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The Ultimate Warrior: WWE’s Rhetorical Revision of Collective Memory through Transmedia Storytelling
Christopher A. Medjesky – Popular Culture/American Culture Studies Association: March 29, 2018
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCf7PLfciTE&w=420&h=236]
What It Takes to Become a WWE Diva
Kathie Kallevig – Midwest Popular Culture/American Culture Studies Association: November 17,2017
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeQRPn1sHpE&w=420&h=236]
“Changing Its Trunks and Boots for Ties and Suits”: A Case Study of How the WWE Changed with the Times for Corporate Social Responsibility
Jack V. Karlis – Midwest Popular Culture/American Culture Studies Association: November 17,2017
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjabkNCMdfM&w=420&h=236]