Many scholars have attempted to apply various theories in the field of sport (Bordieu, 1984 & Brainer 2007). This particular area looks at the relationship between Marxism to the sociology of sport and how it has influenced societal structures as well as the impact it has had on the economy. Though these theories are useful on exploring the general nature of sport, questions may be raised on ha...

Dr. Anu Vaittinen is a qualitative sociologist of sport, health and physical culture. She holds a position of a research associate for the Institute of Health & Society at Newcastle University (UK). Anu is a lifelong sports practitioner and is a recreational MMA and wing chun practitioner and a novice triathlete. Fighting Scholars is an edited collection of ethnographic scholarship on martial a...

Notable philosophers of sport have rejected connections between videogames and sports throughout the past decade. This paper argues against an arbitrary identification of sporting activity with exhaustion and resistance. It reviews work in cognitive science and sociology that locates sporting potential in distributed cognition and team-based cooperation. Then it connects that work to an expande...

Development sociology as a distinct area of study gained prominence in the post-world war era with the evolving interest in political and economic progression of the post-colonial world. The emerging discipline from the mainstream sociology have been particularly interested in development paths and strategies adopted in nations in the various regions of the world with greater emphasis in develo...

Prosumption capital is underexplored within social media sites, especially sports. This article explores how the Covid-19 disruptions were used to extract prosumption from Twitter. Adopting an economic sociology perspective measure capital, 2.3 million tweets analyzed across National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball, Hockey League, and Soccer sports properties. applies network anal...

TRANSLATION EDITORS Chinese: Doris-Lu Anderson, Ph. D., California State Long Beach University, USA Czech: PhDr. Rostislav Vorálek, Ph.D. French: Frederique Sevet-Collier, Ph. D. Portuguese: Mario Marques, Ph. D., University of Beira Interior, Portugal Spanish: Catallina Franco-Cicero, M. S., Barry University, USA & Julio Morales, Ph. D., Lamar University, USA EDITORIAL BOARD (members plus edit...