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Featuring over 100 contributors from leading institutions from around the world, this publication captures the immediate thoughts, reflections, and insights from the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games from the cutting edge of interdisciplinary academic research.
It will be published throughout the Olympic and Paralympic Games, with short and accessible contributions. As with our previous reports, authors will provide authoritative analysis of the Games, including research findings or new theoretical insights; to bring readers original ways of understanding the Games.
The Olympic and Paralympic Analysis series is published by the Center for Sports Communication & Media at the University of Texas at Austin and the Centre for Comparative Politics & Media Research at Bournemouth University.
Editorial team:
Daniel Jackson, Alina Bernstein, Michael Butterworth, Younghan Cho, Danielle Sarver Coombs, Michael Devlin, Ana Carolina Vimieiro
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Articles from Olympic and Paralympic Analysis 2024 will be published throughout the Olympic and Paralympic Games, with the final report published on 18th September 2024
- Introduction. Paradox in Paris: Studies in contrast at the 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. Prof. Daniel Jackson, Dr. Alina Bernstein, Prof. Michael Butterworth, Prof. Younghan Cho, Dr. Danielle Sarver Coombs, Dr. Michael Devlin, Dr. Ana Carolina Vimieiro
- Breaking menstrual taboos during the Olympic Games. Dr. Honorata Jakubowska
- The Olympic Channel’s position and content strategies on the road to Paris 2024. Dr. Xavier Ramon
- Crowds are important, but the true venue of the Olympics is TV and new media. Dr. Fernando Borges
- Paris the “greenest” Games in history? The case of surfing suggests otherwise. Prof. Belinda Wheaton and Prof. Holly Thorpe
- Paris Olympics promote sustainability for good reason: Climate change is putting athletes and their sports at risk. Dr. Brian McCullough
- The Olympic contestation over political meaning: Security, protest and paradoxes. Dr. Jan Ludvigsen and Dr. Adam Talbot
- From motherhood to medals: New research sheds light on postpartum guidelines for returning to sport. Dr. Jenna Schulz and Dr. Jane Thornton
- Stepping into the void: American conservative outrage about the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony. Dr. Michael L. Butterworth and Dr. Douglas Hartmann
- A kayak repairer working with Olympic athletes: An unknown profession that impacts high-performance. Rémi Delafont, Dr. Helene Joncheray and Dr. Sylvaine Derycke
- Murky infection control policies at the Paris Olympics. Dr. Kathleen Bachynski
- Environment and resistance. Dr. Toby Miller
- How sustainable is Paris 2024? It depends. Dr. Sven Daniel Wolfe
- Framing a retiring female athlete in the media – The legacy of a minority rugby star. Dr. Riikka Turtiainen
- Broadening the Olympics coverage from the science side of sports . Dr. José Luis Rojas Torrijos
- Amidst AI-fakery, an iconic feat of visual authenticity goes viral. Dr. Michael Serazio
- Fanship and the Caitlin Clark “snub”: social media and U.S. women’s 5×5 Olympic basketball. Prof. Pam Creedon and Dr. Laura A. Wackwitz
- Legacy of the City of Light. Dr. Peter English
- Simone Biles did not need “redemption”. Dr. Shanice Jones Cameron and Dr. Daniel A. Grano
- Gang members and a German who forfeited her citizenship: Kenya’s fencers for 2024 Paris. Dr. Linda K. Fuller
- Fringe to flag: Nation, the Olympics, and the popularization of golf. Dr. Lou Antolihao
- Olympics in the age of Netflix. Dr. Marcio Telles
- Media coverage of the Olympic refugee team contributes to sportswashing. Dr. Steve Bien-Aimé, Dr. Umer Hussain and Hanbo Liu
- Fingernails, tattoos, and iconic photos: Personal branding at the 2024 Olympics. Dr. Jana Wiske
- Fighting for the country: Mediated Ukrainian athletes’ success in Paris. Dr. Alice Němcová Tejkalová
