One of my go to's for entertainment


A media outlet that I most often look to for entertainment is Barstool Sports. This media source is one which fulfills all my needs in terms of degenerate entertainment. Whether it be on Instagram, Snapchat, or even YouTube, Barstool is there. Barstool Sports provides blogs and videos on a whole array of topics, this helps it to apply to many different communities and branches out to their different employees which makes it easy for you to follow the blogging of those you like. Barstool entertains me through many different social media platforms, as well as on podcasts that I listen to while driving.

I feel that Barstool can be related to the course material by the way it interacts with it's audience. The approach to their daily news is done in a way that can be attractive to those in highschool and university, which I would imagine is their main demographic. They communicate to different cultures through their different styles within the company. There is news on sports, pizza reviews, gaming blogs, even a segment strictly for gossip. Barstool is an outlet that I am a fan of due to their diversity in content that they produce, there isn't just one thing being given to views, but rather a widespread range of content for whatever may interest you.

Below I have set a link to some of their different social media platforms, including the latest pizza review video, which I find enjoyable.
Barstool Instagram
Barstool Pizza Review

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  1. UnknownSeptember 25, 2018 at 10:11 AM

    Hi Tyler! I very much agree that this media source is a very entertaining one. If I have time to kill, I love scrolling through their instagram and laughing out loud at all the 'fails'. However, I never thought of in the perspective you discussed; that there is always something for someone to enjoy. Good work!

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