"Feeling much smaller than you know you are": The fragmented professional identity of female sports journalists

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 322-338

  Hardin, Marie ^a   Shain, Stacie ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b College of Communications ^*

Author keywords

Socialization; Sports; Sports Journalism; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750217955     PISSN: 15295036     EISSN: 14795809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07393180600933147     Document Type: Review

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