Sports Journalism and Coming Out Stories Jason Collins and Michael Sam

Sports Journalism and Coming Out Stories Jason Collins and Michael Sam / by William P. Cassidy.

This book examines how sports journalists covered the historic coming out stories of National Basketball Association (NBA) veteran Jason Collins and football All-American Michael Sam in the context of sports’ “toy department” reputation as a field whose standards are often criticized as lacking in r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cassidy, William P. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Journalism.
Communication.
Sports—Sociological aspects.
Mass media.
United States—Study and teaching.
Culture.
Gender.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Sports Journalism, Jason Collins and Michael Sam
  • 2. An Overview of Media Coverage of Gay Male Athletes
  • 3. Comparing Sports Journalism Coverage of Collins and Sam
  • 4. The Kiss
  • 5. The Status of the Conversation.

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