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Dr Olan Scott
Dr Olan Scott
Availability
Wednesday 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Friday 1:30 - 2:30pm
Current teaching
- Sport Delivery Systems (SPM2112)
- Sport Marketing (SPM2122)
Background
In 2012, Olan took up a full-time position as lecturer in sport management in the School of Marketing, Tourism, and Leisure. Prior to his employment at ECU, Olan worked full-time at the University of Ballarat as a lecturer in sport management and he has also taught sessionally at several institutions since 2006.
Staff qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Master of Sport Management with Honours
- Bachelor of Arts (Psychology)
- Bachelor of Human Kinetics (Honours: Leisure and Sport Management)
Professional memberships
- European Association for Sport Management (EASM)
- North American Society for Sport Sociology (NASSS)
- Sport Management Association of Australia and New Zealand (SMAANZ)
- North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM)
Awards and recognition
- 2011 - Griffith Business School Travel Grant
- 2011 - Griffith Graduate Research Scholarship Travel Grant
- 2011 - Staff Professional Development grant, University of Ballarat
- 2009 - HDR Travel grant, Centre of Tourism, Sport and Service Innovation
- 2007 - Ontario Student Opportunity grant, Ontario Provincial Government
- 2006 - Griffith Award for Academic Excellence, Griffith University
- 2005 - Canada Millennium Bursary, Ontario Provincial Government
- 2000 - 2004 - Undergraduate Bursary, University of Windsor
Research
Research interest
- Olan's research interests are in the intersection of sport and the media. In particular, the sport/media complex and mediated marketing messages during sport telecasts.
Recent publications
Refereed journal articles
- Scott, O. K. M., Hill, B., & Zakus, D. (in press). Framing the 2007 National Basketball Association Finals: An Analysis of Commentator Discourse. International Review for the Sociology of Sport. first published on November 29, 2012 doi:10.1177/1012690212466852.
- Scott, O. K., M., Hill, B., & Zakus, D. (2012). When the home team is not featured: Comparison of commentary between two television network broadcasts of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Sport Management Review, 15(1), 23-32. DOI: 10.1016/j.smr.2011.1005.1003.
Conference papers
- Scott, O. K. M., & Stanway, A. (2012). Exploring the use of Twitter in university classroom settings: The case of #SPM2122. Paper presented at the Sport Management of Australia and New Zealand, Sydney, 29 November.
- Scott, O. K., M., & Kunkel, T. (2010). Selling the five rings: An analysis of the pictorial representations of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games national print coverage from Canada and Australia. Full paper presented at The European Academy of Management. 21 May, Rome, Italy.
- Scott, O. K., M., Zakus, D. & Hill, B. (2009). Thematic Framing of the 2007 National Basketball Association Finals: An analysis of announcer discourse during a series of discrete yet linked events. Full paper presented at the Sport Marketing Association. 29 October, Cleveland, USA. Best paper finalist.
- Scott, O. K., M., Zakus, D. & Hill, B. (2008). The promotion of marquee personalities to increase viewership in a world sporting event. Full paper presented at the Sport Marketing Association. 16 July, Gold Coast, Australia.
- Scott, O. K., M., Zakus, D., Hill, B., Muir, H., A. & Brown, S. (2011). Sponsored vignettes during media sport telecasts: A case of the 2007 and 2008 National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals. Paper to be presented at the Sport Management Association of Australia and New Zealand, 25 November, Melbourne, Australia.
- Scott, O. K., M., Bradshaw, R. & Larkin, P. (2011). The Winter Olympics in the Facebook era: A case study of social network website users. Paper presented at the University of Ballarat Annual Research Conference, 3 November, Ballarat, Australia. Third place presentation award winner.
- Muir, H., A., Gray, D., P. & Scott, O. K., M. (2011). Television descriptions of female hockey players during the 2010 Winter Olympics. Paper presented at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, 3 November, Minneapolis, USA.
- Scott, O. K., M., Bradshaw, R. & Larkin, P. (2011). Exploring ways in which social networkers contribute to online groups: A case study of one Facebook group’s discussion of Australian broadcaster Channel 9 during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Paper presented at the European Association for Sport Management, 9 September, Madrid, Spain.
- Scott, O. K., M., Zakus, D. & Hill, B. (2011). Scripting the National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals: An analysis of announcer discourse and the portrayal of race. Paper presented at the North American Society for Sport Management conference, 4 June, London, Canada.
- Scott, O. K., M., Zakus, D. & Hill, B. (2010). Scripting the finals: An analysis of the 2007 National Basketball Association Finals using Goffman’s social frameworks. Paper presented at the Sport Management Association of Australia and New Zealand. 26 November, Wellington, New Zealand.
- Scott, O. K., M., Zakus, D. & Hill, B. (2010). Race and the NBA Finals: An Analysis of Announcer Discourse. Paper presented at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport. 6 November, San Diego, USA.
- Scott, O. K., M., Zakus, D. & Hill, B. (2010). An analysis of scripting using Goffman’s natural and social frameworks during a championship: The case of the 2008 National Basketball Association finals. Paper presented at the European Association for Sport Management. 17 September, Prague, Czech Republic.
- Scott, O. K., M. (2010). An analysis of scripts using Goffman’s social frameworks during the 2008 National Basketball Association finals. Paper presented at the 3rd annual Sport Management Association of Australia and New Zealand post graduate conference. 8 July, Brisbane, Australia
- Scott, O. K., M., Hill, B. & Zakus, D. (2009). Framing the championship: An analysis of the use of polysemic structures during the 2008 National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals series. Paper presented at the Sport Management Association of Australia and New Zealand. 28 November, Gold Coast, Australia.
- Scott, O. K., M., Zakus, D. & Hill, B. (2009). “Us versus them”: An analysis of the characterisations of American and International basketball players during the 2008 National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals series. Paper presented at the Sport Management Association of Australia and New Zealand. 27 November, Gold Coast, Australia.
- Scott, O. K., M. & Zakus, D. (2009). The rival concept: An analysis of the promotion of rivalry to entice future sport media viewing by broadcast commentators. Paper presented at the European Association for Sport Management. 19 September, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
- Scott, O. K., M. (2009). Cultivating audiences: The role of framing and scripting during sport broadcasts. Poster presented at the Griffith Business School 2009 Research Higher Degree poster competition. 2 April, Brisbane, Australia.
- Scott, O. K., M., Hill, B. & Zakus, D. (2008). Go the Maroons or go the Blues? A comparison of newspaper coverage of the 2008 National Rugby League (NRL) State of Origin Series. Paper presented at the Sport Management Association of Australia and New Zealand. 29 November, Fremantle, Australia.
- Scott, O. K., M., Zakus, D. & Hill, B. (2008). National sport discourses and the 2007 NBA Finals: An analysis of the portrayals of international and American basketball players by US broadcast media. Paper presented at the European Association for Sport Management. 12 September, Heidelberg, Germany.
- Scott, O. K., M., Zakus, D. & Hill, B. (2007). National sport discourses and the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Paper presented at the Sport Management Association of Australia and New Zealand. 30 November, Auckland, New Zealand.