TY - JOUR
T1 - Stopped at the gate
T2 - Women's sports, "Reader interest," and decision making by editors
AU - Hardin, Marie
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Newspaper sports pages have been criticized for failure to incorporate women's sports equitably, although few studies have examined why editors consistently sideline women's sports. This survey of 285 sports editors in the southeastern United States explores gatekeeping factors that may affect coverage received by women's sports. Results show that many editors fail to systematically ascertain reader interests, many believe that female athletic potential is inferior to that of males, and some say they feel no commitment to hiring women or covering women's sports.
AB - Newspaper sports pages have been criticized for failure to incorporate women's sports equitably, although few studies have examined why editors consistently sideline women's sports. This survey of 285 sports editors in the southeastern United States explores gatekeeping factors that may affect coverage received by women's sports. Results show that many editors fail to systematically ascertain reader interests, many believe that female athletic potential is inferior to that of males, and some say they feel no commitment to hiring women or covering women's sports.
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U2 - 10.1177/107769900508200105
DO - 10.1177/107769900508200105
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:20444386263
SN - 1077-6990
VL - 82
SP - 62
EP - 77
JO - Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
JF - Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
IS - 1
ER -