Action sport participants have always been actively involved in the consumption and
production of niche cultural media. However, the proliferation of new media technologies is …

Commentators have suggested that action sports have provided space for more progressive
gendered power relations than many more traditional, institutionalized sex-segregated …

Existing research into the depiction of female athletes has indicated that while they remain
under-represented across traditional and online media outlets, social media is a potential …

In this article, we take seriously the challenges of making sense of a sporting (and media)
context that increasingly engages female athletes as active, visible, and autonomous, while …

This article considers how different recreational users engage with and utilize blue spaces
as health-enabling. Informed by empirical and participatory fieldwork with surfing and sea …

Although a large body of research supports the theory that exposure to nature results in
mental health benefits, research evidence on the effects of having a view of green space …

This paper takes an affective approach to theorizing the production and circulation of
fitspiration media within a women's Instagram fitness community. In the context of fitness …

Whether it is a sport scientist watching their participant's responses to an exercise load, a
psychologist witnessing a tennis player's reactions to loss, or a sociologist making sense of …

This article examines the ways Muslim sportswomen are using social media to challenge
stereotypical representations and to build community. Drawing from an 8-month digital …

Women worldwide are making their presence felt as sport fans in rapidly increasing
numbers. This book makes a distinctive and innovative contribution to the study of sport …