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Communications Theories And College Baseball Recruiting, Davis Willback Ellington
Communications Theories And College Baseball Recruiting, Davis Willback Ellington
Communication Studies
This report has been assembled to create a training program and best practices model for actions conducted by collegiate baseball programs as they relate to the interactions with and recruitment of athletes. Through the lens of the four flows and social influence theory recruiters can better understand how to interact with recruits and their parents which could lead to an increase of talented players recruited for a university’s program. As student-athletes choose which school they want to play for, the recruiter is their window into life at that particular school, therefore recruiters who are better acquainted with the communication theories …
The Biased Language In Media Commentary At The 2018 Winter Olympic Games, Gabriella Adriana Barattolo
The Biased Language In Media Commentary At The 2018 Winter Olympic Games, Gabriella Adriana Barattolo
Communication Studies
This paper examines the media commentary at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. It focuses on the commentary of five sports: Women’s Snowboarding Halfpipe, Men’s Snowboarding Halfpipe, Individual Figure Skating, Pairs Figure Skating, and Curling. The goal of this paper is to study the language choices that the media commentators made and uncover the gender bias within their language. The differences in how the commentators discuss athletes is significant to understand because it reveals the overall gender bias in sports that is still present in our society today.
Gender Representation In Sports Communication, Michelle R. Stiller
Gender Representation In Sports Communication, Michelle R. Stiller
Communication Studies
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