Steve Jackson
BA(WOnt) MS PhD(Ill)
Tel 64 3 479 8943
Email steve.jackson@otago.ac.nz
Background
Steve Jackson is a Professor specialising in the socio-cultural analysis of sport. He is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario and the University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign. In addition to his post at Otago Steve has served as a Visiting Professor at Charles University (Prague, Czech Republic), the University of Jyvaskyla (Finland), the University of British Columbia (Canada) and the National Taiwan Normal University.
He has served as a grant reviewer for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and WADA (World Anti-Doping Association) and currently serves on the following editorial boards: International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Qualitative Research in Sport & Exercise, International Journal of Sport Marketing and Management, and Revista (Journal of the Latin American Association for the Sociocultural Study of Sport, and the Asia Pacific Journal of Sport and Social Science.
Steve’s research focuses on globalisation, national identity and the media and his current research projects include: Sport, Beer Advertising & Masculinity; Globalisation, Sport & Corporate Nationalism; and Sport, Culture and Alcohol.Steve is the past President of the International Sociology of Sport Association (ISSA) and Research Committee 27 of the International Sociology Association (ISA), 2012-2015, (www.issa.otago.ac.nz ).
Courses Taught
PHSE 338: Advanced Sociology of Sport
PHSE 424: Sport, Media and Culture
Research Interests
- Globalisation & Sport
- National Identity & Sport
- Media and Sport
- Sporting Masculinities
- Sport, Culture and Alcohol
- Sport and Advertising as a Cultural Field
Students interested in PhD, Masters or Honours research in these or related areas are invited to contact Steve at: steve.jackson@otago.ac.nz
Recent Publications
Books
Scherer, J. and Jackson, S. (2010). Globalization, Sport and Corporate Nationalism: The New Cultural Economy of the New Zealand All Blacks. Oxford: Peter Lang Publishers.
Wenner, L. and Jackson, S. J. (2009). Sport, Beer, and Gender: Promotional Culture and Contemporary Social Life. Zurich: Peter Lang Publishers.
Jackson, S. J. and Haigh, S. (2009). Sport and Foreign Policy in a Globalising World. London: Routledge
Hallinan, C. and Jackson, S. (2008). Social and Cultural Diversity in a Sporting World. London: Emerald.
Coakley, J., Hallinan, C., Jackson, S. and Mewett, P. (2008). Sports in Society: Issues and Controversies in Australia and New Zealand. Sydney: McGraw-Hill.
Collins, C. and Jackson, S. (2007). Sport in Aotearoa/New Zealand Society. Melbourne: Thomson-Nelson.
Jackson, S. and Andrews, D. (eds) (2005). Sport, Culture and Advertising: Identities, Commodities and the Politics of Representation. London: Routledge.
Andrews, D. and Jackson, S. (eds) (2001). Sport Stars: The Politics of Sporting Celebrity. U.K.: Routledge Publishers.
Other Publications
Gee, S., & Jackson, S.J. (2012). Leisure corporations, beer brand culture, and the crisis of masculinity: The Speight's "Southern Man" advertising campaign. Leisure Studies, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2011.566625.
John, A. and Jackson, S. (2011) Call me loyal: Globalization, corporate nationalism and the America's Cup, International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 46 (4) 399 - 417.
Turner, R. and Jackson, S. (2011). The TransPacific Gaze and Physical Cultural Studies:
The consumption, experience and meaning of hip hop culture among New Zealand youth,
Revista, 1 (1), 33-55.
Gee, S., & Jackson, S. J. (2011). The Southern Man city as cultural place and
Speight’s space: Locating the masculinity-sport-beer “holy trinity” in New Zealand.
In M. Sam and J. Hughson (eds). Sport in the City: Cultural Connections, (pp. 100-115),
London: Routledge.
Gee, S., & Jackson, S.J. (2010). The Southern Man city as cultural place and Speight’s space: Locating the masculinity-sport-beer “holy trinity” in New Zealand. Sport in Society, 13(10), 1492-1507.
Jackson, S., Gee, S. and Scherer, J. (2009). Producing and Consuming Masculinity: New Zealand’s (Speight’s) “Southern Man. In L. Wenner and S. Jackson (Eds), Sport, Beer, and Gender: Promotional Culture and Contemporary Social Life (pp. 181-201),Zurich: Peter Lang Publishers.
Piggin, J., Jackson, S. and M. Lewis (2009). Telling the Truth in Public Policy: An Analysis of New Zealand Sport Policy Discourse, Sociology of Sport Journal, 26 (3), 462–482.
Piggin, J., Jackson, S. and Lewis, M. (2009). Knowledge, Power and Politics: Contesting ‘evidenced-based’ national sport policy. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 44 (1) 87-101.
Jackson, S. J. and Haigh, S.(2008). Between and Beyond Politics: Sport and Foreign Policy in a Globalising World. Sport in Society, 11 (4), 349-358.
Jackson, S. J. (2008). Sport, Media and Culture: Implications for American Studies of Physical Education: PHSE 424," Australasian Journal of American Studies, 27, (1), 95-103.
Scherer, J. and Jackson, S. (2008). Producing Allblacks.com: Cultural intermediaries and the policing of electronic sporting consumption. Sociology of Sport Journal, 25, 187-2005.
Scherer, J., Falcous, M. and Jackson, S. (2008). The Media Sports Cultural Complex: Local—Global Disjuncture in New Zealand/Aotearoa, Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 32 (1), 48-71.
