An agenda that sets the frames: Gender, language, and NBC's americanized olympic telecast

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 363-385

  Angelini, James R ^a   Billings, Andrew C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commentary; Gender; Language; Olympics; Sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955165251     PISSN: 0261927X     EISSN: 15526526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X10368831     Document Type: Article

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