Media representation of Singapore athletes at the 2000 Olympic Games : a case study of Singapore swimmers
This study analyses the media representation of Singapore athletes at the 2000 Olympic Games and aims to do three things: First, it seeks to interpret the athlete’s identity as constructed by the media. Second, it aims to understand the portrayal of athletes in the light of their performance, and th...
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| author | Tan, Naomi Ming Ai. |
| author2 | Teo, Peter |
| author_facet | Teo, Peter Tan, Naomi Ming Ai. |
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| description | This study analyses the media representation of Singapore athletes at the 2000 Olympic Games and aims to do three things: First, it seeks to interpret the athlete’s identity as constructed by the media. Second, it aims to understand the portrayal of athletes in the light of their performance, and third, it aims to find out how much interplay there is between the individual identity and the country’s national identity. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/139072019-12-10T12:07:38Z Media representation of Singapore athletes at the 2000 Olympic Games : a case study of Singapore swimmers Tan, Naomi Ming Ai. Teo, Peter National Institute of Education DRNTU::Social sciences::Education::Sports and physical education This study analyses the media representation of Singapore athletes at the 2000 Olympic Games and aims to do three things: First, it seeks to interpret the athlete’s identity as constructed by the media. Second, it aims to understand the portrayal of athletes in the light of their performance, and third, it aims to find out how much interplay there is between the individual identity and the country’s national identity. Master of Arts (Applied Linguistics) 2008-10-20T11:14:10Z 2008-10-20T11:14:10Z 2002 2002 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/13907 Nanyang Technological University application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences::Education::Sports and physical education Tan, Naomi Ming Ai. Media representation of Singapore athletes at the 2000 Olympic Games : a case study of Singapore swimmers |
| title | Media representation of Singapore athletes at the 2000 Olympic Games : a case study of Singapore swimmers |
| title_full | Media representation of Singapore athletes at the 2000 Olympic Games : a case study of Singapore swimmers |
| title_fullStr | Media representation of Singapore athletes at the 2000 Olympic Games : a case study of Singapore swimmers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Media representation of Singapore athletes at the 2000 Olympic Games : a case study of Singapore swimmers |
| title_short | Media representation of Singapore athletes at the 2000 Olympic Games : a case study of Singapore swimmers |
| title_sort | media representation of singapore athletes at the 2000 olympic games a case study of singapore swimmers |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences::Education::Sports and physical education |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/13907 |
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