Sports Journalism and Women Athletes Coverage of Coming Out Stories
“Women’s sports have typically been grossly under-represented in sports media coverage. Although elite lesbian athletes far outnumber ‘out’ male athletes, media scrutiny of their experiences remains largely non-existent. Largely situated in the context of
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William P. Cassidy
Sports Journalism and Women Athletes
William P. Cassidy
Sports Journalism and Women Athletes Coverage of Coming Out Stories
William P. Cassidy Department of Communication Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL, USA
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Acknowledgements
This book would not have been possible without the assistance of many wonderful people. For starters, thank you to Shaun Vigil of Palgrave Macmillan for his interest in this project. It never would have come to fruition without his initial, enthusiastic endorsement. Madison Smith’s thoughtful comments, suggestions and strong organizational skills were of profound help while I was working on this manuscript. I am very happy she agreed to serve as my editorial/research assistant. Thank you to Sam Babin for his coding help and for (once again) coming to my rescue by agreeing to compile the index. Thanks very much to Matt Dupuis and Eddie Garcia for serving as coders for the research studies completed for this book. Great friends and colleagues Dr. Kate Cady, Dr. Leo Chan, Dr. Andrea Guzman, Kim Rinker and Dr. Mehdi Semati offered tons of encouragement along the way. I am grateful for their support. Thank you to Kappa Tau Alpha, the national honor society in journalism and mass communication for a Chapter Adviser Research Grant Award, which was used to complete some of the work included here. I will be f
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