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Mediatization in Times of Pandemic: How German Grassroots Sports Clubs Employed Digital Media to Overcome Communication Challenges During COVID-19. 疫情时代的媒介化：德国基层体育俱乐部如何利用数字媒体克服新冠肺炎期间的传播挑战。

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Communication & Sport Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1177/21674795221109759

Christiana Schallhorn, Daniel Nölleke, Philip Sinner, Christof Seeger, Jörg-Uwe Nieland, Thomas Horky, Katja Mehler

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引用次数: 7

“On the Tour, They’re Always Sticking a Microphone in Your Face”: Mediatization of Professional Tennis From the 1980s to the Early 2010s “在巡回赛上，他们总是把麦克风贴在你脸上”:20世纪80年代到2010年代初职业网球的媒体化

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Communication & Sport Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1177/21674795221105480

Lena Küpper, Greta Kossing, Thomas Birkner

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引用次数: 3

Rediscovering Mediatization of Sport 体育中介化的再发现

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Communication & Sport Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1177/21674795221123675

Simon Ličen, K. Frandsen, Thomas Horky, C. Onwumechili, Wei Wei

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引用次数: 5

Auditory Cuteness in Sports Podcasting: A New Lookism? 体育播客中的听觉可爱：一种新的表象？

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Communication & Sport Pub Date : 2022-08-16 DOI: 10.1177/21674795221117783

Dongdong Yang, David J. Atkin, Michael Mudrick, Yuren Qin

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引用次数: 2

Media Framings of the Transgender Athlete as “Legitimate Controversy”: The Case of Laurel Hubbard at the Tokyo Olympics 跨性别运动员的媒体框架是“合法的争议”:劳雷尔·哈伯德在东京奥运会的案例

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Communication & Sport Pub Date : 2022-08-03 DOI: 10.1177/21674795221116884

Shannon Scovel, Monica Nelson, H. Thorpe

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引用次数: 8

#Selfies With a Mask On: Comparing Self-Presentation of Athletes From the U.S. and China in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics #戴口罩自拍：美国和中国运动员在2020年东京奥运会上的自我展示比较

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Communication & Sport Pub Date : 2022-07-13 DOI: 10.1177/21674795221113307

Qingru Xu, Sitong Guo, Eun-Hi Kim

引用次数: 3

Gender, Sports, and Cultural Barometers: The State of Play in the Year 2022 性别、体育和文化晴雨表:2022年的发展状况

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Communication & Sport Pub Date : 2022-07-12 DOI: 10.1177/21674795221111691

A. Billings, Marie Hardin

引用次数: 3

Beyond Crisis? Institutionalized Mediatization of the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2020 Olympic Games 除了危机?2020年奥运会难民奥运代表队的制度化调解

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Communication & Sport Pub Date : 2022-06-30 DOI: 10.1177/21674795221110232

Daniel Burdsey, E. Michelini, S. Agergaard

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“A Manifestation of Their City as a God”: Gritty Memes, the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election, and Online Representations of Home “他们的城市作为上帝的表现”：Gritty Memes、2020年美国总统选举和家庭的在线表现

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Communication & Sport Pub Date : 2022-06-17 DOI: 10.1177/21674795221106115

V. Harrison, Brandon C. Boatwright, Joseph Bober

{"title":"“A Manifestation of Their City as a God”: Gritty Memes, the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election, and Online Representations of Home","authors":"V. Harrison, Brandon C. Boatwright, Joseph Bober","doi":"10.1177/21674795221106115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795221106115","url":null,"abstract":"During the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Philadelphia Flyers mascot Gritty starred in political election-related memes as Philadelphia voters became central to the election outcome. With Gritty’s ability to transcend sport as a symbol of the political left during the election, our study was framed with theoretical discussions of mascot anthropomorphism and the concept of “home” in sport fandom. Using systematic discourse analysis, this paper analyzes purposefully selected Gritty memes to understand the interplay of sport mascots, meme co-creation, and the meaning of home in online spaces. Memes were evaluated for form and function. Evidence was found for meme intertextuality and polyvocality as well as four personas of Gritty (Aggressor, Humorist, Leftist, and Hometown Hero) that propelled the mascot to becoming a historic symbol of Philadelphia’s role in determining the election outcome. Contributions of the study include expanding the concept of home to include instances of fan co-creation and online spaces and further understanding mascot anthropomorphism in a unique socio-political context.","PeriodicalId":46882,"journal":{"name":"Communication & Sport","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2022-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44601237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Fans not Customers! Kategoria in the Rise and Demise of the European Super League 粉丝不是顾客!欧洲超级联赛的兴衰

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Communication & Sport Pub Date : 2022-06-06 DOI: 10.1177/21674795221103412

Mike Milford

引用次数: 1