integration of 'foreign' technologies into sporting practice
  • 4. The actor-network of doping
  • 5. The integration of science and medicine into sports training
  • 6. Technologies for judging, umpiring and refereeing
  • 7. Translating performances: the production of sports media broadcasts
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Index.