Michael Butterworth
@BurntO_Butterwo
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Director, Center for Sports Communication & Media, University of Texas at Austin. Professor of Rhetoric, writing about sports, politics, and democracy.
Joined August 2012
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RT @UT_CSCM: From the essay: "In a league where players do not shy away from politics or endorsements, Clark’s answer [about liking Taylor…
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RT @UT_CSCM: From the essay: "Controversy involving judging has long been a recurring theme in gymnastics and the Olympics, but occasions o…
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RT @UT_CSCM: Critical Essay: Romania, USA, and the Battle for the Floor Exercise Bronze by Jinglin Yuan takes stock of the engagement of Ma…
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RT @UT_CSCM: From the essay: "As sports continue to intersect with politics, it becomes increasingly important to question whose voices are…
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RT @UT_CSCM: Critical Essay: Harrison Bukter and the Politics of Privilege in Sports by Nathaniel Repay offers an opinion on the football p…
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RT @UT_CSCM: From the essay: "‘Militainment’ connects the affective power of popular sports to hard power in the form of arms, funding, exp…
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RT @UT_CSCM: All participants, regardless of political party identification, were generally unsupportive of sports media covering athletes…
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RT @UT_CSCM: SHOULD POLITICS AND SPORTS MIX? R's were strongly in favor of sports and politics not mixing, compared to D's and I's. D's ra…
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RT @UT_CSCM: R's rated Fox Sports highest in credibility, accuracy and trustworthiness. D's rated the brand lowest in the same areas, suppo…
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RT @UT_CSCM: To learn how fans perceive sports media outlets, we conducted a second survey to evaluate ESPN, NBC Sports, CBS Sports, FOX Sp…
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One week remains to nominate your work, or the work of a colleague, for the Dan Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting.
We are now accepting Best Sportswriting submissions for 2025 Dan Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting through Feb. 3. All written work considered; from game stories to long features to blog posts. Must have been published in 2024. Entry form:
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RT @UT_CSCM: The word cloud generated from Republicans’ responses featured keywords, such as “good,” “bad,” “mix,” “platform,” and “influen…
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RT @UT_CSCM: We asked an open-ended question: what is good and/or bad about politics and sports mixing. D responses featured keywords such…
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RT @UT_CSCM: Survey respondents disapproved of athletes' sharing their political beliefs by a 3 to 1 margin. The feeling was even more pron…
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RT @UT_CSCM: Democrats rated politicians' attending a sporting event as more "political" than Republicans did. Participants in all politica…
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RT @UT_CSCM: Through an open-ended question, survey participants identified their top “sports moment” of 2024 that they felt was political…
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