... air of the indoor rink, the musty smell of the concrete dressing rooms, the friendships of team life, recollections of youthful fandom and hero worship, and watching the ever popular Hockey Night in Canada broadcasts. These memories of sights, sounds and feelings are the components of identity "part of the attachments that some Canadians have to the places, times, and ... everyday Canadian experiences. The game has become one of Canada's most significant collective representations "a story Canadians tell themselves about what is means to be Canadian. Millions of Canadians play hockey in...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... is that the people in positions of authority in the newspapers are male and so the males are more interested in the male sports like football and rugby, instead of hockey, so they print stories or broadcast these sports. Another problem with media coverage of women's sport is that when it is covered the media focuses more on the looks and ... factors, first of which is the reality that there are a lot less opportunities for women in the way that once they leave school they do not know where the local hockey or netball club is because there are a lot fewer of them so instead they stop pl...

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... give to them? "Fans have a thirst for violence and studies show that, within limits, as aggression goes up, so does viewership (Peterson)." Sports such as football, boxing, or hockey would be nothing that they are today without the violence they give. The level of aggression and physicality these sports have is what boost ratings and keep people interested in ... ...

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... say that pictures featuring nudity etc., are making objects out of women is foolish. One should consider females who pin-up posters of male rock stars or children who collect hockey or baseball cards. Society, however, does not say that objects are being made out of these rock stars and sports heroes; pictures of clothed people are no less objects than ... ...

• Word Count: 1138
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School