An analysis of British Newspaper Coverage of the Teenage Swimming Gold Medallists at the London 2012 Olympics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21190703 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jane O’connor (0000-0001-9548-8392, corresponding author), Jane O'Connor |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 95-109 |
| Publication date | 2014-04-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Children and Media (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-2798 • E-ISSN: 1748-2801 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17482798.2013.877050 |
| OpenAlex | W1990749517 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 20 |
The London 2012 Olympics saw a number of medallists across events who were 16 years old or younger. This article examines the British print media coverage of three of the youngest gold medallist swimmers, namely: Ye Shiwen of China (16), Ruta Meiluyte of Lithuania (15) and Kate Ledecky of the USA (15). The aim of the analysis is to highlight the ways in which dominant discourses around childhood, exceptional ability, ethnicity and gender, are played out in media narratives about young, high-profile sport performers. The paper finds that Ye Shiwen is represented in a markedly different way to the other swimmers in the newspaper stories analysed, and argues that this discrepancy is due to perceived violations of normative Western constructions of childhood in Shiwen's backstory and stereotypical conceptions of Chinese culture
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| Citations per year | 0.33 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |