ESPNThe Women's Sports Network? A Content Analysis of Internet Coverage of March Madness

    Authors

    E. M. Kian; M. Mondello;J. Vincent

    Abstract

    The primary purpose of this exploratory study was to determine if gender-specific descriptors regularly found in television and newspaper sport coverage were present in two popular online sites from the emerging medium of Internet sport journalism. Descriptors given to players and coaches during the 2006 NCAA Division I women's and men's basketball tournaments by ESPN Internet and CBS SportsLine were examined. Results contradicted gender-specific descriptors found in previous studies on sport media coverage that scholars have argued help uphold hegemonic masculinity in sport.

    Journal Title

    Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media

    Volume

    53

    Issue/Number

    3

    Publication Date

    1-1-2009

    Document Type

    Article

    First Page

    477

    Last Page

    495

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000269543500008

    ISSN

    0883-8151

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