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ESPN, the self-proclaimed (yet rarely disputed) “Worldwide Leader in Sports”, has long realized it was much more than an entertainment company. Acknowledging that with great power comes great responsibility, ESPN assigned George Solomon... more
Cover letter I wrote for the Cumulus Radio Group that operates ESPN Dallas
Trabalho de conclusão de curso realizado em 2020, encerrando a graduação de Jornalismo na Cásper Líbero. A monografia busca entender a capilaridade da análise tática nos veículos de comunicação a partir de duas bases teóricas: o... more
The genre of sports is immensely popular culturally in both national and international settings and often times boosts the morale of relatively large communities mired in tragedy and strife. Consumption of sports media in U.S. culture... more
The existing literature on ESPN tends to explain the network’s phenomenal success as a function of savvy executives, charismatic talent, and Americans’ insatiable appetite for sports. Each of these factors has certainly been important;... more
The growing body of scholarship on sport scandals focuses on how media cover these incidents, how scandalized parties disrupt expectations and repair their images, and the circumstances under which punishment and forgiveness are issued.... more
ESPN, the self-proclaimed (yet rarely disputed) “Worldwide Leader in Sports”, has long realized it was much more than an entertainment company. Acknowledging that with great power comes great responsibility, ESPN assigned George Solomon... more
This essay undertakes an analysis of ESPN’s coverage of the “Penn State sex abuse scandal” during the first week following the release of the November 2011 Grand Jury presentment, which indicted former Penn State college football... more
This study draws from crisis communication literature focusing on image restoration management and audience-based message strategies. In this case, the officials in the NDSU Athletics Department were cast as an intermediary between ESPN... more