University of New Mexico UNM Digital Repository Communication ETDs Electronic Theses and Dissertations Spring 4-15-2019 IT IS MORE THAN A GAME: AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF COMMUNICATION TREATMENT OF RESILIENCE AS A KEY ELEMENT OF BASKETBALL CULTURE Matthew hC arles Higgins University of New Mexico Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/cj_etds Part of the International and Intercultural Communication Commons, and the Journalism Studies Commons Recommended Citation Higgins, Matthew Charles. "IT IS MORE THAN A GAME: AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF COMMUNICATION TREATMENT OF RESILIENCE AS A KEY ELEMENT OF BASKETBALL CULTURE." (2019). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/cj_etds/118 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Electronic Theses and Dissertations at UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Communication ETDs by an authorized administrator of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Matthew Charles Higgins Candidate Communication and Journalism Department This thesis is approved, and it is acceptable in quality and form for publication: Approved by the Thesis Committee: Patricia Covarrubias, Ph.D., Chairperson David Weiss, Ph.D. Laura Burton, Ph.D. IT IS MORE THAN A GAME: AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF COMMUNICATION TREATMENT OF RESILIENCE AS A KEY ELEMENT OF BASKETBALL CULTURE by MATTHEW CHARLES HIGGINS B.A., COMMUNICATION AND JOURNALISM, UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO, 2014 THESIS Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts Communication The University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico May 2019 ii DEDICATION Ma, on the day I was born you said I am your scholar.