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• In Media Res
  Re: Tagging Fans, Tweeting Beards: Major League Baseball, social media, and the body

  But LoMo never tweets me back...

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  Annie Dell'Aria The Graduate Center, CUNY

  Wednesday, October 26, 2011 — 3:28 pm

  I agree that social media does allow for a fan voice to be potentially heard by athletes that is more accessible than before (where such things could only happen a meet-and-greets, in quick moments at the stadium, or through fan mail).  However, due to th ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Tagging Fans, Tweeting Beards: Major League Baseball, social media, and the body

  Play and Twitter

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  Annie Dell'Aria The Graduate Center, CUNY

  Saturday, October 29, 2011 — 5:14 pm

  I think the performance that happens with the tweeting beards is great precisely because it's ephemeral.  The level of devotion a tattooed body may be high, but it's still a marking of the fan's body, rather than a gesture of ownership of ( ...
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  Re: Melting Pot or Multiculturalism? Mediating Ethnicity in Baseball

  Diversity in Baseball

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  Annie Dell'Aria The Graduate Center, CUNY

  Tuesday, October 25, 2011 — 3:23 pm

  I agree with some of Nicholas's comments here- MLB seems to be actively promoting a heterogenous internationalism and not a melting pot in recent decades.  They offer a lot of content and branding in Spanish, play season opening games abroad (Mexico, ...