'Knight of the Whistle': W.P. Harper and the Impact of the Media on an Association Football Referee. Issue 3 (11th February 2016)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- 'Knight of the Whistle': W.P. Harper and the Impact of the Media on an Association Football Referee. Issue 3 (11th February 2016)
- Main Title:
- 'Knight of the Whistle': W.P. Harper and the Impact of the Media on an Association Football Referee
- Authors:
- Webb, Tom
- Abstract:
- Abstract: Media interest in the association code of football is an accepted part of the modern form of the game. The impact of this increased attention from the media can be traced both through an understanding of the developing media/sport relationship during the 1920s and 1930s and specific examples of this burgeoning relationship through the career of W.P. Harper, a prominent referee, who recorded and maintained some of the press coverage he received during his career. This paper explores the embryonic impact of the media on referees, utilizing W.P. Harper as an example, charting incidents during his career and the associated media coverage that these high profile examples received. The consideration afforded to the early role of the media, and the direct impact on referees, assists in a greater understanding of the development of this relationship and therefore an increased comprehension of the role of the media in Association Football in the game today.
- Is Part Of:
- International journal of the history of sport. Volume 33:Issue 3(2016)
- Journal:
- International journal of the history of sport
- Issue:
- Volume 33:Issue 3(2016)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 33, Issue 3 (2016)
- Year:
- 2016
- Volume:
- 33
- Issue:
- 3
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2016-0033-0003-0000
- Page Start:
- 306
- Page End:
- 324
- Publication Date:
- 2016-02-11
- Subjects:
- W.P. Harper -- referees -- Association Football -- media -- folk devils
Sports -- History -- Periodicals
Sports -- Social aspects -- Periodicals
Games -- Social aspects -- Periodicals
306.483 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/fhsp20/current ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗
http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/app/home/issue.asp?wasp=mftwxjlgmm29f40wmj13&referrer=parent&backto=journal, 1, 1;browsepublicationsresults, 492, 1044; ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/09523367.2016.1151004 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0952-3367
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- Legaldeposit
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