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The Thematic Evolution of Sports Journalism's Narrative of Mental
Illness: A Little Less Conversation contends that the conversation
developed and sustained by sports journalists about professional
athletes' experience with mental illness has evolved through three
slightly overlapping stages, each marked by a primary theme. During
the first stage, from the end of the 19th Century to the middle of
the 20th century, sports journalists sensationalized the experience
and portrayed the athletes - breathlessly labeled insane - as
tragic figures. During the roughly two-decade second stage, an
athlete's experience with mental illness was portrayed as an
inconvenience that flummoxed and infuriated team officials who had
neither the ability nor the inclination to address the issue. The
final stage, leading up to present day and beyond, is most notable
for the development and widespread adoption of a coverage template
that centers around an athlete's brave decision to reveal and
discuss their experiences. Combining historical research and
narrative analysis, Ronald Bishop interrogates whether sports
journalists have finally begun to cover the experience of mental
illness with sufficient depth. Scholars of media studies,
journalism, celebrity studies, and sports psychology would find
this book of particular interest.
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