Southern Illinois University Carbondale OpenSIUC Dissertations Theses and Dissertations 5-1-2013 Mediating the Bubble: ESPN's SportsCenter's Coverage of the NCAA men's Basketball Bubble Scott aD vid Lambert Southern Illinois University Carbondale,
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[email protected]. MEDIATING THE BUBBLE: ESPN’S SPORTSCENTER AND COVERAGE OF THE NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT by Scott Lambert B.A., Southern Illinois University, 1988 M.S., Southern Illinois University, 2007 A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy Department of Mass Communication and Media Arts Southern Illinois University Carbondale May 2013 DISSERTATION APPROVAL MEDIATING THE BUBBLE: ESPN’S SPORTSCENTER AND COVERAGE OF THE NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT By Scott Lambert A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the field of Mass Communications and Media Arts Approved by: William Babcock, Chair William Freivogel John Pearson Aaron Veenstra Deborah Tudor Novotney Lawrence Graduate School Southern Illinois University Carbondale April 8, 2013 Copyright by SCOTT LAMBERT, 2013 All Rights Reserved AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Scott Lambert, for the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Mass Communications and Media Arts presented on October 25 at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.