- The influencers’ games: Communication strategies of the Brazilian Olympic Committee for Paris 2024. Dr. Fausto Amaro and Isadora Ortiz
- Beyond football: Stefano Peschiera’s Olympic legacy. Dr. Alonso Pahuacho Portella
- Beyond the podium: The role of protest at the Olympic Games and rule 50. Dr. Jake Kucek
- Paris 2024 and the LGBTQ+ athlete. Dr. Rory Magrath
- How Paris 2024 exposed a nexus of governance gaps, gender eligibility chaos and universality utopia. Prof. Dikaia Chatziefstathiou
- Brazilian soccer legend Marta massively attacked by hate speech at the Paris Olympics. João Vítor Marques
- Life after the medal: Brazilian Rayssa Leal’s challenges in high-performance skateboarding. Monique de Souza Sant’Anna Fogliatto
- Propagating ideological discourse through sports and media framing in Iran. Dr. Mahdi Latififard and Dr. Sean R. Sadri
- The 2024 Olympics and the wars in Ukraine and Middle East – a Critical examination for the IOC and sports journalism. Dr. Jörg-Uwe Nieland
- A sports media system breaking down like it took a punch from Imane Khelif. Dr. Michael Mirer
- Breaking the rings: Twitter’s role in fragmenting Israel’s Olympic media event. Dr. Haim Hagay and Dr. Alina Bernstein
- Champions of the mind: Positive mental health narratives shaping Olympic athlete success. Dr. Kim Bissell
- Paris 2024: Spanish women break barriers and make Olympic history. Dr. Nahuel Ivan Faedo
- Team Brazil on YouTube: the content production of the Brazilian Olympic Committee. Dr. William Douglas de Almeida and Prof. Katia Rubio
- The Olympics and sports betting. Dr. Jason Kido Lopez
- It’s not all about you: American perceptions of the 2024 Olympic opening ceremony. Dr. Dorothy Collins
- In Transit from Tokyo to Los Angeles via Paris: place, memory, fantasy and the Olympics/Paralympics. Prof. David Rowe
- Media sports events and soft disempowerment: Spotlight on the Zimbabwean delegation to the Olympic games . Dr. Tendai Chari
- Radio Olympics in the UK. Prof. Raymond Boyle
- Parenting at the Olympics – how medal-winning mothers and fathers are portrayed in the media. Dr. Karsten Senkbeil
- Renewing the fandom of the Olympic Games young audiences, videogames and esports. Dr. Adolfo Gracia Vázquez
- Safeguarding at Paris 2024: A turning point? Carole Gomez
- The optics of parity. Dr. Amy Bass
- Did that upset you? – Activism at the Paris 2024 Games. Dr. Anthony Cavaiani and Dr. Megan Klukowski
- Anti-Olympics activism. Prof. Jules Boykoff
- Ethics and quality in journalistic coverage of Paris 2024 – The case of mass media in Colombia. Prof. Francisco Buitrago Castillo
- IOC’s positive social media shift: Paris 2024 online reactions. Dr. Roxane Coche and Dr. Nathan Carpenter
- Masculinity and the Asian turn at the Olympics. Dr. Michelle H. S. Ho and Dr. Wesley Lim
- On the Paris 2024 Olympic marathon qualification controversy: Is it worth fighting for a dream? Dr. Kateřina Turková
- The Ilona Maher effect. Dr. Courtney M. Cox
- A new chapter in Olympic sponsorship at Paris 2024. Dr. T. Bettina Cornwell
- The Olympic drone-spying scandal and Nike ad campaign: Why the myth of sport always wins. Dr. Karen L. Hartman
- The Streaming Games: Analyzing NBC’s Coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games on Peacock. Dr. Cody T. Havard
- India and Pakistan celebrate Arshad Nadeem together. Dr. M. Fahad Humayun
- A growing basketball rivalry: writing new chapters in France and U.S. sports diplomacy. Dr. Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff
- Latino underrepresentation in Team USA: Systemic barriers ahead of the 2028 LA Olympics. Dr. Vincent Peña
- Paris 2024 turned into a platform for geopolitical contention. Dr. Jung Woo Lee
- From gold medal to cyberbullying: Imane Khelif’s Olympic experience highlights persistent issues of online abuse. Dr. Tammy Rae Matthews
- Bidding for a future capital: Indonesia’s worlding ambitions for Nusantara 2036. Dr. Friederike Trotier
- Brazilian media coverage of Olympians’ protests and demonstrations in Paris 2024. Clarisse Silva Caetano et al.
