Description
In Chapter 8, Jaime Schultz discusses the relationships between women and sport media. Women, she argues, have been under-represented in sport media—a phenomenon she and other scholars refer to as “symbolic annihilation.”
Task: Conduct your own analysis of sports coverage on television. Select one day in which you will watch and analyze ESPN’s SportsCenter or two sports segments on the local news (e.g., KTLA News). As you watch, take detailed notes. Record the length of the program (if you are monitoring local news, record the length of the sports segments) and the amount of time allotted to stories about women’s sport. Record the name/gender of the sports anchor(s). Record the type of coverage (hard news, human interest, etc.) and the use of photographs/visual cues.
Upon doing so, please respond to the following questions in a one-page reflection:
Do you see any examples of symbolic annihilation? Asymmetrical gender marking? Othering? Discussions of gender-appropriate sport?
Based on the coverage you monitored, how would you describe the relationship between women and sport media?
Format: Double-spaced; one-inch margins; 12 pt., Times New Roman font; .doc, .docx, or .pdf file format.
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