L Dugan Nichols
Biographic Data
| ID | 4106094 |
|---|---|
| NAME | L Dugan Nichols |
| GIVEN NAMES | L Dugan |
| FAMILY NAME | Nichols |
| SIGNATURE | NICHOLS L D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of New Brunswick |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9045-5329 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
From Pastoral to Precise
Major League Baseball (MLB) introduced a pitch clock in 2023, forcing players to speed up their motions. This paper first contextualizes the pitch clock as a form of workplace time discipline. Second, it analyzes thousands of reactions on social media to determine how fans interpret the clock. Three prominent themes emerge in their discourse: approval, qualified approval, and disapproval. This paper analyzes these themes and argues that (1) fans …
Generational Detectives
Introduction This article examines American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders (2024), a four-part documentary released on Netflix. Directed by Zachary Treitz, the documentary follows young photojournalist Christian Hansen as he tries to solve the mysterious death of Danny Casolaro. In 1991, Casolaro was found deceased in a hotel room while tracking officials in the CIA and former Reagan White House. He had planned to write an explosive book about w…
Alternative Media in Alternative Sport
Alternative media enable marginalized people to voice their experiences, challenge dominant ideologies, and circumvent mainstream gatekeepers. Podcasts are an alternative medium that can be counterhegemonic, foregrounding such issues as antiracism, Indigeneity, LGBTQ rights, socialism, and workers’ perspectives. This article expands on alternative-media research by transporting it to the skateboarding subculture. I first depict the skateboard out…
The Social Mediatization of Lifestyle Sport
Based on mediatization theory, this article tracks how skateboarders experience and negotiate the entry of social media into their subculture. Building on existing scholarship, I show how social media and digital devices retain existing values within the culture while simultaneously introducing new challenges. To illustrate the phenomena of continuity and novelty in the online skate subculture, I analyze two case studies pertaining to YouTube. Th…
Gnarly Freelancers
The working conditions of professional skateboarders are rarely investigated in academic literature or traditional skate media (e.g., Thrasher Magazine). This article contextualizes skateboarding labor and compares its professionals with other freelance contractors in the precarious neoliberal economy. It also explores the role of social media in skateboarders' careers; while experiencing data mining and the fetishism of digital devices like any …
Gnarly Freelancers
The working conditions of professional skateboarders are rarely investigated in academic literature or traditional skate media (e.g., Thrasher Magazine). This article contextualizes skateboarding labor and compares its professionals with other freelance contractors in the precarious neoliberal economy. It also explores the role of social media in skateboarders' careers; while experiencing data mining and the fetishism of digital devices like any …
Alternative Media in Alternative Sport
Alternative media enable marginalized people to voice their experiences, challenge dominant ideologies, and circumvent mainstream gatekeepers. Podcasts are an alternative medium that can be counterhegemonic, foregrounding such issues as antiracism, Indigeneity, LGBTQ rights, socialism, and workers’ perspectives. This article expands on alternative-media research by transporting it to the skateboarding subculture. I first depict the skateboard out…
Gnarly Freelancers
The working conditions of professional skateboarders are rarely investigated in academic literature or traditional skate media (e.g., Thrasher Magazine). This article contextualizes skateboarding labor and compares its professionals with other freelance contractors in the precarious neoliberal economy. It also explores the role of social media in skateboarders' careers; while experiencing data mining and the fetishism of digital devices like any …
The Social Mediatization of Lifestyle Sport
Based on mediatization theory, this article tracks how skateboarders experience and negotiate the entry of social media into their subculture. Building on existing scholarship, I show how social media and digital devices retain existing values within the culture while simultaneously introducing new challenges. To illustrate the phenomena of continuity and novelty in the online skate subculture, I analyze two case studies pertaining to YouTube. Th…
Alternative Media in Alternative Sport
Alternative media enable marginalized people to voice their experiences, challenge dominant ideologies, and circumvent mainstream gatekeepers. Podcasts are an alternative medium that can be counterhegemonic, foregrounding such issues as antiracism, Indigeneity, LGBTQ rights, socialism, and workers’ perspectives. This article expands on alternative-media research by transporting it to the skateboarding subculture. I first depict the skateboard out…
Generational Detectives
Introduction This article examines American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders (2024), a four-part documentary released on Netflix. Directed by Zachary Treitz, the documentary follows young photojournalist Christian Hansen as he tries to solve the mysterious death of Danny Casolaro. In 1991, Casolaro was found deceased in a hotel room while tracking officials in the CIA and former Reagan White House. He had planned to write an explosive book about w…
From Pastoral to Precise
Major League Baseball (MLB) introduced a pitch clock in 2023, forcing players to speed up their motions. This paper first contextualizes the pitch clock as a form of workplace time discipline. Second, it analyzes thousands of reactions on social media to determine how fans interpret the clock. Three prominent themes emerge in their discourse: approval, qualified approval, and disapproval. This paper analyzes these themes and argues that (1) fans …
Sports, Gender, and Society (4 works) · Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Advertising (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)