Women In Sport & Their Portrayal by Media Outlets
Part 2
Women struggle to receive respectful quality coverage of their sport in mainstream news media
When woman’s sports are covered, they trivialise the athleticism of the women
Stereotyped as being views as masculine when playing in team sports WNBA marketed athletes femineity
It’s Not About The Game: Don Imus, Race, Class, Gender and
Sexuality in Contemporary Media
‘Patriots at Play’: Analysis of Newspaper Coverage of the Gold Medal Contenders in Men’s and Women’s Ice
Hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games
The Globe and Mail & The New York Times
319 articles and photographs Articles: 69% male, 12% female Photographs: 66% male, 33% female
Front page: 90% male, 10% female
The Study
Gender schema theory Trivialisation of women’s sports
Underrepresentation of women’s sports
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http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/more-sport/julie-corletto-enjoying-leadership-role-with-northern-mystic/story-fnducgor-1226614229543
Cooky, C., Wachs, F. L., Messner, M., & Dworkin, S. L. (2010). It’s Not About the Game: Don Imus, Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Media. Sociology of sport journal 27(21), 139-159
The Daily Telegraph (2013) Sport: Sport News Online. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport
Lulham, A. (2013). Erin Desham beats heart problems and is now the No.1 ranked female triathlete. The Daily Telegraph retrieved from: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/more-sport/erin-densham-beats-heart-problems-and-is-now-the-no1-ranked-female-triathlete/story-fnducgor-1226615854574
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