Paralympics

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#Notplayinggames: Social media advocacy at the Paris Paralympics

Did you notice the Paralympics on TikTok this year? You weren’t the only one! I enjoyed writing a short piece on the International Paralympic Committee’s bold and effective (though somewhat controversial) social media strategy, which made a big splash, got people talking about disability, and created a permission structure for athletes to engage in media advocacy. You can read more about this in this fabulous (and free!) report on the Paris Olympics, Paralympics, Media, and the Politics of Sports with contributions from over 100 leading experts.

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Sport Communication & Social Justice Special Issue CFP

C&S CoverFollowing a very successful pre-conference at ICA 2019, submissions are now open for a special issue of Communication & Sport (2.395 impact factor) on the theme of “Sport Communication and Social Justice,” which I’m co-editing with Dan Jackson (Bournemouth University), Michael Silk (Bournemouth University), and Emma Pullen (Loughborough University).

Submissions will close on October 1st, 2019 – you can read and download a copy of the full call for papers here. Manuscripts should be submitted through the journal’s Manuscript Central website.

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New Book Chapter – Disability Protest at the 2012 Paralympics

Routledge just released a great volume on media representations of disability in the run up to, during and after the 2012 London Parlyampic Games. This book was edited by Dan Jackson, Caroline Hodges, MIke Molesworth and Richard Scullion at Bournemouth University and is entitled “Reframing Disability? Media, (Dis)empowerment and Voice in the 2012 Paralympics.”

I contributed one chapter to this book, which focuses on media representations of disability rights protesters during the London Games. The full citation is: “Contentious Disability Politics on the World Stage: Protest at the 2012 London Paralympics,” pp. 145-171. For more information about the book on Routledge’s website, click here.