During the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Team USA athlete Simone Biles withdrew from several gymnastics events midcompetition, citing mental health issues. Biles, one of the most recognizable stars of the Games, faced intense scrutiny from both the world’s media and the general public in the immediate aftermath. The purpose of this study was to analyze the Facebook narrative surrounding Biles’s withdrawal within the theoretical context of framing, as crafted through user comments on various public high-profile Facebook pages. A total of 87,714 user comments were collected and analyzed using the qualitative software Leximancer. The themes emerging from the data suggested a polarizing narrative, with many users supporting Biles, engaging in the wider discussion surrounding athlete mental health, while others condemned her action, suggesting she quit on the biggest sporting stage.
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Role Model or Quitter? Social Media’s Response to Simone Biles at Tokyo 2020
Steph Doehler
Application of Social Work Theory in Sport Management Curriculum: Ecological Systems Theory
Amy E. Cox, Lauren Beasley, and Robin Hardin
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Proceed With Caution: A Teaching Case Study of Youth Sport Specialization
Makenzie A. Schoeff, Katie R. Morey, James E. Johnson, Anya T. Eicher, and Lawrence W. Judge
her natural athletic talent carried her throughout her early sport years. Tom regularly said to Jane during the girls’ childhood that “Beth has the advantage now, but just wait until Taylor comes into her own.” Taylor knew the exact moment when she fell in love with volleyball. It was her seventh
Career Authoring in Sport Management: A Four-Step Assignment for Career Development
Dominique C. Kropp, Sarah E. Tackett, and Christopher M. Brown
assignment, students are tasked with writing an autobiography. In this work, they must express their life experiences in chronological order, documenting important happenings and memories over the course of their childhood, teen years, and time in a university setting. In addition, students will describe the
Innovate With Design Thinking in the Sport Management Capstone Course
David Pierce, Melissa Davies, and Bryan Kryder
tackling a strategy or systems-level challenge. For example, designing a new community recreational center to combat childhood obesity may be too broad and complex, but asking students to design programming for a weeklong camp for a specific target market is more manageable because it can be communicated
An Examination of the Relationship Between Instruction Type and Course Outcomes in Sport Management Courses
Megan B. Shreffler, Adam R. Cocco, and Jacob R. Shreffler
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Eliminating Barriers to Youth Sport in Greenville, North Carolina
Emma O’Brien, Stacy M. Warner, and Melanie Sartore-Baldwin
realizing it, and felt extremely connected to her community, throughout her participation in local sport leagues. It was something she realized she took for granted, growing up in a two-parent, two-income home a few hours away. Youth sport played an integral part of Sarah’s childhood, and it was
Understanding Student Perceptions of Diversity and Inclusion
Jaime R. DeLuca, Michael Mudrick, Molly Hayes Sauder, and Elizabeth A. Taylor
of my views regarding diversity and inclusion have been shaped during my childhood years growing up in a very diverse area … , not from anything I have experienced at Institution X. (Participant #224) For reference, the vast majority of the comments made by participants spoke of diversity and
Experiential Learning of University Students Delivering a Coaching Workshop in Belize
Jennifer M. Jacobs, Karisa L. Kuipers, K. Andrew R. Richards, and Paul M. Wright
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Looks, Liveliness, and Laughter: Visual Representations in Commercial Sports for Children
Jesper Karlsson, Åsa Bäckström, Magnus Kilger, and Karin Redelius
?” The study adds to the discussion about the commodification of childhood and the dialog on discourses of children in the field of childhood sociology. This discussion has implications for how we frame both children and sport. Locally, the study contributes with novel empirical findings about
