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The Prospector, October 4, 2022, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Head to Head: Future Texas Governor

The Prospector, September 20, 2022, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Meet Ho Baron

The Prospector, September 6, 2022, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: UTEP Miners Are Extended Family for Lineman

The Prospector, August 23, 2022, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: President Heather Wilson

50 Years Later: How Title Ix Has Influenced The World Of Sports And The Effect It Has Had On Female Athletes, Catherine Jeffers

Honors Theses

This thesis aims to research the opportunities given to women within sports, and perceptions around their identities in the sporting industry. This thesis highlights the history of Title IX and its’ impact on gender in sports. This thesis also discusses the lack of women’s sports represented in media and the limited number of women in positions of power in sports. Since sports were introduced into modern culture, women have been advocating and fighting for their right to participate in sporting events and forcing even more complex conversations around equal compensation for their play.

The Prospector, May 3, 2022, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Congratulations: Graduation Issue

The Prospector, April 19, 2022, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: "Into the Woods"

The Prospector, April 5, 2022, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Fashion Issue

“Power, Poison, Pain & Joy”: Applying A Critical Race Conceptual Model Of Implicit Racial Bias To Narratives Framing Blackness In Black Sports Columns, Black Music, And Black Journalism, Christina Lauren Myers

Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation presents a Critical Race Conceptual Model of Implicit Racial Bias to representations of African Americans in mass media to illustrate how stereotypical depictions and racist ideologies arise in media content, including by Black content creators. By bridging the concepts of implicit bias, framing theory and concepts from critical race theory through the conceptual model, I contend that content creators implicitly share racially biased beliefs. Moreover, Black content creators in expressing the authentic experiences of the Black community also do the same. Thus, Black content creators further stereotypes, majoritarian narratives as well as deficit perspectives about the Black community …

Women In The 2020 Olympic And Paralympic Games: An Analysis Of Participation, Leadership, And Media Coverage, Emily J. Houghton, Lindsay Pieper, Maureen Smith

Human Performance Department Publications

The published report provides the most accurate, comprehensive, and up-to-date examination of the participation trends among female Olympic and Paralympic athletes and the hiring trends of Olympic and Paralympic governing bodies with respect to the number of women who hold leadership positions in these organizations. It is intended to provide governing bodies, athletes, and policymakers at the national and international level with new and accurate information with an eye toward making the Olympic and Paralympic movement equitable for all.

Here we provide an evidence-based look at what is known about women’s leadership and participation in the Toyko 2020 Olympic and …

The Prospector, March 22, 2022, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Women in Journalism

The Prospector, March 22, 2022, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Women in Journalism

The Prospector, March 1, 2022, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Has Global Impacts

The Prospector, February 15, 2022, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Natalicio's Legacy

The Prospector, February 1, 2022, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: UTEP Hall of Famer Jim Forbes Dies at 69

Wikipedia As An Experiential Learning Activity In Media Courses, Melony Shemberger

Faculty & Staff Research and Creative Activity

Many internet users often consult Wikipedia to read a quick reference on a subject, but the source tends to be viewed as unreliable by the academic community. Nevertheless, journalism and public relations courses can help improve Wikipedia. Four undergraduate courses — News Editing, In-depth Reporting, Sports Media, and Research Methods in Public Relations — in a journalism and mass communications department at a regional, four-year university in the southeast of the United States incorporated Wikipedia. This article discusses the benefits, considerations, and challenges that an instructor might experience when using Wikipedia.

The Prospector, January 18, 2022, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Beto O'Rourke Returns to El Paso

The Prospector, November 2, 2021, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: All About UTEP Basketball

The Prospector, November 16, 2021, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: UTEP Police Department Addresses Delayed Security Response in Forum

The Prospector, November 30, 2021, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: The Graduation Issue

The Prospector, October 19, 2021, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Halloween

The Prospector, October 5, 2021, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: A Legacy of Excellence: Remembering Diana Natalicio

The Prospector, September 21, 2021, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Homecoming Issue

The Prospector, September 7, 2021, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: The Career Issue

The Prospector, August 24, 2021, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Miners Start Season on the Road

From The "Ouachitonian": Colin Mcwhorter, Ben Swagner, Ouachita News Bureau

Press Releases

Colin McWhorter, a business major from Rogers, Ark., is a sophomore baseball player, but roaming the outfield and hitting a baseball is not all he’s passionate about. On December 24, McWhorter’s grandfather Jim McWhorter passed away. The family was searching for someone to administer the funeral, and Colin stepped up.

Real Fake Fighting: The Aesthetic Of Qualified Realism In Japanese Professional Wrestling, Clara Marino

Masters Theses

Professional wrestling is a performance art in which the line between fact and fiction is often obscured. Much of the existing scholarship on the medium that examines its dynamics regard reality and artifice focuses on the role of the artificial, analyzing pro-wrestling as primarily a form of heightened spectacle akin to passion plays or soap opera. However, professional wrestling in Japan, particularly that found in the country's largest promotion, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, features many elements that resemble real sports much more closely than many American promotions. These elements include fighting styles, wrestler injury, characters that do not fit easily into …

The Houston Astros' Cheating Scandal: A Case Study On Crisis Communication In Sports, Wendy Edouard

Honors Program Theses and Projects

In January 2020, the Houston Astros organization was accused of cheating during the 2017 and 2018 baseball seasons. In 2017, the Astros had also won the World Series, thereby offsetting a sports scandal which dominated media coverage for several months. Owner of the Houston Astros, Jim Crane and his players released a statement to the press, a month after the investigation was concluded by the Major League Baseball organization. The investigation concluded that the Astros, in fact, had been stealing pitching signs from opposing teams and using technology to communicate signs to their pitcher. Crane’s response (relying primarily on shift …

The Prospector, May 4, 2021, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: The Graduation Issue: Congratulations, Graduates!

What's In A Name: Examining What Sports Team Names Communicate, Bridget Danielle Lewis

Masters Theses

For years, there have been controversy and discussion regarding high school, college, and professional sports team name changes. Professional sports teams have gained the most attention regarding team name changes or lack thereof. This study can bring an understanding of the message communicated through the chosen names and logos of sports teams as well as the effects of financial, political, and fan base changes on team name changes in the sports industry. Extensive research is provided to show the previous content on the topic as well as areas where further research would be beneficial. This includes previous and current sport …