Culture war on the court: Framing the 2024 volleyball season of San José State University in popular media
San José State University (SJSU) athletics typically does not attract much national media attention. The team became a topic of discussion during the 2024 U.S. presidential election, where trans athletes’ participation in sex-segregated sports became a political issue. The current study investigates how news outlets framed SJSU’s volleyball season and set an agenda that contributed to the broader culture war over trans athletes.
Authors
- Christi R. McGeorge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1170-1510)
- Kelsey Slater (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9973-3674)
- Russell B. Toomey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1828-9485)
Institutions
- University of Nebraska–Lincoln (US)
- Dakota State University (US)
- Norton University (KH)
- North Dakota State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- News Research Journal
- Published
- 2026-05-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/30497841261450130
- Primary Topic
- Sports, Gender, and Society
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00