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Pro Football and the Proliferation of Protest

Anthem Posture in a Divided America

Edited by Stephen D. Perry - Contributions by Stephen D. Perry; Pauline A. Andrea; Nadine Barnett Cosby; Andrew Bolin; Christina Bullock; Steve Butler; Katie Clark; Chris Connelly; Jana Duckett; Brooke Dunbar; Kimberly Feld; Nancy Flory; Eric Frederick; Haley Higgs; Colleen Kappeler; Kalah Kemp; Kelvin King; Brian Mattson; Candace Moore; Varaidzo Nyamandi; Andrew Phillips; Michael Rhett; Shreya Shukla; Deborah Stanton Sacra; Jennifer Saint Louis; Elizabeth Sheffield-Hayes; Michelle Tabbanor; Joshua Weiss and Megan Westhoff

Pro Football and the Proliferation of Protest: Anthem Kneeling and Standing in a Divided America examines the take-a-knee NFL protests, a trend that has led to deep political divisiveness in America. The author explores this phenomenon by incorporating analysis of media coverage, impact on attitudes and behaviors, and racial, religious, gendered, and political perspectives. The analysis allows readers to recognize both positive and negative prejudice and to proscribe possible solutions for political divisiveness.

Protesting, anthems, ceremonies, and media coverage all demonstrate that this issue is a communication issue. This book examines the voices on both sides of the kneeling controversy in order to uncover the points at which one side is communicating and the other side refuses to listen.

The studies in this volume look at the protest through four lenses: historically, through media coverage , through impact on public behaviors and attitudes, and from racial, religious, gendered, and political identification perspectives. The contributors worked in conjunction with one another, incorporating different viewpoints into each chapter as they were completed. All studies were conducted under the guidance of the book’s editor to separate the work effectively and to end in a set of voices that complement each other and allow for overall conclusions and recommendations. This book is useful for a wide range of scholars including race, religion, political studies, gender studies, and communication studies.

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Pages: 312 • Trim: 6½ x 9

978-1-4985-8917-8 • Hardback • March 2019 • $142.00 • (£109.00)

978-1-4985-8919-2 • Paperback • April 2023 • $42.99 • (£35.00)

978-1-4985-8918-5 • eBook • March 2019 • $40.50 • (£30.00)

Series: Lexington Studies in Political Communication

Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies, Political Science / Civil Rights, Social Science / Social Movements, Social Science / Social Change

Pro Football and the Proliferation of Protest

Anthem Posture in a Divided America

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Pro Football and the Proliferation of Protest: Anthem Kneeling and Standing in a Divided America examines the take-a-knee NFL protests, a trend that has led to deep political divisiveness in America. The author explores this phenomenon by incorporating analysis of media coverage, impact on attitudes and behaviors, and racial, religious, gendered, and political perspectives. The analysis allows readers to recognize both positive and negative prejudice and to proscribe possible solutions for political divisiveness.

Protesting, anthems, ceremonies, and media coverage all demonstrate that this issue is a communication issue. This book examines the voices on both sides of the kneeling controversy in order to uncover the points at which one side is communicating and the other side refuses to listen.

The studies in this volume look at the protest through four lenses: historically, through media coverage , through impact on public behaviors and attitudes, and from racial, religious, gendered, and political identification perspectives. The contributors worked in conjunction with one another, incorporating different viewpoints into each chapter as they were completed. All studies were conducted under the guidance of the book’s editor to separate the work effectively and to end in a set of voices that complement each other and allow for overall conclusions and recommendations. This book is useful for a wide range of scholars including race, religion, political studies, gender studies, and communication studies.

