Birgit Braumüller
Biographic Data
| ID | 4151676 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Birgit Braumüller |
| GIVEN NAMES | Birgit |
| FAMILY NAME | Braumüller |
| SIGNATURE | BRAUMÜLLER B |
| AFFILIATIONS | German Sport University Cologne |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8083-0490 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Boxen und Männlichkeit – eine intersektionale Mehrebenenanalyse des „Underdog“-Narrativs
This article explores constructions of masculinity in boxing through an intersectional lens. It focuses on the underdog narrative, which portrays boxing as a space of social mobility for marginalized masculinities—particularly along the lines of class, race, and migration. Drawing on interview data with eight male amateur and professional boxers, the study examines how this narrative materializes in subjective self-interpretations, symbolic repre…
Gender (in)equality in Sports Journalism – A Systematic Scoping Review
Sports journalism reflects and reinforces broader societal gender norms, with newsrooms remaining male-dominated despite more women entering the profession of (sports) journalism. This systematic scoping review synthesizes two decades (2003-2023) of empirical research on gender (in)equality in sports journalism. Following Arksey and O’Malley’s framework, 1148 records were found across four databases, and 29 empirical peer-reviewed journal article…
Sexual Minority Athletes Between Concealment and Disclosure: A Multilevel Perspective on Coming Out in Sport
Introduction Sexual orientation disclosure is a complex, multifaceted process and has not yet been sufficiently explored with regard to LGB + athletes. Methods Based on a multilevel model for understanding sexual minority athletes’ (SMA) experiences in sports, we adopt a mixed-method approach, analysing data from a European survey conducted in 2018 with 1749 LGB + athletes to identify factors that influence the decision of disclosure in sports. R…
Gender expression and homonegative episodes in sport among LGB+ athletes
From a historical perspective, sport is considered a male domain and heteronormative societal field. Although societal change has happened, in most sports, male, heterosexual athletes, as well as stereotypical masculine behaviour and appearance are still being privileged. Based on heteronormativity and assumed male physical superiority, mindsets about typical and appropriate gender expression permeate sporting environments. Athletes who do not me…
Homo- and transnegativity in sport in Europe: Experiences of LGBT+ individuals in various sport settings
There is broad academic consensus that LGBT+ individuals have been marginalised in both sporting culture and in the academic literature. While the majority of academic research is conducted in the USA, UK, Canada and Australia, the present research is the first to provide a comprehensive picture of the situation and experiences of LGBT+ individuals in sport in Europe based on a quantitative online survey with LGBT+ respondents over 16 years old (…
Gender Identities in Organized Sports—Athletes' Experiences and Organizational Strategies of Inclusion
In relation to conceptualizing sports, beliefs about sex binary and male hegemony are dominant. To match these assumptions and provide level playing fields, sport systems are based on sex-segregation. Thus, people who do not fit into or reject fitting into sex categories are hindered from participating in sports, particularly organized sports. Studies on social exclusion of gender-identity minorities in sports mainly adopt a qualitative approach …
Gendered coverage of the Olympic Games in German print media: A Longitudinal Content Analysis in the Context of Participation, Success and Disciplines
With more than 10,000 participants from all over the world competing in hundreds of events, the Olympic Games have relevance based on both their large scale and their omnipresence in the media, generated by approximately 30,000 international media representatives working on site. These figures raise the questions of what the mediated reality of the Olympic Games looks like and what central reference points shape this mediated reality. Internation…
Young adults’ perceptions of the relevance of interaction on social online networks for sports activities
In our mediatised world, social media has become increasingly important as a distinct environment for facilitating juvenile developmental tasks, allowing for communication, self-staging, or information seeking. Increasing social media activity is often explicated as displacing participation in sports, although current studies report rather independent or enhancing relations between social media use and sports participation. Online social networks…
Jugendliche als mediatisierte Stubenhocker? Eine Analyse der Zusammenhänge zwischen sportlichem und medialem Handeln von Jugendlichen aus Geschlechterperspektive
