An Examination of Image Repair Discourse in College Football Controversies
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- title
- An Examination of Image Repair Discourse in College Football Controversies
- author
- White, Michael
- abstract
- In recent years, there has been widespread media coverage of controversies involving college football players at major universities. This thesis examines college football controversies at the University of Southern California, Ohio State University, and Florida State University through the lens of Benoit’s Image Repair Theory. Investigating these three cases, this work considers how the responses of administrators, coaches, and players function rhetorically in efforts to maintain positive public perceptions in the face of attacks to organizational legitimacy. This thesis contributes to the body of image repair literature by examining how unique factors of Division I football programs influence image repair campaigns. This project identifies the significant role that fan loyalty plays in highly successful football programs moving beyond the controversial actions of players and coaches.
- subject
- College Football
- Controversies
- Football
- Image Repair
- Sports
- contributor
- Llewellyn, John T (committee chair)
- Von Burg, Ronald L (committee member)
- McFall, Todd A (committee member)
- date
- 2016-05-21T08:35:40Z (accessioned)
- 2016-05-21T08:35:40Z (available)
- 2016 (issued)
- degree
- Communication (discipline)
- identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10339/59284 (uri)
- language
- en (iso)
- publisher
- Wake Forest University
- type
- Thesis