Women in Sport

Question 1

What are common themes in the way women athletes are presented in the media?

Answer 1

women are framed (episodic and thematic) in the media

Question 2

What are the 2 types of framing and why are they important?

Answer 2

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Question 3

Common themes in media representations of female athletes:

Answer 3

• gender marking: women’s soccer vs soccer
• compulsory heterosexuality
• appropriate femininity
• sexualization
• infantilization
• key term: heteronormativity

Question 4

Framing:

Answer 4

complex process through which journalists organize ever-evolving events and actions into consumable news packages, placing figurative photograph frames around the dynamic machinations of empirical reality

Question 5

Frames organize issues for…

Answer 5

comprehension by viewers

Question 6

What are the 2 types of framing?

Answer 6

• episodic

- thematic

Question 7

Most frames are _____.

Answer 7

episodic

Question 8

Society tells us to seek _____ solutions to ____ contradictions.

Answer 8

• biological

- systemic

Question 9

By calling it gender verification, we are saying that…

Answer 9

gender flows unequivocally from sex (heteronormativity)