Analysing discourse in sports entertainment through multiple modalities

John Quinn; Carolina Silveira

Analysing discourse in sports entertainment through multiple modalities

John Quinn, Carolina Silveira

School of Media, Culture and Society

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Abstract

This paper draws upon multimodal critical discourse studies to situate sports entertainment as a site of multimodal discourse construction and offer multimodal discourse analysis (MDA) as a means of understanding the abstracted relations that pervade and sculpt this form of popular entertainment. In doing so, the paper concentrates on three foci: 1) MDA as a discipline; 2) how previous professional wrestling studies demonstrate the functioning of multiple modalities in the popular discourse of sports entertainment; and, 3) a specific application of MDA to explore the process of institutional discourse construction during the World Wrestling Entertainment NXT Take Over: War Games broadcast.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	189-203
Number of pages	14
Journal	The Popular Culture Studies Journal
Volume	6
Issue number	1
Publication status	Published - 2 Apr 2018

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Routledge Taylor & Francis Group (Publisher)
John Quinn (Peer reviewer)
11 Mar 2019
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2 Article
1 Chapter
1 Book/Film/Article review
1 Doctoral Thesis

'The Scottish Warrior' Drew McIntyre: celebrity-commodity, symbolic ethnicity and authenticity
Quinn, J., 7 Feb 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Celebrity Studies.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
What the WWE-UFC merger means for the future of wrestling and MMA
Quinn, J., 12 Apr 2023, The Conversation 4 p.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

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Sports entertainment: toward a high concept of professional wrestling
Quinn, J., 5 Mar 2019, Convergent wrestling: participatory culture, transmedia storytelling, and intertextuality in the squared circle. Reinhard, C. D. & Olson, C. J. (eds.). Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, (The Cultural Politics of Media and Popular Culture).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

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John Quinn
- School of Business and Creative Industries - Lecturer
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Analysing discourse in sports entertainment through multiple modalities

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'The Scottish Warrior' Drew McIntyre: celebrity-commodity, symbolic ethnicity and authenticity

What the WWE-UFC merger means for the future of wrestling and MMA

Sports entertainment: toward a high concept of professional wrestling

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