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Global Sign, Shared Meaning? Kobe Bryant’s Life and Its Representation from the USA to France

Global Sign, Shared Meaning? Kobe Bryant’s Life and Its Representation from the USA to France This article examines the media representation of Kobe Bryant’s life in the media and his meaning as a global sign, both in France and the USA. It analyzes the representation of Bryant in French magazine 5 Majeur to highlight the specificities of the French media coverage of the NBA. In doing so, this article reconsiders Kobe Bryant’s story, its meaning to people in the USA and France, but also what it shows about evolving societal communications. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of African American Studies Springer Journals

Global Sign, Shared Meaning? Kobe Bryant’s Life and Its Representation from the USA to France

Journal of African American Studies , Volume 25 (2) – Jul 3, 2021

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Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2021
ISSN
1559-1646
eISSN
1936-4741
DOI
10.1007/s12111-021-09539-1
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Abstract

This article examines the media representation of Kobe Bryant’s life in the media and his meaning as a global sign, both in France and the USA. It analyzes the representation of Bryant in French magazine 5 Majeur to highlight the specificities of the French media coverage of the NBA. In doing so, this article reconsiders Kobe Bryant’s story, its meaning to people in the USA and France, but also what it shows about evolving societal communications.

Journal

Journal of African American StudiesSpringer Journals

Published: Jul 3, 2021

Keywords: Media; Communication; Myth; Storytelling; Ethos; 5 Majeur

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