Adoleszente Lebenswelten sind von gesellschaftlichen Wandlungsprozessen geprägt, wobei allen voran die Mediatisierung Heranwachsende vor neue Herausforderungen und jugendspezifische Entwicklungsaufgaben stellt. Medien treten zunehmend in Konkurrenz zu etablierten Sozialisationsinstanzen und insbesondere neue, soziale Medien gewinnen an Bedeutung und tragen zu einem Wandel der Freizeitgestaltung von Jugendlichen bei. Diese Entwicklungen werfen die…
Hockey im Club oder Skaten im Park: Eine Sekundäranalyse der MediKuS-Studie zur Sozialisation in vereinsorganisierte und informelle Sportsettings in Abhängigkeit von sozialen, personalen und medialen …
Während die Bedingungsfaktoren der generellen Sportaktivität und der Sportvereinsaktivität für die Adoleszenz gut belegt sind, werden andere Settings wie das informelle Sporttreiben nur vereinzelt explizit betrachtet. Der Beitrag greift dies auf und analysiert die Sozialisationsbedingungen für die Teilnahme am informellen und vereinsorganisierten Sport. In Anlehnung an die interaktionale Sozialisationstheorie werden die soziale Lage, personale un…
Homo- and transnegativity in sport in Europe: Experiences of LGBT+ individuals in various sport settings
There is broad academic consensus that LGBT+ individuals have been marginalised in both sporting culture and in the academic literature. While the majority of academic research is conducted in the USA, UK, Canada and Australia, the present research is the first to provide a comprehensive picture of the situation and experiences of LGBT+ individuals in sport in Europe based on a quantitative online survey with LGBT+ respondents over 16 years old (…
Gendered coverage of the Olympic Games in German print media: A Longitudinal Content Analysis in the Context of Participation, Success and Disciplines
With more than 10,000 participants from all over the world competing in hundreds of events, the Olympic Games have relevance based on both their large scale and their omnipresence in the media, generated by approximately 30,000 international media representatives working on site. These figures raise the questions of what the mediated reality of the Olympic Games looks like and what central reference points shape this mediated reality. Internation…
Gender Identities in Organized Sports—Athletes' Experiences and Organizational Strategies of Inclusion
In relation to conceptualizing sports, beliefs about sex binary and male hegemony are dominant. To match these assumptions and provide level playing fields, sport systems are based on sex-segregation. Thus, people who do not fit into or reject fitting into sex categories are hindered from participating in sports, particularly organized sports. Studies on social exclusion of gender-identity minorities in sports mainly adopt a qualitative approach …
Young adults’ perceptions of the relevance of interaction on social online networks for sports activities
In our mediatised world, social media has become increasingly important as a distinct environment for facilitating juvenile developmental tasks, allowing for communication, self-staging, or information seeking. Increasing social media activity is often explicated as displacing participation in sports, although current studies report rather independent or enhancing relations between social media use and sports participation. Online social networks…
Gender expression and homonegative episodes in sport among LGB+ athletes
From a historical perspective, sport is considered a male domain and heteronormative societal field. Although societal change has happened, in most sports, male, heterosexual athletes, as well as stereotypical masculine behaviour and appearance are still being privileged. Based on heteronormativity and assumed male physical superiority, mindsets about typical and appropriate gender expression permeate sporting environments. Athletes who do not me…
Sexual Minority Athletes Between Concealment and Disclosure: A Multilevel Perspective on Coming Out in Sport
Introduction Sexual orientation disclosure is a complex, multifaceted process and has not yet been sufficiently explored with regard to LGB + athletes. Methods Based on a multilevel model for understanding sexual minority athletes’ (SMA) experiences in sports, we adopt a mixed-method approach, analysing data from a European survey conducted in 2018 with 1749 LGB + athletes to identify factors that influence the decision of disclosure in sports. R…
Hockey im Club oder Skaten im Park: Eine Sekundäranalyse der MediKuS-Studie zur Sozialisation in vereinsorganisierte und informelle Sportsettings in Abhängigkeit von sozialen, personalen und medialen …
Während die Bedingungsfaktoren der generellen Sportaktivität und der Sportvereinsaktivität für die Adoleszenz gut belegt sind, werden andere Settings wie das informelle Sporttreiben nur vereinzelt explizit betrachtet. Der Beitrag greift dies auf und analysiert die Sozialisationsbedingungen für die Teilnahme am informellen und vereinsorganisierten Sport. In Anlehnung an die interaktionale Sozialisationstheorie werden die soziale Lage, personale un…
Jugendliche als mediatisierte Stubenhocker? Eine Analyse der Zusammenhänge zwischen sportlichem und medialem Handeln von Jugendlichen aus Geschlechterperspektive
