The representation of female athletes in textual and visual media

Corporate Communications: An International Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 94-101

  George, Christeen ^a   Hartley, Andrew ^a   Paris, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Media; Sport; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986099081     PISSN: 13563289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13563280110391007     Document Type: Article

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