Gendered profiles of olympic history: Sportscaster dialogue in the 2008 Beijing Olympics

Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-23

  Billings, Andrew C ^a   Angelini, James R ^b   Duke, Andrea Holt ^a  

^a Department of Communication Studies ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 77951607933     PISSN: 08838151     EISSN: 15506878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08838150903550352     Document Type: Article

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