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Lexington Books

Pages: 312 • Trim: 6½ x 9

978-1-4985-8917-8 • Hardback • March 2019 • $142.00 • (£109.00)

978-1-4985-8919-2 • Paperback • April 2023 • $42.99 • (£35.00)

978-1-4985-8918-5 • eBook • March 2019 • $40.50 • (£30.00)

Series: Lexington Studies in Political Communication

Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies, Political Science / Civil Rights, Social Science / Social Movements, Social Science / Social Change

Author

Stephen Perry is director of graduate programs in communication and the interim dean of the Robertson School of Government at Regent University.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 – Division and Hermeneutical Ignorance in America: Reasons to Examine the Anthem Kneeling Controversy

Stephen Perry

Chapter 2 – The More Things Change . . . A History of National Anthem Protests

Varaidzo Nyamandi & Andrew Bolin

Chapter 3 – Government v. Protesters: An Historical Look at How the Media Chooses a Winner

Haley Higgs and Dara Phillips

Chapter 4 – America’s Greatness Compromised: The “Star-Spangled Banner” as a Symbol of Nationalism, Identity, and Division

Pauline A. Andrea and Elizabeth Sheffield Hayes

Chapter 5 – Influencing America: Sports and Conservative Radio

Kelvin King & Eric Frederick

Chapter 6 – Kaepernick Portrayals: A Content Analysis of Six Media Outlets

Kimberly Feld, Debra Sacra, and Steve A. Butler

Chapter 7 – How Social Media Activists and Their Hashtags Have Encouraged and Informed Their Followers on the Take-a-Knee Movement

Nadine Barnett Cosby

Chapter 8 – The Memes of Take-a-Knee: A Case Study of Power Structures in Social Media Use

Brooke S. Dunbar

Chapter 9 – NFL National Anthem Protests: A Cluster Analysis of President Trump’s Tweets

Kalah Kemp

Chapter 10 – Celebrity Response to Take-a-Knee, Kaepernick and NFL Protests

Candace Moore

Chapter 11 – The Role of Race in Perceptions of and Response to the Protests

Nadine Barnett Cosby

Chapter 12 – Rights and Respect: How Politicians and Their Followers View Anthem Protests

Michael Rhett & Joshua Weiss

Chapter 13 – Together We Tweet: A Cloud Protest Exploratory Study Examining the Evolution of #TakeAKnee

Jana Duckett and Deborah Sacra

Chapter 14 – A Great American Race: Visual Rhetoric in NASCAR’s National Anthem Ceremonies

Christina L. Bullock

Chapter 15: Articulating Christianity and Patriotism: Identifying a Hermeneutical Impasse through Emerging Meanings

Brian Mattson & Andrew Phillips

Chapter 16 – Pigskins and Protests: An Examination of the NFL Boycotts in Response to the Take-a-Knee Movement

Megan Westhoff and Jennifer Saint Louis

Chapter 17 – Female Athletes in Media: Participating in the Take-a-Knee Movement—Women Athletes in Sports Coverage

Colleen Kappeler and Nancy Flory

Chapter 18 – Sitting to Take a Stand: Take-a-Knee and Student Protesting

Michelle Tabbanor

Chapter 19 – Solutions to the Fallout: Invitational Rhetoric and Differing Viewpoint Political Conversations

Katie Clarke and Chris Connelly

Chapter 20 – Reflections in Overtime

Stephen D. Perry & Shreya Shukla

Reviews

This book provides detailed, multidimensional analysis of the anthem protests and their implications, providing theoretical and historical context that helps relate the anthem protests to larger issues confronting public discourse. But the most important contribution of the book is how it serves as an example of the utility of a multimethod approach, applying more than a dozen methodologies to a single phenomenon and creating a level of understanding that goes far beyond simpler approaches.
— August Grant, University of South Carolina

Pro Football and the Proliferation of Protest: Anthem Posture in a Divided America is a very important publication for our times. This book reveals that anthem protesting is a multi-dimensional movement with a historic dimension, not just a monolithic idea attached to a “hashtag.” It is enlightening, thought-provoking and a very good read. I highly recommend it as both a recreational reading choice as well as a very useful textbook for social media, interpersonal communication and journalism courses.
— Arthur L. Terry, Bethel University

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Anthem Posture in a Divided America

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