Sportswomen at the Olympics

A Global Content Analysis of Newspaper Coverage

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"Do the global sports media continue to ignore and downplay female sporting success—or is this invisibility changing? Does the world’s largest media event, the Olympic Games, which places sport at the centre of world attention, also represent a media showcase for the achievements of female athletes?
This is the main focus of this book. It explores women’s printed media coverage during the 2004 Olympic Games and brings together the largest quantitative collection of content analyses of media coverage of a single event using the same methodology. Expanding beyond research centred on the English-speaking world, it includes analyses of newspapers published in 14 languages and research teams from 18 countries, including Norway, Denmark, Sweden, United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Germany, Spain, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Canada, the United States of America, Turkey, China, Japan, South Korea, South Africa and New Zealand.
Based on comparative analyses the book provides a current picture of the place of sportswomen in global media. The comparative approach further informs and demonstrates how the methodology of content analysis can be used on printed media texts and its strengths and limitations when used across borders of language, culture and nation.
With contributions from across Europe, Asia, Africa, North America and Oceania, Sportswomen at the Olympics: A Global Content Analysis of Newspaper Coverage provides evidence of the ongoing gendered difference in sports media coverage and shows how media may play a global role in the transformation and reproduction of gender structures in sports.

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Denmark
Nationalism, Gender and Media Sports: A Content Analysis of Danish Newspapers
Pages: 31–46
Norway
Gender in Olympic Newspaper Coverage – Towards Stability or Change?
Pages: 47–60
Sweden
Swedish Media Coverage of Athens 2004
Pages: 61–71
The United Kingdom
Women’s Representation in British Olympic Newspaper Coverage 2004
Pages: 73–88
Belgium
Gendered Medals, Gendered Media? Coverage of Men and Women in Belgian Printed Sports Media
Pages: 89–102
France
Media Coverage of the Athens Olympic Games by the French Press: The Olympic Games Effect in L’Équipe and Le Monde
Pages: 103–114
Germany
The 2004 Olympic Games in German Newspapers – Gender Equitable Coverage?
Pages: 115–126
Spain
‘The Big Forgotten’: The Search for the Invisible Sportswomen of Spain An Analysis of Spanish Media Coverage during the Olympic Games
Pages: 127–138
Hungary
An Unchanged Situation in a Changing Society: The Hungarian Case
Pages: 139–151
Czech Republic
Czech Women in the Sports Media
Pages: 153–165
Canada
Gender Differences in Canadian English-language Newspaper Coverage of the 2004 Olympic Games
Pages: 167–182
United States of America
Content Analysis of US Women in the 2004 Athens Olympics in USA Today
Pages: 183–194
Turkey
Turkish Media Coverage of the 2004 Olympics
Pages: 195–208
China
Has Yin [Female] got the Upper Hand over Yang [Male]?
By: Ping Wu
Pages: 209–223
Japan
Japanese Case Study: The Gender Difference Highlighted in Coverage of Foreign Athletes
Pages: 225–236
South Korea
Media Portrayal of Olympic Athletes: Korean Printed Media During the 2004 Athens Olympics
By: Eunha Koh
Pages: 237–254
South Africa
South African Newspaper Sports Coverage of the 2004 Olympic Games
Pages: 255–271
New Zealand
Intersections of Nationalism and Gender in Olympics Newspaper Coverage
Pages: 273–287
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