- “The half-naked versus the covered”: On the development of sexualization in women’s competitive sport. Dr. Daniela Schaaf and Dr. Jörg-Uwe Nieland
- Sexist framing in the media coverage of the Paris Olympic Games (OG). Dr. Sandy Montañola
- As athletes became media producers in Paris, does it make sense for non-rights holders to still attend the Games? Dr. Merryn Sherwood
- The Queen’s Legacy: Brazil can play without Marta. Dr. Leda Maria da Costa
- What is next for Olympic surfing? Tiago Brant de Carvalho, Dr. Kevin Filo and Dr. Popi Sotiriadou
- The new era of the Olympic movement. Dr. Yoav Dubinsky
- Paris 2024: South Korean competitive sports at a crossroads. Dr. Guy Podoler
- Success or failure? – Mediated national expectations and reactions on Olympic performance in Hungary. Dr. Dunja Antunovic and Dr. Tamás Dóczi
- Weber & Duplantis & Paris 2024 – an unlikely love story? Prof. Aage Radmann and Prof. Susanna Hedenborg
- The Evolution of Ambush Marketing: Social Media, Rule 40, and Brand Protection at the Paris 2024 Games. Dr. John Grady and Dr. Gashaw Abeza
- Ageism is an overlooked form of discrimination when it comes to Olympic participation. Dr. Brigid McCarthy
- Paris 2024 demonstrated the role of unpredictability in competitive surfing, raising discussions about the use of wave pools in the future. André Tavares
- Women’s participation in the Brazilian journalistic coverage of the Paris Olympic Games. Dr. Soraya Barreto Januário
- How the U.S. women’s basketball team did without Caitlin Clark – regardless of the gold medal? Dr. Molly Yanity
- Hijab ban demonstrates hypocritical nature of “liberté, egalité, fraternité” for French Muslim sportswomen. Dr. Adrianne Grubic
- July in Paris: The last month before the Games. Prof. Garry Whannell
- The Paralympic Games are still overshadowed by the Olympic Games in terms of media coverage. Dr. Christiana Schallhorn
- Creating more media visibility for the Paralympics. Dr. David Cassilo
How much is a gold medal worth? Dr. Tatiane Hilgemberg- Coco Gauff and LeBron James cross the Delaware. Dr. Ever Josue Figueroa
- Dualism at play: The politics of sport for development and peace. Prof. Shaun Anderson
- From Long Beach to the 2024 Paris Olympics: The evolution of Snoop Dogg. Prof. Billy Hawkins and Dr. April Peters-Hawkins
- Black girl magic: The unprecedented triumph of three Black women gymnasts at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Dr. April Peters-Hawkins and Prof. Billy Hawkins
- The “value” of participating in the Games: about media, money, pressure and representation in sport. Dr. Thomas Horky and Dr. Meistra Budiasa
- An exoskeleton on parade: Kevin Piette’s “historical” steps. Dr. James L. Cherney
- They’re mistaking rugby for basketball! How can this happen when national media cover the Paralympics? Dr Kristin Vindhol Evensen and Dr Marte Bentzen
- From sponsorship to transformational social change: the power of paralympic partnerships. Dr. Olga Kolotouchkina, Prof. Carmen Llorente Barrosso and Luis Leardy
- Using humor vs. inspiration as a social media strategy for the Paralympic Games. Dr. Nicky Lewis
- The sports diplomacy of Paris ‘24. Dr. J. Simon Rofe
- The role of legacy in the organization of the 2024 Olympic Games. Prof. Michaël Attali
- Bruna Alexandre at the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Gabriel Mayr and Giovana Alves Pinheiro
- #Notplayinggames: Social media and disability at the 2024 Paris Paralympics. Dr. Filippo Trevisan
- 2024 Paralympics para equestrians showcase interspecies interdependence on world stage. Melissa Marsden
- On and off the field of play: Equity and Paralympic sport medicine. Dr. Nancy (Quinn) Harrington
- Online violence and the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Dr. Emma Kavanagh and Dr. Keith D. Parry
- The appeal of watching the Paralympic Games: “I care about my relatives, not about the sports”. Dr. Veronika Macková and Dr. Ondřej Trunečka
- Technology has helped para-athletes compete for decades. But it can also create an unfair advantage. Prof. John Cairney, Dr. Emma Beckman and Prof. Sean Tweedy
- Glory, gold and GoFundMe’s: Who really profits at the Olympic Games? Dr. Amira Rose Davis
- Stories of sexual abuse within Olympic and Paralympic movement point to need for increased policies and protections for athlete-survivors. Lilah Drafts-Johnson
- Paris 2024 and the agenda of accessibility and inclusion. Prof. Laura Misener
- Athletes with intellectual impairments and the Paralympics: Achievements and challenges. Prof Jan Burns
- Vitriol in Tokyo to sexism in Paris? Narratives about Indian female athletes in Paris Olympics. Dr. Kulveen Trehan
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Featuring over 100 contributors from leading institutions from around the world, this publication captures the immediate thoughts, reflections, and insights from the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games from the cutting edge of communication and media studies of sport.
Published in the wake of the Tokyo 2020 Games, these contributions are short and accessible. Authors provide authoritative analysis of the Olympics and Paralympics, including research findings and new theoretical insights. Contributions come from a rich array of disciplinary influences, including media, communication studies, cultural studies, sociology, political science, and psychology. The report is free to download and can be deposited in any repository or library.
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