Abstract
This study examines trends in the public’s response to gender discrimination in sports through social media. More specifically, it examines trends in posts by Twitter users in response to disparities at the NCAA 2021 Women’s Basketball National Championship Tournament. Disparities created by the NCAA were seen as they provided the men’s tournament with more resources than the women’s tournament. A computer-mediated discourse analysis is used to analyze language use and discover recurrent patterns throughout the discourse. In addition, I apply a wild public network perspective to analyze how people engage on social media. My findings reveal this debate was driven by affect, characterized by “wildness,” and generated movement.
Advisor
Tian, Zhenyu
Department
Communication Studies
Recommended Citation
Gail, Emily J., "The Madness of Women's Sports: A Critical Analysis of the Discourse Surrounding the 2021 NCAA Women's March Madness Basketball Tournament" (2023). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 10496.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/10496
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Broadcast and Video Studies | Communication | Communication Technology and New Media | Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication | Mass Communication | Social Media | Women's Studies
Keywords
women’s sports, hegemony, feminism, affect, social media landscape, gender roles, wild public network
Publication Date
2023
Degree Granted
Bachelor of Arts
Document Type
Senior Independent Study Thesis
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