week8
Cricket and Media
Topics to be discussed: Books (Wisden), Radio (TMS cult status), Kerry Packer, satellite TV
Questions:
Why does cricket seem to generate a specific type of literature?
How has TMS assumed 'cult status' in Britain (and overseas)?
How important was World Series Cricket in the 1970s?
What influence has the loss of terrestrial TV rights had on the game?
Does TV 'drive the game'?
TV - ; (Channel 9 Documentary) (ABC biography - not much about WSC)
Radio - John Arlott the Voice of Cricket Parts ; (LP),
Reading
Elisa Giaccardi, Heritage and social media: understanding heritage in a participatory culture (2012)
Richard Cashman 'The Packer cricket war' in Cambridge companion to Cricket (ebook via library)
Rob Steen 'Writing the modern game' in Cambridge companion to Cricket (ebook via library)