Sport, Racism and Social Media

Neil Farrington was a multi award-nominated UK sports journalist with 18 years' experience of covering international, national and regional sport, including the Olympic Games and football World Cup. He is now a Senior Lecturer in Sports Journalism at the University of Sunderland, UK.Lee Hall is Senior Lecturer in Journalism at the University of Sunderland, UK. He was formerly digital editor at the Sunderland Echo after a long spell working in magazines which included editing national newsstand videogames titles. He continues to write about the games industry for publications such as Edge.Daniel Kilvington is Associate Lecturer in Media at the University of Sunderland, UK. His recent PhD analysed the reasons for the lack of Asian professional footballers playing in the UK today.John Price is Senior Lecturer and programme leader for BA (hons) Sports Journalism at the University of Sunderland, UK. He is a former regional newspaper journalist. Amir Saeed is an online tutor at the University of Leicester, UKand was until recently the Programme Leader of BA (Hons) Media, Culture and Communication at the University of Sunderland, UK. His research interests are in 'race', racism and Islamophobia.