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Digital technology is changing everything about modern sports. Athletes and coaches rely on digital data to monitor and enhance performance. Officials use tracking systems to augment their judgment in what is an increasingly superhuman field of play. Spectators tune in to live sports through social media, or even through virtual reality. Audiences now act as citizen journalists whose collective shared data expands the places in which we consume sports news. In Sport 2.0, Andy Miah examines the convergence of sports and digital cultures, examining not only how it affects our participation in sport but also how it changes our experience of life online. This convegence redefines how we think of about our bodies, the social function of sports, and the kinds of people who are playing. Miah describes a world in which the rise of competitive computer game playing — e-sports — challenges and invigorates the social mandate. Miah also looks at the Olympic Games as an...ISBN : 9780262035477

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Author
Miah, Andy
Publisher
The MIT Press
Published
2016
Language
EN
ISBN
9780262343121
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Engineering, Technology, Science
Updated
2026-03-24

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