Examining equity in newspaper photographs: A Content Analysis of the Print Media Photographic Coverage of Interscholastic Athletics

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 303-318

  Pedersen, Paul Mark ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

content analysis; hegemonic masculinity; interscholastic athletics; newspaper; photographic coverage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997895849     PISSN: 10126902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1012690202037004895     Document Type: Article

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