TY - JOUR
T1 - Forgotten athletes and token reporters
T2 - Analyzing the gender bias in sports journalism
AU - Schmidt, Hans C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2017/12/8
Y1 - 2017/12/8
N2 - This study considers the coverage of women’s sports and the involvement of women in newspaper sports journalism in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Results of a content analysis (N = 3,382) show that the coverage of, and professional opportunities for, women and men are far from equal in sports media. Further, results of a survey of professional journalists (N = 298) show that despite a widespread acknowledgment of the inequities that exist, male journalists remain significantly less likely than female journalists to report supporting an increased role for women within.
AB - This study considers the coverage of women’s sports and the involvement of women in newspaper sports journalism in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Results of a content analysis (N = 3,382) show that the coverage of, and professional opportunities for, women and men are far from equal in sports media. Further, results of a survey of professional journalists (N = 298) show that despite a widespread acknowledgment of the inequities that exist, male journalists remain significantly less likely than female journalists to report supporting an increased role for women within.
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U2 - 10.1080/15456870.2018.1398014
DO - 10.1080/15456870.2018.1398014
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85048731944
SN - 1545-6870
VL - 26
SP - 59
EP - 74
JO - Atlantic Journal of Communication
JF - Atlantic Journal of Communication
IS - 1
ER -