A comparison of selected ‘serious’ and ‘popular’ British, canadian, and united states newspaper coverage of female and male athletes competing in the centennial olympic games: Did female athletes receive equitable coverage in the ‘games of the women’?

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 319-335

  Vincent, John ^a   Imwold, Charles ^b   Masemann, Vandra ^c   Johnson, James T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Independent Researcher   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Centennial Olympic Games; content analysis; femaleinappropriate sports; female appropriate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997907707     PISSN: 10126902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/101269020203700312     Document Type: Article

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