Media portrayals of male and female athletes: A text and picture analysis of British national newspaper coverage of the olympic games since 1948

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 187-199

  King, Christopher ^a  

^a Hugh Baird College   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Athlete appearance; Content analysis; Gender; Olympic Games; Print media

Indexed keywords

EID: 36248942974     PISSN: 10126902     EISSN: 14617218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1012690207084751     Document Type: Article

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