Examining Stereotypical Written and Photographic Reporting on the Sports Page: An Analysis of Newspaper Coverage of Interscholastic Athletics

2003 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul M. Pedersen ◽  
Warren A. Whisenant
Keyword(s):  
Print Media ◽  
Hegemonic Masculinity ◽  
Newspaper Coverage ◽  
Interscholastic Athletics ◽  
Interscholastic Sports ◽  
Daily Newspapers ◽  
Newspaper Reporting ◽  
One Year

The purpose of this study was to assess the presence of gender-biased or stereotypical coverage in the written and photographic newspaper reporting of interscholastic sports. Over a one-year timeframe, a total of 602 newspaper issues were randomly selected from Florida’s 43 daily newspapers. These daily issues contained 1792 articles and 827 photographs that fit the criteria for inclusion. The results of the study were consistent with previous research on the media’s stereotypical coverage of athletics. Both female and male athletics were over-represented in both written and photographic coverage of traditionally accepted “sex appropriate” sports. Male athletics were under-represented in both written and photographic coverage of “sex inappropriate” sports. Female athletics, when analyzing their participation in “sex inappropriate” sports, were under-represented in the photographic coverage but not in the written coverage. Overall, there existed hegemonic masculinity within the sports pages of the Florida print media.

Using a Content Analysis to Examine the Gendering of Sports Newspaper Personnel and Their Coverage

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 376-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul M. Pedersen ◽  
Warren A. Whisenant ◽  
Ray G. Schneider
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Newspaper Coverage ◽  
Interscholastic Athletics ◽  
High School Sports ◽  
Interscholastic Sports ◽  
School Sports

The purpose of this study was to determine if the coverage given to female and male interscholastic athletics was a function of the gender of the individuals who make up newspaper sports departments. The degree to which males controlled and dominated the newspaper coverage of interscholastic sports was also assessed. The study revealed, from the examination of 1792 articles and 827 photographs, that the newspaper media was clearly the domain of males who made up 91.4% of the reporters, 78.6% of the photographers, 100% of the executive sports editors, and 91.3% of the high school sports editors. The study further determined that there was no association between the gender of the newspaper personnel and the amount of coverage given to female and male interscholastic athletics. Female and male reporters, photographers, and editors were found equally responsible for the under-represented coverage of girls' interscholastic athletics.

From ‘Leading the Masses’ to ‘Serving the Consumers’? Newspaper Reporting in Contemporary Urban China

10.1068/a3563 ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 34 (9) ◽  
pp. 1635-1660 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher J Smith
Keyword(s):  
Economic Reforms ◽  
Urban China ◽  
Political Information ◽  
Daily News ◽  
Daily Newspapers ◽  
Newspaper Reporting ◽  
Study Support ◽  
The Masses ◽  
Communications System ◽  
Party State

This paper examines and evaluates the content of news items reported in a sample of daily newspapers in China's biggest cities. Using three ‘Western’ media sources, an inventory of news items directly or indirectly related to the ‘downside’ of the economic reforms was generated. A simultaneous analysis of mainland newspapers finds that many of the same themes were reported, although the coverage tends to be thinner and less detailed. Some China scholars have suggested that the Party/state is losing control of the communications system in contemporary China, and the results of this study support such arguments; city-level newspapers are now publishing what is most interesting to their consumers and likely to win them a larger share of the market. The regime still manages the dissemination of sensitive political information, but the parallel dictates of commercialization result in the disorderly and unpredictable circulation of communications messages. Mainland newspapers still steer clear of stories considered too politically ‘sensitive’, but the margins of acceptability have been expanded to include news items that only a few years ago would have been excised. The state maintains control over what is included in the daily news as well as what is excluded, although it is unclear to what extent publishing decisions result from a process of state cooptation and self-censorship, as opposed to specific directives from Beijing.

Dreißigjähriger Krieg und Öffentlichkeit

Daphnis ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 25-67
Author(s):  
Holger Böning
Keyword(s):  
Print Media ◽  
Historical Narrative ◽  
Newspaper Coverage ◽  
Human History ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
Weekly Basis ◽  
History Of ◽  
Contemporary Perspective ◽  
War Reporting

This study considers print media produced during the Thirty Years War, focusing on the fact – largely unknown by most historians of the war - that this was the first war in human history to be accompanied by newspapers printed on a regular weekly basis. It assesses the effectiveness of newspaper coverage of political, diplomatic and military affairs and the characteristics of war reporting. Little of what, in historiography, is generally counted among the arcana imperii remained hidden from the readers. A history of the war could be written on the basis of the newspaper reports alone. With very few exceptions, every battle and siege was covered in great detail. No other media shadowed the events of the war as closely as the newspapers, which present a unique narrative of the war and revealing insights into these historical events. They represent an indispensable historiographical source, constituting an initial draft historical narrative from a contemporary perspective.

