Women's sports coverage: online images of the 2008 Olympic Games
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Article Title | Women's sports coverage: online images of the 2008 Olympic Games |
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ERA Journal ID | 9203 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | |
Author | Jones, Dianne |
Journal Title | Australian Journalism Review |
Journal Citation | 32 (2), pp. 89-102 |
Number of Pages | 14 |
Year | 2010 |
Place of Publication | Adelaide, Australia |
ISSN | 0810-2686 |
Abstract | A content analysis of sports photographs from the 2008 Olympic Games on ABC News Online shows greater exposure for sportswomen who stepped outside the boundaries of conventionally appropriate female behaviour to participate in power sports and team sports. Yet, in total, female athletes received far fewer photographs than male athletes. Frequent depictions of them as passive subjects rather than active competitors in their sports echoed the historic and stereotypical treatment of women in sports media. News Online's coverage was heavily tilted towards three types of sports – swimming, athletics and basketball – limiting the opportunity for portrayals of successful female and male athletes in lesser-profile Olympic sports. The findings of this study are also compared with News Online's reporting of two previous consecutive Olympics. |
Keywords | media coverage; sports; women; women's sports; Olympic Games; 2008 |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 470101. Communication studies |
470105. Journalism studies | |
440599. Gender studies not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Humanities and Communication |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q0720/women-s-sports-coverage-online-images-of-the-2008-olympic-games
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