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Tucker Center Distinguished Lecture – Fall 2009

Facing Off Over Facebook:

The Impact of Social Media on

Women’s Sports

Marie Hardin, Rachel Blount, and Angela Ruggiero

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Categories of Media Representations

• Portrayals of Ambivalence

• Portrayals of Sexualization

• Portrayals of Athletic Competence

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Portrayals of Ambivalence

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Portrayals of Ambivalence

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Iconic Image of Female Athlete

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Portrayals of Sexualization

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Portrayals of Sexualization

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Portrayals of Sexualization

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Portrayals of Athletic Competence

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Portrayals of Athletic Competence

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Portrayals of Athletic Competence

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“Sex Sells” Master Narrative

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Tucker Center Distinguished Lecture – Fall 2009

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Publish own blogPublish own Web pageUpload video you created

Post review of productsPost comments on blog(s)Edit/add to Wiki article

Use RSS feedsTag photos

Maintain a social networking

profile

Read blogsListen to podcastsWatch video made by others

None of the above

The Social Technographics ™Ladder© 2008 Forrester Research, Inc.

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Did You Know 4.0 Content by XPLANE, The Economist,Karl Fisch, Scott McLeod & LauraBestler. Design and development by

XPLANE: http://www.xplane.com

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“If  you can't explain it simply,

you don't understand it well enough...” 

-Albert Einstein

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What isSocialMedia?

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WNBA Teams

with TwitterAccounts

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On March 17,2009, CandaceParker had just

82 followers onTwitter …

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+

Marie Hardin John Curley Center for Sports Journalism, Penn State University

Making new 

media:Feminism,

women’s sports

and theblogosphere

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Sports and social media

• Does new mediareplicate old?

• Does new media meannew values?

• Men and women

covering sports in theblogosphere

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Women talking sports

• Why it matters

• Opportunities,

Obstacles

• Agendas,communities

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Revolution/Replication

• Feminism.

• Discourse.

• Activism.

• Change.

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Tucker Center Distinguished Lecture – Fall 2009

Facing Off Over Facebook:

The Impact of Social Media on

Women Sports

Marie Hardin, Rachel Blount, and Angela Ruggiero