Newspaper coverage of women’s sports during the 2000 sydney olympic games: Belgium, Denmark, France, and Italy

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 212-223

  Capranica, Laura ^a   Minganti, Carlo ^a   Billat, Veronique ^b   Hanghoj, Signe ^c   Piacentini, Maria Francesca ^a   Cumps, Elke ^c   Meeusen, Romain ^c  

^a University Institute of Sport Science of Rome   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D EVRY VAL D ESSONNE   (France)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gender sport coverage; Olympics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PUBLICATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AUSTRALIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; NEWSPAPERS; SEX FACTORS; SPORTS;

EID: 22744438137     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2005.10599282     Document Type: Article

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