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Author: Brett Siegel / University of Texas at Austin

Brett Siegel is a PhD candidate and Teaching Assistant in Media Studies in the Department of Radio-Television-Film (RTF) at the University of Texas-Austin Moody College of Communication. He received his MA in Critical Studies from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts and his MLIS from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Information Studies. His research focuses on power, ideology, and identity in sports and sports media. He has published in the Journal of Sport and Social Issues and the Journal of Emerging Sport Studies and he has a chapter forthcoming the Handbook of Communication and Sport. He has served as an Assistant Instructor for a core course in RTF, “Narrative Strategies and Media Design,” as well as an elected representative of RTF’s Graduate Student Organization. He is an article shepherd for The Velvet Light Trap and a column editor for Flow, where he has contributed original articles.

NFL 2020: Football in the Time of Trump, COVID-19, and Mass Protests
Brett Siegel / University of Texas at Austin

July 6, 2020 Brett Siegel / University of Texas at Austin Leave a comment

Brett Siegel examines the NFL’s developing response to the Coronavirus and the George Floyd protests as an extension, and in many ways a culmination, of Trump era anxieties and tensions.

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“It’s All American Stuff”: Sports Champions in the Trump White House
Brett Siegel / University of Texas at Austin

July 29, 2019 Brett Siegel / University of Texas at Austin Leave a comment

Brett Siegel analyzes some of the more recent White House ceremonies that have been held to honor championship-winning sports teams, investigating the ways in which a mundane public relations ritual has been disrupted by Trump-era politics and a corresponding surge of athlete activism.

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“Everyone’s Got Theories”: Examining the NFL’s Ratings Problem
Brett Siegel / University of Texas at Austin

July 30, 2018 Brett Siegel / University of Texas at Austin Leave a comment

Brett Siegel investigates the NFL’s response to declining ratings at a crucial moment in which the league’s status as both an entertainment property and cultural force is under intense scrutiny.

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