Bump, set, spike: An analysis of commentary and camera angles of women's beach volleyball during the 2004 summer olympics

Journal of Promotion Management

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 35-53

  Bissell, Kimberly L ^a   Duke, Andrea M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Audio commentary; Beach volleyball; Camera angles; Content analysis; Olympics; Physical attractiveness; Sex; Sports; Television

Indexed keywords

EID: 67749101986     PISSN: 10496491     EISSN: 15407594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J057v13n01_04     Document Type: Article

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