Research Methodologies for Sports Scholarship

<p>When investigating the diverse complex and changing contemporary field of sport we recognize there is no methodology that meets the needs of all sport. Sport researchers should take advantage of innovative approaches from other fields to explore emerging phenomena or innovatively advance scholarly sport research approaches. For example technology globalization and commercialization may be the principal trends but they are not the only trends Sport researchers have the opportunity to study other trends including the modernization of sport organizations changing governance practices regulatory changes innovation merchandising media and broadcasting technologies socio demographic influences (i.e. aging populations change in employment patterns increasing diversity) sport for development physical activity and sport participation changes. As such this book introduces innovative research methods and approaches can be applied to the sport discipline.</p><p></p><p>This book was originally published as a special issue of <em>Sport in Society.</em></p>