Fantasy Sports and the Changing Sports Media Industry

Media, Players, and Society
This edited collection examines how fantasy sports play has established a prominent and promising foothold in the larger sports ecology. The contributors include leading scholars and sports professionals who share historical and emerging perspectives on the importance of fantasy sports to larger issues of sport and society.

This edited collection examines how fantasy sports play has established a prominent and promising foothold in the larger sports ecology. Often considered an isolated activity for the hardcore sports fan, fantasy sports play have since been incorporated into sports broadcasting and editorial coverage, sports marketing and promotions, and even into the very sports themselves with athletes and teams using the activities to draw fans further into the sports experience. This edited collection invites leading scholars and sports professionals from several different fields to share historical and emerging perspectives on the importance of fantasy sports as an artifact of theoretical and empirical importance to larger issues of sport and society.

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Contributor: Nicholas David Bowman (Edited by), John S. W. Spinda (Edited by), Jimmy Sanderson (Edited by), Shaun Anderson (Contributions by), Andrew Baerg (Contributions by), Steve Bien-Aimé (Contributions by), Andrew Billings (Contributions by), Andy Boyan (Contributions by), Joris Drayer (Contributions by), Brendan Dwyer (Contributions by), Christopher Gearhart (Contributions by), Mark Grabowski (Contributions by), Marie Hardin (Contributions by), Shaughan A. Keaton (Contributions by), Katherine L. Lavelle (Contributions by), Brody J. Ruihley (Contributions by), Stephen L. Shapiro (Contributions by), David Westerman (Contributions by), Pamela Wicker (Contributions by), Grace Yan (Contributions by), Emory S. Daniel Jr. (Contributions by), Cody T. Havard (Contributions by), Renee M. Miller (Contributions by), Nicholas Watanabe (Contributions by)

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