The Invisible Woman

A comparative study of women's sports coverage in the UK national press before and after the 2012 Olympic Games

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12909686
AutoresDeirdre O’neill (0000-0003-4332-2117, Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, autor de correspondencia), Matt Mulready (North-West State Technical University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2014
Volumen9
Número5
Páginas651-668
Fecha de publicación2014-10-21
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournalism Practice (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1751-2786 • E-ISSN: 1751-2794
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17512786.2014.965925
OpenAlexW1708513651
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas35
Referencias citadas18

While the coverage of women's sport in UK media rises to comparable levels to men's sports during large sporting events like the Olympics, academics agree that “routine” women's sports coverage is under-represented. According to the Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation, “81% of people think that the female athletes at London 2012 make better role models for young girls than other celebrities.” This article examines the representation of women in sport and compares routine coverage of women's sports in the UK national press across a week in February 2012, six months before the London Olympics, with coverage in a week in February 2013, six months after the Olympics, to see if there has been an Olympic “legacy” that increased coverage. It also examines coverage at the same time of year a decade earlier, to see how far, if at all, women's sports coverage in newspapers has progressed. The results suggest that there has been minimal change in everyday coverage of women's sports after the Olympics, and that female athletes continue to be hugely under-represented in the UK press

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