Andrew Billings
Biographic Data
| ID | 3620822 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew Billings |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew |
| FAMILY NAME | Billings |
| SIGNATURE | BILLINGS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Alabama, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Next Best Thing
COVID-19 ushered new forms of media engagement when traditional sporting events and league play were suspended. Subsequently, certain sections of the audience moved online to fill their needs typically satisfied via traditional sport consumption. Esport is one such form of digital entertainment that significantly altered the ways in which sport fans can immerse themselves in related content. To examine how those audience obtained gratifications, …
Women, men, and five Olympic rings
This study conducts a content analysis on Chinese Central Television's broadcasting of figure skating, short track speed skating, and freestyle skiing-the three most popular winter sports in the People's Republic of China-at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics from the perspective of biological sex. A full examination of 100% (over 37 h) of Chinese Central Television's broadcast coverage was analyzed in terms of clock-time, name-mentions, and de…
We are GREAT Britain
British newspaper narratives were examined during the 2012 London Olympic Games to discern how the British press promoted specific 'narratives of the nation.' For the London-based British press, the home Olympics became the ideal medium not only to sell newspapers and electronic format subscriptions, but also to (re)present their views on Britain and what it stood for. Using a qualitative textual analysis methodology, this study drew on Anderson'…
Routledge Handbook of Sport and New Media
The Fantasy Sport Industry
Fantasy sport has become big business. Recent estimates suggest that there as many as 33 million fantasy sport participants in the US alone, spending $3bn annually, with many millions more around the world. This is the first in-depth study of fantasy sport as a cultural and social phenomenon and a significant and growing component of the contemporary sports economy. This book presents an overview of the history of fantasy sport and its close conn…
Sports Media
"Looking toward a future with increasingly hybridized media offerings, Sports Media: Transformation, Integration, Consumption examines sports media scholarship and its role in facilitating understanding of the increasingly complex world of sports media. Acknowledging that consumer demand for sports media content has influenced nearly every major technology innovation of the past several decades, chapters included herein assess existing scholarshi…
Olympic Media
Located in the United States, NBC (National Broadcasting Company) is the biggest and most powerful Olympic network in the world, having won the rights to televise both the Summer and the Winter Olympic Games. By way of attracting more viewers of both sexes and all ages and ethnicities than any other sporting event, and through the production of breathtaking spectacles and absorbing stories, NBC’s Olympic telecasts have huge power and potential to…
Olympic media
The impact of a community screening program on psychiatric hospital admissions
A rural CMHC screening program significantly reduced admission rates to a state hospital compared with hospital-based screening. Personnel from CMHCs in three counties evaluated each potential admission to the hospital to evaluate their need for hospitalization. Hospital staff screened admissions from the remaining counties of the state. Both community and hospital screening resulted in significant reductions in admissions with community screenin…
We are GREAT Britain
British newspaper narratives were examined during the 2012 London Olympic Games to discern how the British press promoted specific 'narratives of the nation.' For the London-based British press, the home Olympics became the ideal medium not only to sell newspapers and electronic format subscriptions, but also to (re)present their views on Britain and what it stood for. Using a qualitative textual analysis methodology, this study drew on Anderson'…
The impact of a community screening program on psychiatric hospital admissions
A rural CMHC screening program significantly reduced admission rates to a state hospital compared with hospital-based screening. Personnel from CMHCs in three counties evaluated each potential admission to the hospital to evaluate their need for hospitalization. Hospital staff screened admissions from the remaining counties of the state. Both community and hospital screening resulted in significant reductions in admissions with community screenin…
The impact of a community screening program on psychiatric hospital admissions
A rural CMHC screening program significantly reduced admission rates to a state hospital compared with hospital-based screening. Personnel from CMHCs in three counties evaluated each potential admission to the hospital to evaluate their need for hospitalization. Hospital staff screened admissions from the remaining counties of the state. Both community and hospital screening resulted in significant reductions in admissions with community screenin…
Olympic media
Olympic Media
Located in the United States, NBC (National Broadcasting Company) is the biggest and most powerful Olympic network in the world, having won the rights to televise both the Summer and the Winter Olympic Games. By way of attracting more viewers of both sexes and all ages and ethnicities than any other sporting event, and through the production of breathtaking spectacles and absorbing stories, NBC’s Olympic telecasts have huge power and potential to…
Sports Media
"Looking toward a future with increasingly hybridized media offerings, Sports Media: Transformation, Integration, Consumption examines sports media scholarship and its role in facilitating understanding of the increasingly complex world of sports media. Acknowledging that consumer demand for sports media content has influenced nearly every major technology innovation of the past several decades, chapters included herein assess existing scholarshi…
The Fantasy Sport Industry
Fantasy sport has become big business. Recent estimates suggest that there as many as 33 million fantasy sport participants in the US alone, spending $3bn annually, with many millions more around the world. This is the first in-depth study of fantasy sport as a cultural and social phenomenon and a significant and growing component of the contemporary sports economy. This book presents an overview of the history of fantasy sport and its close conn…
Routledge Handbook of Sport and New Media
We are GREAT Britain
British newspaper narratives were examined during the 2012 London Olympic Games to discern how the British press promoted specific 'narratives of the nation.' For the London-based British press, the home Olympics became the ideal medium not only to sell newspapers and electronic format subscriptions, but also to (re)present their views on Britain and what it stood for. Using a qualitative textual analysis methodology, this study drew on Anderson'…
Women, men, and five Olympic rings
This study conducts a content analysis on Chinese Central Television's broadcasting of figure skating, short track speed skating, and freestyle skiing-the three most popular winter sports in the People's Republic of China-at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics from the perspective of biological sex. A full examination of 100% (over 37 h) of Chinese Central Television's broadcast coverage was analyzed in terms of clock-time, name-mentions, and de…
The Next Best Thing
COVID-19 ushered new forms of media engagement when traditional sporting events and league play were suspended. Subsequently, certain sections of the audience moved online to fill their needs typically satisfied via traditional sport consumption. Esport is one such form of digital entertainment that significantly altered the ways in which sport fans can immerse themselves in related content. To examine how those audience obtained gratifications, …
Sports, Gender, and Society (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Digital Games and Media (4 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (4 works) · Sports (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Advertising (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works)