Adoleszente Lebenswelten sind von gesellschaftlichen Wandlungsprozessen geprägt, wobei allen voran die Mediatisierung Heranwachsende vor neue Herausforderungen und jugendspezifische Entwicklungsaufgaben stellt. Medien treten zunehmend in Konkurrenz zu etablierten Sozialisationsinstanzen und insbesondere neue, soziale Medien gewinnen an Bedeutung und tragen zu einem Wandel der Freizeitgestaltung von Jugendlichen bei. Diese Entwicklungen werfen die…
Gender Identities in Organized Sports—Athletes' Experiences and Organizational Strategies of Inclusion
In relation to conceptualizing sports, beliefs about sex binary and male hegemony are dominant. To match these assumptions and provide level playing fields, sport systems are based on sex-segregation. Thus, people who do not fit into or reject fitting into sex categories are hindered from participating in sports, particularly organized sports. Studies on social exclusion of gender-identity minorities in sports mainly adopt a qualitative approach …
Gendered coverage of the Olympic Games in German print media: A Longitudinal Content Analysis in the Context of Participation, Success and Disciplines
With more than 10,000 participants from all over the world competing in hundreds of events, the Olympic Games have relevance based on both their large scale and their omnipresence in the media, generated by approximately 30,000 international media representatives working on site. These figures raise the questions of what the mediated reality of the Olympic Games looks like and what central reference points shape this mediated reality. Internation…
Young adults’ perceptions of the relevance of interaction on social online networks for sports activities
In our mediatised world, social media has become increasingly important as a distinct environment for facilitating juvenile developmental tasks, allowing for communication, self-staging, or information seeking. Increasing social media activity is often explicated as displacing participation in sports, although current studies report rather independent or enhancing relations between social media use and sports participation. Online social networks…
Homo- and transnegativity in sport in Europe: Experiences of LGBT+ individuals in various sport settings
There is broad academic consensus that LGBT+ individuals have been marginalised in both sporting culture and in the academic literature. While the majority of academic research is conducted in the USA, UK, Canada and Australia, the present research is the first to provide a comprehensive picture of the situation and experiences of LGBT+ individuals in sport in Europe based on a quantitative online survey with LGBT+ respondents over 16 years old (…
Gender expression and homonegative episodes in sport among LGB+ athletes
From a historical perspective, sport is considered a male domain and heteronormative societal field. Although societal change has happened, in most sports, male, heterosexual athletes, as well as stereotypical masculine behaviour and appearance are still being privileged. Based on heteronormativity and assumed male physical superiority, mindsets about typical and appropriate gender expression permeate sporting environments. Athletes who do not me…
Sexual Minority Athletes Between Concealment and Disclosure: A Multilevel Perspective on Coming Out in Sport
Introduction Sexual orientation disclosure is a complex, multifaceted process and has not yet been sufficiently explored with regard to LGB + athletes. Methods Based on a multilevel model for understanding sexual minority athletes’ (SMA) experiences in sports, we adopt a mixed-method approach, analysing data from a European survey conducted in 2018 with 1749 LGB + athletes to identify factors that influence the decision of disclosure in sports. R…
Gender (in)equality in Sports Journalism – A Systematic Scoping Review
Sports journalism reflects and reinforces broader societal gender norms, with newsrooms remaining male-dominated despite more women entering the profession of (sports) journalism. This systematic scoping review synthesizes two decades (2003-2023) of empirical research on gender (in)equality in sports journalism. Following Arksey and O’Malley’s framework, 1148 records were found across four databases, and 29 empirical peer-reviewed journal article…
Boxen und Männlichkeit – eine intersektionale Mehrebenenanalyse des „Underdog“-Narrativs
This article explores constructions of masculinity in boxing through an intersectional lens. It focuses on the underdog narrative, which portrays boxing as a space of social mobility for marginalized masculinities—particularly along the lines of class, race, and migration. Drawing on interview data with eight male amateur and professional boxers, the study examines how this narrative materializes in subjective self-interpretations, symbolic repre…
Sports, Gender, and Society (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (4 works) · Athletes (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works)