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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Fantasy Football"”.
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Interactive tools for fantasy football analytics and predictions using machine learning
… models to project the performance of individual football players, and we plan to integrate these projections into a web-based application for in-depth fantasy football analytics. Most existing statistical tools for the NFL are limited to the use of macro-level data; this research looks to explore …
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Monstrosities, Money, & Machines: A Metaphoric Analysis of Fantasy Football as a Social World
In this study, the world of fantasy football is examined through the lens of the ethnography of communication and the utilization of metaphor/cluster analysis. Fantasy football has emerged as a highly popular sports-related activity and has become a multi-million dollar industry. By analyzing two …
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Reading between the numbers: the colonial rhetorics of fantasy football and the illusion of control
… of media, sport, gaming and race to explore how fantasy football, an entertainment byproduct of the National Football League (NFL), rearticulates and recontexualizes the colonial ideology already prolific in the NFL and other products of American media culture. I investigate how fantasy football …
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Fantasy football - assessing changes in perceptions and interpretations of the 2010 FIFA World Cup's legacies for South Africa
Mega-events have become more and more a part of modern life, however most impact studies focus on the economic and tourism benefits and not on underlying intangible legacies, such as social and political implications, of event hosting. This dissertation uses a case study of the FIFA World Cup 2010 …
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Knowledge discovery in corporate email : the compliance bot meets Enron
… of productivity due to high participation in the fantasy football pool or the potential for dirty jokes to become evidence in an employment law claim.
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Aerarium
… by Arion bank. The game will look to fantasy football leagues when it comes to game rules and inspiration. Aerarium will utilize the fund information service that is already implemented within Arion bank. Users will be able to adjust their portfolio on a regular basis and as the funds …
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Carceral civil society: Citizenship and communities in a U.S. prison
… in DCC programs, and playing games such as fantasy football and Dungeons & Dragons. Political and social citizenship practices were a form of community building which in turn created the space for a new dimension of identity, one that had the potential to transcend race, gang affiliation and …