title: Sex equity in French newspaper photographs: A content analysis of 2012 Olympic Games by L'Equipe.
abstract: The aim of this article was to examine sex equity in the photographic coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games by a French sports daily newspaper. A sample of 1073 photographs was collected and analysed. A content analysis was carried out focusing on the number of photographs, the space they cover, their location and position, the type and colour of shot and the sport they depict. A significant under-representation of female athletes' photographs was found. However, contrary to most of previous research in this field, the other quantitative and qualitative variables do not show any differences. Furthermore, a significant positive correlation between the number of photographs for each sport and the number of French medals was found (for women, for men and for the whole sample), suggesting that the photographic coverage of this event is mainly based on the success of French athletes independently of their sex.
authors.affiliation: a Laboratoire Cultures Education Sociétés, University of Bordeaux , Bordeaux , France.
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Delorme
authors.affiliation: b CHU Grenoble , Bd de la Chantourne, La Tronche , France.
authors.forename: Nadège
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Testard
mesh_terms: D000846:Anniversaries and Special Events; D001363:Awards and Prizes; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009524:Newspapers as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010781:Photography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D063507:Sexism / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013177:Sports / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: Olympic Games; Sex equity; discrimination; photographs