Gender differences in sports news coverage on Twitter

Sainz de Baranda Andújar, Clara; Ada Lameiras, Alba; Blanco Ruiz, María Ángeles

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Gender differences in sports news coverage on Twitter

dc.affiliation.dpto	UC3M. Departamento de Economía de la Empresa	es
dc.affiliation.dpto	UC3M. Departamento de Comunicación	es
dc.affiliation.instituto	UC3M. Instituto Universitario de Estudios de Género	es
dc.contributor.author	Sainz de Baranda Andújar, Clara
dc.contributor.author	Ada Lameiras, Alba
dc.contributor.author	Blanco Ruiz, María Ángeles
dc.contributor.funder	Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)	es
dc.date.accessioned	2021-07-28T10:33:13Z
dc.date.available	2021-07-28T10:33:13Z
dc.date.issued	2020-07-02
dc.description	This article belongs to the Special Issue Measurement and Evaluation in Physical Education, Physical Activity and Sports.	en
dc.description.abstract	Gender stereotypes influence boys’ and girls’ self-perception, with the differential treatment received by sports figures in the media being one of the main factors in the perpetuation of stereotypes about sports. The objective of this research is to analyze if the new communication channels, such as Twitter, maintain gender stereotypes when reporting sports news. For this purpose, the four most followed media in Spain were analyzed: (@ElPais_Deportes, @ABC_Deportes, @Marca and @MundoDeportivo) over a period of five months, from March to June 2016. Our sample was composed of 6544 tweets, with 96.19% about sportsmen compared to 3.81% that portrayed women. The sport with the most media coverage was football (72.11%), for men as well as for women, followed by basketball (6.63%). It is clear that despite the growing international triumphs of Spanish women athletes in recent years, the latter continue to be underrepresented in the media. Female athletes receive more media coverage according to the sport which they engage in (“gender-appropriate” sports), with the exception of football, and not in accordance with their accomplishments. Twitter remains at the service of traditional media replicating the same gender biases and even augmenting them.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	This project is funded by the State Research Agency (PDI2019-106695RB-100/AEI/10.13039/501100011033).	en
dc.format.extent	13
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitation	Sainz-de-Baranda, C., Adá-Lameiras, A. & Blanco-Ruiz, M. (2020). Gender Differences in Sports News Coverage on Twitter. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(14), 5199.	en
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17145199
dc.identifier.issn	1660-4601
dc.identifier.publicationfirstpage	5199
dc.identifier.publicationissue	14
dc.identifier.publicationtitle	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health	en
dc.identifier.publicationvolume	17
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10016/33165
dc.identifier.uxxi	AR/0000026120
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	MDPI
dc.relation.projectID	Gobierno de España. PID2019-106695RB-I00	es
dc.rights	© 2020 by the authors.	en
dc.rights	Atribución 3.0 España	*
dc.rights.accessRights	open access	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/	*
dc.subject.eciencia	Ciencias de la Información	es
dc.subject.eciencia	Economía	es
dc.subject.other	Sport	en
dc.subject.other	Gender	en
dc.subject.other	Twitter	en
dc.subject.other	Mass media	en
dc.subject.other	Journalism	en
dc.subject.other	Female athletes	en
dc.subject.other	Women	en
dc.title	Gender differences in sports news coverage on Twitter	en
dc.type	research article	*
dc.type.hasVersion	VoR	*
dspace.entity.type	Publication