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Date of Award
2005
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Department
Communication
First Advisor
Alan Ray
First Committee Member
Qingwen Dong
Second Committee Member
Keith Hilton
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to understand the media's impact when reporting on high-profile athlete's legal proceedings. Through the use of text analysis, the study examined whether sports journalists gave preferential treatment to "home-town heroes" in the Kobe Bryant case. The study also attempted to find differences and similarities between sports reporters and sports columnists with regard to positive and negative treatment of the case.
Pages
71
Recommended Citation
Holmquist, Brooke. (2005). Media coverage of athletes in legal proceedings : an analysis of the Kobe Bryant case. University of the Pacific, Thesis. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/621
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