by Thesis Mentor | May 5, 2021 | blogs, Brody Eccles, thesis2021
Playing video games is one of the most popular forms of entertainment in the world. It gives people a much-needed break from reality where they can go, kill monsters, save the world, or play as their favorite athlete. Video games and sports have gone together for well...
by Thesis Mentor | May 5, 2021 | blogs, Brody Eccles, thesis2021
When people think of social media, one of the first ones to come to mind is Facebook. It is the pioneer on which all other social media networks were born. Yes, Myspace did come first and there were other social media platforms before that. But, the viral nature of...
by Thesis Mentor | Apr 24, 2021 | blogs, Brody Eccles, podcast, sports journalism, thesis2021
he next social media platform that we are looking at this week is the use of an athlete’s image on Instagram. This platform is definitely an interesting one to analyze since it uses only photographs and videos. Instagram is owned by Facebook and is part of the big...
by Thesis Mentor | Apr 16, 2021 | blogs, Brody Eccles, thesis2021
When thinking of social media, there are usually two that come to the forefront of someone’s mind right away, Twitter and Facebook. In this week’s blog, we are going to be looking at Twitter and how the NCAA, sports networks, and universities use an athlete’s image to...
by Thesis Mentor | Mar 9, 2021 | blogs, Brody Eccles, podcast, thesis2021
In my first post about athletes being represented in new forms of media, I wanted to focus on the biggest new media out there, TikTok. TikTok has blown up right now with hundreds of millions of users active on the application every day. So, it is natural that...
