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Engaging Sports provides sociologically-informed analysis to help readers think about sports in a way that goes beyond the typical scores, highlights, and statistics: https://thesocietypages.org/engagingsports
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Engaging Sports @engagingsports.bsky.social · 7h
Contrary to popular belief, performance sport does not promote public health. A new article by @jackhardwicke.bsky.social breaks down this pervasive myth. thesocietypages.org/engagingspor...
Beyond Myths – Thinking Critically about Sport’s Role in Public Health - Engaging Sports
The Society Pages (TSP) is an open-access social science project headquartered in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota
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Engaging Sports @engagingsports.bsky.social · May 29
Just in time as the WNBA season gets underway, a new article discusses gender, race, and representation of women's basketball players on TikTok: thesocietypages.org/engagingspor...
Thirsting for More: What TikTok Can Tell Us About Women’s Basketball
Our research suggests that TikTok is creating a space for female basketball players, including Black, queer, and masculine-presenting players, to be viewed as sexually desirable and amazing athletes. ...
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Engaging Sports @engagingsports.bsky.social · Mar 20
What does it mean if more men are now fans of women's sports?
What Does it Mean if More Men are Now Fans of Women’s Sport?
In February 2024, the New York Times published a two-part series on the results of a survey of men who are fans of women’s soccer. The survey addressed how and why men became fans of women’s soccer, t...
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