Representing school arson in Kenya: An analysis of newspaper reporting

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-311
Author(s):  
Hildah Oburu ◽  
Bronwyné Coetzee ◽  
Leslie Swartz
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
School Violence ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Gun Violence ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Newspaper Reporting ◽  
Significant Attention

Arson is a recurrent problem in Kenyan secondary schools. Although school violence – notably gun violence – has received significant attention, there has been less academic attention paid to school arson, especially in Africa. This study explores how newspaper reports in Kenya framed school arson and links these framings to broader questions about the understanding and production of Kenyan identity. A thematic analysis of 334 newspaper reports revealed multiple understandings of school arson. Print media discourse afforded journalists an opportunity to make a commentary on the post-colonial globalized Kenyan society. We discuss the implications of this for understanding post-colonial media in Africa.

scholarly journals National newspaper-reporting on state examinations: An historical exposition of the exceptional case of the Irish Leaving Certificate

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 134-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom O'Donoghue ◽  
Jim Gleeson ◽  
Orla McCormack
Keyword(s):  
Exceptional Case ◽  
Completion Rates ◽  
Participation Rates ◽  
Secondary Schooling ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Daily Newspapers ◽  
Oxford University ◽  
Perceptions Of Students ◽  
Newspaper Reporting ◽  
National Newspaper

During a post-independence phase (1922-mid-sixties), Irish secondary schooling was characterised by low participation rates, elitism, and careerist perceptions of students. Phase two (1967-mid 1980s) saw participation rates expand dramatically as Ireland became more open and industrialised, and policymakers focused on relationships between education, human capital and economic development. During this phase, the Irish Times began to include careers and examinations information. With school completion rates continuing to increase from the mid-1980s (phase three), the two main daily newspapers realised that the growing need for information about access to an increasingly complex and highly-prized higher education system, which was dependent on academic achievement, afforded an opportunity to boost sales and advertising. In response, examinations’ coverage reached a level recently described as ‘exceptional by a team of researchers from the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment and Queen’s University Belfast.      

Newspaper reporting of mental illness

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Namino Ottewell
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Time Trend ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Newspaper Coverage ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Personal Stories ◽  
Newspaper Reporting ◽  
Over Time

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine a time trend in newspaper reporting of mental illness in Japan between 1987 and 2014. Design/methodology/approach Four high-circulation national newspapers (the Yomiuri newspaper, the Asahi newspaper, the Mainichi newspaper and the Nikkei Newspaper) were selected for analysis. Articles were analysed using qualitative content analysis (n=448). Findings Whilst articles concerning the dangerousness of those with mental illness occupied a high proportion of coverage between 1987 and 2014, an overall shift is apparent whereby there is now more reporting of mental illness in relation to stress than in relation to dangerousness, particularly for depression. In contrast, schizophrenia was often reported in the context of violent crime. Information on the treatment, symptoms and prevalence of mental illness was rarely reported. Social implications While the nature of newspaper coverage of mental illness has been changing, there still is over-representation of dangerousness of mental illness, particularly of schizophrenia. For improving the public’s images of mental illness, it is hoped to reduce the proportion of reporting about dangerousness and to increase the proportion of reporting about treatment, symptoms and prevalence of mental illness and personal stories of those affected. Originality/value The present study is the first to examine changes in Japanese newspaper coverage over time and at the variation in reporting among diagnoses.

Non-literary translation in Switzerland

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-279
Author(s):  
Lucile Davier
Keyword(s):  
Literary Translation ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Daily Newspapers ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Professional Societies ◽  
Business Results ◽  
Qualitative Thematic Analysis ◽  
Official Languages ◽  
One Year ◽  
Sociological Approaches

Abstract Up until now, the literature on sociological approaches to translation has mainly focused on the self-perceptions of translators. This article analyses the coverage devoted to non-literary translation and translators in the print media in Switzerland. What perceptions of translation are newspapers circulating? Are these hetero-images positively or negatively connoted? A qualitative thematic analysis is conducted on four daily newspapers in Switzerland – Tages-Anzeiger, St. Galler Tagblatt, Le Temps and 24 Heures (two important newspapers for each of the two major official languages) – over a period of one year (spring 2013 – spring 2014). The analysis shows the scarcity and negativism of discourse about non-literary translation in Switzerland: it is depicted as a risky, costly, lonely and peripheral business – results that would need to be compared across media and countries. Understanding the construction of external ‘translation talk’ may help social actors such as translators or professional societies fight against existing prejudices about translation.

Underreporting ‘Bout a Revolution: A Historical–Comparative Study Exploring Major Newspaper Coverage of Disability Rights in a Revolutionary Context (1980–2017)

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 282-297
Author(s):  
Damian Mellifont
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Database Search ◽  
Newspaper Coverage ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Disability Rights ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Disability Rights Movement ◽  
Newspaper Reporting ◽  
The Media ◽  
Historical Comparative

The disability rights movement has grown considerably. Recognizing that this international movement has travelled largely under the media radar, it nevertheless remains important to explore how this phenomenon has been reported upon over recent decades. Applying historical–comparative and thematic analysis methods to a sample of 16 major newspaper texts published between 1980 and 2017 and obtained via a ProQuest Historical Newspaper database search, as supplemented by eight journal articles retrieved from a Google Scholar search, this exploratory study reveals three key messages. These messages should be of particular interest to newspaper editors, journalists and disability activists around the globe. First, despite a general shortage of major newspaper reporting about the disability rights revolution, progressive themes of activism, legislation, technology and economic participation principles were identified. Second, the ethical reporting of disability rights in a revolutionary context offers opportunities for journalists to move away from disempowering stereotypes. Finally, journalists need to be more prepared to investigate and report about disability rights, the challenges experienced by many people with disabilities, as well as community-endorsed, evidence-based ways forward.

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