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Table of Contents

The Tweet Life of Erin and Kirk: A Gendered Analysis of Professional Sports Broadcasters’ Self-Presentation on Twitter

Melinda Weathers, Jimmy Sanderson, Pauline Matthey, Alexia Grevious, Samantha Warren, Maggie Tehan
pp. 1-24
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jsm.2014.0008
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Bypass and Broadcast: Utilizing Parasocial Interaction to Examine @nhl Communication on Twitter during the 2012–2013 Lockout

Evan Frederick, Marion E. Hamrick, Galen Clavio
pp. 25-44
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jsm.2014.0009
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“A Female in a Man’s World”: New-Media Discourse around the First Female nfl Referee

Dunja Antunovic
pp. 45-71
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jsm.2014.0010
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“It Just Makes Good Business Sense”: A Media Political Economy Analysis of espnW

Sarah Wolter
pp. 73-96
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jsm.2014.0011
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Girls Ruin Everything: An Analysis of the Framing of the Removal of Baseball and Softball from Olympic Competition

Lauren Reichart Smith
pp. 97-114
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jsm.2014.0006
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“Plays like a Guy”: A Rhetorical Analysis of Brittney Griner in Sports Media

Katherine L. Lavelle
pp. 115-131
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jsm.2014.0007
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