This study applies a discourse analytic lens to media interview communication by
professional football managers in order to unpack issues related to language use, identity …

The accessibility and interactivity of Twitter both facilitate athlete-fan interaction and
contribute to the time/space compression between sporting events and communication …

Football stadiums have traditionally been named after local sites (eg Goodison Park,
Everton FC) or regions (Ruhrstadion, VfL Bochum). As big business takes increasing …

Media coverage of the Winter Olympic Games provides an invaluable opportunity for
athletes to promote themselves to a global audience that otherwise would not be reached …

This paper explores the under-researched topic of failed humour in the context of public-
facing media interactions. While most previous pragmatics research has focused on the …

Success stories are a frequently investigated genre of shared cultural narratives. This paper
will pay particular attention to success stories in sports and investigate how young …

A professional football team represents a unique social environment where team members
have to negotiate the omnipresent competition for places while working together towards a …

Struggle is inherent in social interaction and meaning making. The argument proposed in
this chapter is that rugby coaches face a struggle when moving between private-facing (intra …

Televised interviews embrace a diversity of genres and formats. The particular genre studied
here, the British football post-match interview, seems to privilege evaluation and …

Gay men are an uncounted and silenced group of people within communities of Pacific
Island diaspora in New Zealand. The silence emanates from histories of deeply conservative …