Amount of photographic coverage for boys and girls on the sports page of newspapers as related to circulation size.
The present study analyzed the amount of photographic coverage devoted to high school athletics over 1 year. Previous research pertaining to sex differences in newspaper coverage of sports has focused on the amount of written coverage given. Present findings indicated that, as with written coverage given female athletes, photographic coverage differed significantly by newspaper circulation. Specifically, the larger the newspaper circulation, the more inequitable the photographic coverage of high school athletics was for girls.
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. paulp@bgnet.bgsu.edu
Whisenant
Warren A
WA
D000293:Adolescent; D001290:Attitude; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010781:Photography; D011643:Publishing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013177:Sports