Eye candy and sex objects: Gender, race and sport on YouTube

Digital Media Sport: Technology, Power and Culture in the Network Society

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 111-123

  Leonard, David J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203382851     Document Type: Chapter

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