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The Crusading Days Of Jackie Stewart: Evaluating The Development Of Safety In Motor Racing During The 1960s., Alex Twitchen Oct 2023

The Crusading Days Of Jackie Stewart: Evaluating The Development Of Safety In Motor Racing During The 1960s., Alex Twitchen

Journal of Motorsport Culture & History

This article critically evaluates the contribution of Jackie Stewart in making motor racing a safer sport for competitors. It challenges the validity of the popular assumption that Jackie Stewart by himself developed a ‘culture of safety’ that transformed the sport. Instead, the role of other individuals are identified alongside the importance of three social processes. These processes are identified as the changing balance of power between different masculine identities, the development of commercial sponsorship and a growth in the coverage of the sport on television.

The development of motor racing from the 1960s onwards as a safer sport in which …


Book Review: I Was A Nascar Redneck: Recollections Of The Transformation Of A Yankee Farm Boy To A Southern Redneck In The Golden Era Of Nascar And Beyond., Quinn Beekwilder, Daniel Dean Oct 2023

Book Review: I Was A Nascar Redneck: Recollections Of The Transformation Of A Yankee Farm Boy To A Southern Redneck In The Golden Era Of Nascar And Beyond., Quinn Beekwilder, Daniel Dean

Journal of Motorsport Culture & History

No abstract provided.


Curating A Consumption Ideology: Platformization And Gun Influencers On Instagram, Jenna M. Drenten Ph.D., Lauren Gurrieri, Aimee Dinnín Huff, Michelle Barnhart Oct 2023

Curating A Consumption Ideology: Platformization And Gun Influencers On Instagram, Jenna M. Drenten Ph.D., Lauren Gurrieri, Aimee Dinnín Huff, Michelle Barnhart

School of Business: Faculty Publications and Other Works

This study explores how a platform enables social media influencers to promulgate a consumption ideology. We show how gun influencers, or “gunfluencers,” use Instagram to link products, activities, and meanings to Second Amendment ideology – a gun-centric belief system in the United States colloquially known as “2A ideology.” Through a qualitative study of 25 Instagram gunfluencers, we identify a process of curating a consumption ideology wherein social media influencers employ four curatorial tactics: glamourizing, demystifying, victimizing, and tribalizing. Findings suggest gunfluencers extend audiences and leverage algorithms to prescribe and model how supporters of 2A ideology should look, act, speak, feel, …


Research Project Poster Presentation: Cultural Normalization Of Risk?: Exploring Brain Injury In The National Football League Using Sociocultural Analysis, Ali V. Willing, Jafra D. Thomas Oct 2023

Research Project Poster Presentation: Cultural Normalization Of Risk?: Exploring Brain Injury In The National Football League Using Sociocultural Analysis, Ali V. Willing, Jafra D. Thomas

Kinesiology and Public Health

Background. This presentation began as an undergraduate end-of-term course project focused on sport, media, and American popular culture (April to June 2023). The poster presentation was originally presented at the 2023 annual conference of the Southwest Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine (SWACSM), following peer-review acceptance of the project summary statement (i.e. abstract) for conference presentation.

Purpose. The presentation is published here to Cal Poly Digital Commons as a resource to future students and professionals studying topics covered in the presentation (e.g. sociological theories, cultural values and risks, sports ethic).

Resources. This webpage has several resources described below. …


Ua19/16/2 Women's Basketball Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations Oct 2023

Ua19/16/2 Women's Basketball Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations

WKU Archives Records

Press releases and game statistics for WKU women's basketball team from August to December 2023.


Ua12/2/2 Talisman: Dimension, Wku Student Affairs Oct 2023

Ua12/2/2 Talisman: Dimension, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

Fall 2023 Talisman:

  • Johnson, Katelyn . Flora & Fauna - Biology
  • Pollard, Evynn. Inked Imagination
  • Booth, Pandora. Sowing Grace - Mothers
  • Murray, Debra. Shapes of Beauty
  • Bivens, Emily. The Life Lesson
  • Figures of Fall
  • Meyers, Jeffrey. Level Up - eGames
  • Walsh, Aidan. Unsung Heroes
  • Sandlin, Ellie. Place to Be - Habitat for Humanity, Hotel, Inc.
  • Youngers, Joel. An Endless Starry Sky
  • Muscutt, Carson. True Colors - Queen Venus Knight
  • Drury, Faith. Innovative Mind - Concrete Canoe, Steel Bridge
  • Ousley, Rachael. One Man's Treasure - Matt Tullis
  • Haines, Lily. Chuck Close
  • Thompson, Sarah. En Pointe
  • Hunt, Janie. Open Your Eyes
  • Halstead, …


Ua19/16/2 Basketball Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations Oct 2023

Ua19/16/2 Basketball Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations

WKU Archives Records

Press releases and game statistics for WKU men's basketball team from August to December 2023.


Ua19/16/2 Basketball Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations Apr 2023

Ua19/16/2 Basketball Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations

WKU Archives Records

Press releases and game statistics for WKU men's basketball team from January to July 2023.


Ua45/6 Commencement Program, Wku Registrar Apr 2023

Ua45/6 Commencement Program, Wku Registrar

WKU Archives Records

Commencement program listing graduates.


Ua19/16/2 Women's Basketball Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations Apr 2023

Ua19/16/2 Women's Basketball Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations

WKU Archives Records

Press releases and game statistics for WKU women's basketball team from January to July 2023.


Ua12/2/1 Let's Talk About Sex, Vol. 98, No. 5, Wku Student Affairs Mar 2023

Ua12/2/1 Let's Talk About Sex, Vol. 98, No. 5, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

College Heights Heraldmagazine regarding sex and students.

  • Murray, Debra. Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby
  • Murray, Debra. This is Definitely Changing Sex
  • Anderson, Alexandria. This is the Best Place to Start – Sexual Health
  • Stephens, Grace. It’s Okay to Be Sexy
  • St. Clair, Molly. The Impact of Title IX on Intercollegiate Athletics


Ua19/16/2 Soccer Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations Jan 2023

Ua19/16/2 Soccer Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations

WKU Archives Records

Press releases and game statistics for WKU soccer team in 2023.


Ua19/16/2 Tennis Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations Jan 2023

Ua19/16/2 Tennis Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations

WKU Archives Records

Press releases and match statistics for WKU tennis team in 2023.


Ua19/16/2 Volleyball Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations Jan 2023

Ua19/16/2 Volleyball Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations

WKU Archives Records

Press releases and game statistics for WKU volleyball team in 2023.


Ua19/16/2 Football Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations Jan 2023

Ua19/16/2 Football Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations

WKU Archives Records

Press releases and game statistics for WKU football team in 2023.


Ua19/16/2 Softball Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations Jan 2023

Ua19/16/2 Softball Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations

WKU Archives Records

Press releases and game statistics for WKU softball team in 2023.


Ua19/16/2 Golf Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations Jan 2023

Ua19/16/2 Golf Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations

WKU Archives Records

Press releases and statistics for WKU golf teams in 2023.


Ua19/16/2 Athletics Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations Jan 2023

Ua19/16/2 Athletics Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations

WKU Archives Records

Press releases regarding general activities of the WKU Athletics Department for 2023.


Ua19/16/2 Track & Field Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations Jan 2023

Ua19/16/2 Track & Field Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations

WKU Archives Records

Press releases and match statistics for WKU track & field team in 2023.


Ua19/16/2 Baseball Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations Jan 2023

Ua19/16/2 Baseball Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations

WKU Archives Records

Press releases and game statistics for WKU baseball team in 2023.