Brigham Young University BYU ScholarsArchive Theses and Dissertations 2010-03-10 This Is SportsCenter: Performance and Performativity in Sports Broadcasting and Punditry Anthony C. Gunn Brigham Young University - Provo Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd Part of the Film and Media Studies Commons, and the Theatre and Performance Studies Commons BYU ScholarsArchive Citation Gunn, Anthony C., "This Is SportsCenter: Performance and Performativity in Sports Broadcasting and Punditry" (2010). Theses and Dissertations. 2049. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2049 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact
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[email protected]. This is SportsCenter: Performance and Performativity in Sports Broadcasting and Punditry Anthony Gunn A thesis submitted to the faculty of Brigham Young University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts Wade Hollingshaus, Chair Dean Duncan Eric Samuelsen Department of Theatre and Media Arts Brigham Young University April 2010 Copyright © 2010 Anthony Gunn All Rights Reserved i ABSTRACT This is SportsCenter: Performance and Performativity in Sports Broadcasting and Punditry Anthony Gunn Department of Theatre and Media Arts Master of Art Within the discipline of Performance Studies there is a debate about what is included within the ontology of “performance.” Peggy Phelan suggests that performance can only be experienced in the here and now, and any recording of a performance makes it “something other than performance.” Phillip Auslander argues the exact opposite, claiming that mediatized performance is not only valid but also preferable to the live.