Melissa Dominy, a graduate assistant for competitive sports and special events at University Recreation, will speak in the third and final Sport Management Research Meeting of the Spring 2019 semester. Her presentation, “FIFA: Red Card in Human Rights,” will occur 4-5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10, in Cleveland Hall 255 in Pullman.
In recent years, news organizations have provided extensive coverage to FIFA, the international governing body of soccer, and some controversies that tarnished its image. These controversies included issues related to human rights. Depending on the type and tone of coverage and the organization’s response to it, controversies can be detrimental, neutral, or even advantageous to the organization and its image. This study will employ media framing analysis to determine how mass media discussed these issues and how effective were FIFA’s image repair strategies.
Sport Management Research Meetings are organized by the Sport Management program at Washington State University. They occur monthly and feature faculty and student presentations of ongoing and completed research projects. Students and faculty from all programs are welcome to attend.
Those who miss the presentations but are interested in the topic can access the video archive of past presentations.
