Get out in front!: an evaluation of a media workshop for young elite sportswomen
Research into sport and gender in Australia has suggested that teenage girls are still under-represented in sport and physical activity when compared to boys of similar age groups. Sports such as football and cricket dominate media coverage (and sponsorship interest) and remain male-dominated. While...
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University of Nottingham, Deakin University & University of New South Wales
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| description | Research into sport and gender in Australia has suggested that teenage girls are still under-represented in sport and physical activity when compared to boys of similar age groups. Sports such as football and cricket dominate media coverage (and sponsorship interest) and remain male-dominated. While there has been increasing opportunity for young girls to participate in mixed and non-traditional
sports, the perception of these sports as predominantly a masculine pursuit at pre-elite and elite levels affects assumptions about adolescent girls’ competency and interest in sporting participation. This article is about how young elite sportswomen view the fact that women’s sports continue to struggle for recognition and coverage in newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations. This type of representation impacts on women’s sports credibility. |
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| spelling | nottingham-30212017-10-14T09:58:39Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/3021/ Get out in front!: an evaluation of a media workshop for young elite sportswomen Evers, Clifton le Masurier, Megan Research into sport and gender in Australia has suggested that teenage girls are still under-represented in sport and physical activity when compared to boys of similar age groups. Sports such as football and cricket dominate media coverage (and sponsorship interest) and remain male-dominated. While there has been increasing opportunity for young girls to participate in mixed and non-traditional sports, the perception of these sports as predominantly a masculine pursuit at pre-elite and elite levels affects assumptions about adolescent girls’ competency and interest in sporting participation. This article is about how young elite sportswomen view the fact that women’s sports continue to struggle for recognition and coverage in newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations. This type of representation impacts on women’s sports credibility. University of Nottingham, Deakin University & University of New South Wales 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by_nc_nd https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/3021/1/Eversget_out.pdf Evers, Clifton and le Masurier, Megan (2011) Get out in front!: an evaluation of a media workshop for young elite sportswomen. Altitude: An e-journal of emerging humanities work, 9 . ISSN 1444-1160 http://www.thealtitudejournal.net/uploads/4/2/3/3/4233079/evers_masurier_altitude_9_2011.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Evers, Clifton le Masurier, Megan Get out in front!: an evaluation of a media workshop for young elite sportswomen |
| title | Get out in front!: an evaluation of a media workshop for young elite sportswomen |
| title_full | Get out in front!: an evaluation of a media workshop for young elite sportswomen |
| title_fullStr | Get out in front!: an evaluation of a media workshop for young elite sportswomen |
| title_full_unstemmed | Get out in front!: an evaluation of a media workshop for young elite sportswomen |
| title_short | Get out in front!: an evaluation of a media workshop for young elite sportswomen |
| title_sort | get out in front!: an evaluation of a media workshop for young elite sportswomen |
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