America's #1 Fan: A Rhetorical Analysis of Presidential Sports Encomia and the Symbolic Power of Sports in the Articulation of Civil Religion in the United States
White House ceremonies honoring sports champions -"presidential sports encomia" - have become common events in presidential communication since the Carter Administration. In the last quarter-century, more than one hundred presidential sports encomia have taken place, with US presidents hon...
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Digital Archive @ GSU
2005
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| Online Access: | http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/communication_diss/1 http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=communication_diss |