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MORAL PANIC? NEWSPAPER COVERAGE OF TRANSGENDER ATHLETES MIANNE BAGGER AND LIA THOMAS
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
05/2024
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000006950
Abstract
This article focuses on how sport and the framing of transgender athletes affect transgender moral panics in the United States. Coverage of transgender athletes Mianne Bagger and Lia Thomas appearing in the New York Post and The New York Times is examined using Braun and Clarkâs method of thematic analysis. Themes identified illustrate how sport can be used to further transgender moral panics by featuring repetitive, hyper specialized content that focuses largely on a single anecdote or athlete. In some cases, transgender athletes are scapegoated and used as a heuristic to exaggerate fears about transgender athletes, a key component in the development of moral panics.
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- Title
- MORAL PANIC? NEWSPAPER COVERAGE OF TRANSGENDER ATHLETES MIANNE BAGGER AND LIA THOMAS
- Creators
- HANNAH KATHERINE MARTIAN
- Contributors
- Simon Licen (Chair)Tammy Crawford (Committee Member)Elodie Wendling (Committee Member)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Department of Educational Leadership, Sport Studies, and Educational/Counseling Psychology
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 60
- Identifiers
- 99901124819901842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis