Lloyd2022a
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Lloyd2022a |
| Author(s) | Mike Lloyd |
| Title | Poor Sports, Good Spectacle? A Case Study of an Engaging Wimbledon YouTube Drama |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, YouTube, Rules, Sports, Interaction, Drama |
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| Year | 2022 |
| Language | English |
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| Journal | Journal of Cultural Analysis and Social Change |
| Volume | 7 |
| Number | 1 |
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| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.20897/jcasc/12253 |
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Abstract
In the 2021 Wimbledon tennis tournament in the third round of the women’s singles, there was a significant dispute between Jelena Ostapenko and Alja Tomljanovic. Several YouTube clips were posted within a day, all capturing in varying ways an intense dispute revolving around a claim of injury and the need for a medical time out at 4-0 in the deciding set. One clip in particular gained many more views than others, and this is used for a qualitative case study of an engaging sporting dispute. Through close attention to detail, insights are realized about the practical interpretive resources used to make judgements about ‘good’ and ‘bad’ sports practice. The fine detail of what is visibly and audibly available is key, suggesting that study of the interaction order is indispensable to sociological approaches to sport as engaging spectacle.
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