NASSS 2018 Conference - Vancouver

The hosting rights for the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup were awarded to a joint bid of the United States (US), Mexico, and Canada. The North American effort, known colloquially as the United Bid, marks the first time hosting rights were decided by FIFA’s full membership after a series... Read More →

A Tale of Two Twitterstorms: The NFL, Donald Trump, and Digital PopulismIn September 2017 US President Trump attacked NFL players who were protesting police violence and institutional racism. At a political rally in Alabama, Trump tapped into the populism that stokes his electoral... Read More →

Authoritarian Populism and Sport: Race and Nationalism in the Trump eraIn this talk I use Stuart Hall’s concept of “authoritarian populism” to explain the rise and electoral success of Donald J. Trump. I show how sports, and particularly his attacks on black athletes, have become... Read More →

Session: Digital Audio, Sound, and Physical Culture Research PracticeNarratives, Meaning-making, and Community Identity in E-sportsSport sociologists have long studied the extent to and ways in which identities in traditional sport settings are constructed through the media in a global(izing... Read More →

A Dialogue Between Economics and Sociology in Sport ResearchCurrent economic sociology focuses on the idea that economic relations are important in bonding together and structuring the relationships between individuals and organizations. However, while such an approach has become... Read More →

Session: Digital Audio, Sound, and Physical Culture Research PracticeNarratives, Meaning-making, and Community Identity in E-sportsSport sociologists have long studied the extent to and ways in which identities in traditional sport settings are constructed through the media in a global(izing... Read More →

Environmental practices have become popular among sport leagues and teams. These practices often promote the knowledge that sustainability is good for both the environment and businesses in a marketplace requiring increasing sensitivity to consumers’ environmental concerns (Poncelet... Read More →

Lula’s Populist Wake: Sporting Mega-Events and Leftist Populism in BrazilThe 2014 World Cup in Brazil and 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro were part and parcel of former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s (popularly referred to as Lula) populist swell with the Partido... Read More →