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Gendered Self-Presentation On Social Media: A Content Analysis Of Tweets From Unlv Men's And Women's Athletic Teams, Alexandra Nicole White
Gendered Self-Presentation On Social Media: A Content Analysis Of Tweets From Unlv Men's And Women's Athletic Teams, Alexandra Nicole White
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This thesis examines how sports teams vary by means of self-presentation on a social media
platform in relation to gender and sport. Building on Erving Goffman’s (1959) constructs of selfpresentation
and operationalizing impression management strategies, this study content analyzed
seven UNLV teams’ Tweets. The analysis spanned from August 2015 to October 2015. Every
Tweet posted, during these three months, from the seven different sporting teams was coded to
compare and contrast the men's teams accounts with the women’s teams accounts, as well as one
account that combines the men’s and women’s team on one Twitter page. The study found …
The End Of The World (Eotw) Scientist And The Framing Of Science In Science Fiction Films From 1950 To 2010, Jennifer Naoko Lui
The End Of The World (Eotw) Scientist And The Framing Of Science In Science Fiction Films From 1950 To 2010, Jennifer Naoko Lui
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
The current study looks at scientists in End of the World (EOTW) films spanning from 1950 to 2010 through stereotypes and gender roles. Eighteen films, 12 representing EOTW films and 6 that are considered “regular” science fiction films, were analyzed in terms of Goffman’s (1976) 6 aspects, first introduced in Gender Advertisements, as well as aspects of visual and textual frame analysis. The analysis of these films provided a way to look at the portrayal of scientists in EOTW films and add to the limited body of literature on this particular sub-genre of film.
Previous research identified that scientists were …