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A New Age for Media Coverage of Women’s Sport? An Analysis of English Media Coverage of the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup

Petty, Kate; Pope, Stacey

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Authors

Kate Petty



Abstract

This article examines English print media coverage of the England national women’s football (soccer) team during the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup. It draws on a content analysis of five English national newspapers from 24 May to 14 August 2015. A wide body of research has demonstrated that women’s sport continues to be greatly underrepresented in the media but our findings are important as they demonstrate that during this tournament, women’s football received a significant amount of print media coverage and that this coverage was largely positive. We argue that we have entered a new age of media coverage of women’s sport in the UK, with a shift towards greater gender equality.

Citation

Petty, K., & Pope, S. (2019). A New Age for Media Coverage of Women’s Sport? An Analysis of English Media Coverage of the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Sociology, 53(3), 486-502. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038518797505

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 9, 2018
Online Publication Date Oct 4, 2018
Publication Date Jun 1, 2019
Deposit Date Aug 14, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Sociology
Print ISSN 0038-0385
Electronic ISSN 1469-8684
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 53
Issue 3
Pages 486-502
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038518797505

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