Jackson, S. and Sam, M. (2007). Yes, “Prime Minister" and the dilemmas of sport policy. Sport Management Review, 10 (3), 307-323.
Jackson, S. and Scherer, J. (2007). Sport and Performative Indigenous Bodies: The New Zealand All Blacks Haka and the Politics of Identity, “Corp Sportif" Corps Revue Interdisciplinaire, 2, 43-48.
Jackson, S., Scherer, J. and Martyn, S. (2007). Sport and the media. In J. Crossman (ed). Canadian Sport Sociology (2nd edition) (pp. 177-195), Toronto: Thomson Nelson.
Lee, N., Jackson, S. J. & Lee, K. (2007). South Korea’s glocal hero: The Hiddink Syndrome and the Re-articulation of National Citizenship and Identity. Sociology of Sport Journal, 24, 283-301.
Scherer, J. and Jackson, S. (2007). Sports Advertising, Cultural Production and Corporate Nationalism at the Global-Local Nexus: Branding the New Zealand All Blacks. Sport in Society, 10 (2), 268-284.
J. Piggin, S. Jackson, M. Lewis, (2007). Classify, Divide and Conquer: Shaping Physical Activity Discourse Through National Public Policy, New Zealand Sociology, 22(2), 84-103.
Sam, M. P., & Jackson, S. J. (2006). Developing national sport policy through consultation: The rules of engagement. Journal of Sport Management, 20, 365-384.
Jackson, S. (2004). Exorcising the Ghost: Donovan Bailey, Ben Johnson and the Politics of Canadian Identity. Media, Culture and Society, 26 (1), 121-141, 2004.
Jackson, S. and Hokowhitu, B. (2002). Sport, Tribes and Technology: The New Zealand All Blacks Haka and the Politics of Identity, Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 26 (1), 125-139, 2002.
Current Graduate Students
- Koji Kobayashi: Globalisation and Corporate Nationalism in Japan
- Adam Beissel: Coming of Age in Sāmoa: A Cultural Ethnography of Sāmoan Football
- Ik Young Chang, Transnational citizenship and nationalism: Sport, ethnic community and the nation-state.
- Kieran Cody: The Law Commission, Alcohol Sponsorship of Sport and Public Policy in New Zealand
- Minhyeok Tak: An international comparative study of Sports Gambling and State Policy
- Nikki Timu: Sport and the politics of Indigenous cultural rituals and symbols
Recent Graduates
PhD
- Dr. Michael Silk,"The Production of Meanings: Television Practices, Interpretations, and Narratives at the 1998 Commonwealth Games"
- Dr. Jay Scherer, “Globalization and Corporate Nationalism: The New Zealand All Blacks, Adidas Advertising and National Identity"
- Dr. Michael Sam, “Developing Sport Policy by Taskforce: Ideas, Interests and Institutions"
- Dr. Roger LeBlanc, "The 1st XV: Understanding the Experiences of Gay Male Rugby Players"
- Dr. Lynley Anderson, “Ethics in sports health care." (Co-Supervisor)
- Dr. Joseph Piggin: Power, Politics & Policy: Creating, Deploying and Resisting Meaning in New Zealand Public Sport Policy.
- Dr. Sarah Gee: Sport, Promotional Culture and the Contemporary Crisis of Masculinity: Icons, Sites and Commodities.
Masters
- Alistair John: “Globalisation, Corporate Nationalism & The America’s Cup”
- Amy Wallace, “Naked Women Talk About Rugby: Understanding Women’s Experiences of Male Sporting Culture
- Andrew Grainger, “Globalization, Media Violence and Sports Advertising: A critical Analysis of Social Policy and Cultural Resistance in New Zealand.
- David Chisholm, "Breaking the Code of Silence: Media Constructions of violence in Australian Rugby League".
Honours
- S. Cherry (2011). Our Stadium Sold For Millions: The Promotional Culture of the 2011 Rugby World Cup as a Contested Terrain.
- D. Everitt, (2010). ‘How Kiwi Kids Become All Black Kids’: Advertising and the Representation and Consumption of New Zealand National Identity.
- R. Turner (2009). Globalisation and Local Culture: Expressions of hip hop culture amongst New Zealand youth".
- C. Wolfensohn, “Sport, Media and the Sexualisation of Male Athletes: The Toffee Pops Phenomenon".
- A. Dunn, “It’s a hard road finding the perfect man –rugby and male social status in high school”.
- J. Thornhill, “Kiana’s Flex Appeal: The Media’s Representation of the female body image in sports".
- N. Aston, “Making visible the invisible: A study of contemporary Nike advertisements and their representation of the female athlete".
- D. Harding, “A Nation at Risk: The social construction of risk as part of New Zealand’s culture and identity".
- J. Lynch, Don’t be such a girl: Gender, language and power in TVNZ’s Mountain Dew On the Edge”.
- N. Hercus, “Netball girls and rugby men: Televised sports commentary and the marginalisation of female athletic achievements.
- M. Trevelyan, Clash of the codes: An examination of media representations of violence”.
- D. Chisholm “The code of silence: Media constructions of violence in 1993 State of Origin Rugby League”.
Postdoctoral Supervision
- Dr. Lucie Schoch (France/Switzerland)
- Dr Janelle Joseph (Canada)
- Dr. Naoki Chiba (Japan)
- Dr. Nammi Lee (Korea)
- Dr Janelle Joseph (Canada)
- Dr. Ji hyun Cho (Korea)
To see details of postgraduate students Steve has supervised please visit the Postgraduate Profiles section of our website.
Last Updated 25 Jan 2012
