Women in a Digitized Sports Culture by Anne Tjnndal, Riikka ... - 9781032864440

Women in a Digitized Sports CultureNordic Perspectives\nAuthor(s): Anne Tjnndal, Riikka Turtiainen, Kirsten Frandsen, Egil Trasti Rogstad\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032864440, 978-1032864440\nSynopsis\nThis book provides important new insights into the interplay between gender, technology, sport, and media in the Nordic context, offering a deeper understanding of how digitalization affects sports practices, values, and structures.\n\nBringing together leading experts and a mix of young and senior scholars from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, this book presents new empirical research and critical theoretical perspectives on topics ranging from athletes self-presentation and community building in social media to technological innovation and changing working conditions in the sports sector. Despite the famously high scores for gender equity and digitization across society within the Nordic countries, Nord.