Amount of newspaper coverage of high school athletics for boys and girls on sports page and newspaper circulation.
This study analyzed the amount of coverage for high school athletics in 43 newspapers with small circulation by devoting 40% of their interscholastic athletics coverage to girls in athletics, printed significantly more articles about girls' athletics than did the newspapers with medium (33%) or large (32%) circulation. Therefore, the smaller the newspaper circulation, the more equitable the coverage of athletics for girls and boys. This finding was consistent with some prior work but not all.
Pedersen
Paul M
PM
Sport Management, Recreation, and Tourism Division, School of Human Movement, Sport, and Leisure Studies, Bowling Green State University, OH 43403, USA.
Whisenant
Warren A
WA
D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009524:Newspapers as Topic; D011643:Publishing; D013177:Sports; D013334:Students