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Under the Coverage: A Gender Comparison of High School Sports Coverage in Daily Newspapers

Stumpf, Todd A.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1304100867

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2011, Master of Fine Arts, University of Akron, Communication.
This paper explores space allocated by daily newspapers to coverage of similar boys and girls high school sports. The study examines coverage in four daily newspapers of varying circulation. The sports (soccer, basketball and baseball/softball) were chosen because of their cross-gender similarity. The newspapers chosen are in the same market, Northeast Ohio, meaning they often had the same events from which to choose. Stories and photographs were counted and also measured in column inches. Other considerations were placement of stories and whether they were staff written or covered by stringers/freelance writers. To determine whether coverage was actually “equal,” the number of teams participating was considered. Similar studies have been conducted, with the universal conclusion that men’s/boys sports receive more, often much more, coverage and/or space than women’s/girls sports. The findings here are that in terms of the number of participating teams, boys get slightly more coverage, though not in all sports.
Kathleen Endres, Dr. (Advisor)
Val Pipps, Dr. (Committee Member)
Heather Walter, Dr. (Committee Member)
52 p.
Communication
gender; sports; high school; newspapers; daily; coverage; media; journalism

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  • Stumpf, T. A. (2011). Under the Coverage: A Gender Comparison of High School Sports Coverage in Daily Newspapers [Master's thesis, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1304100867

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Stumpf, Todd. Under the Coverage: A Gender Comparison of High School Sports Coverage in Daily Newspapers. 2011. University of Akron, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1304100867.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Stumpf, Todd. "Under the Coverage: A Gender Comparison of High School Sports Coverage in Daily Newspapers." Master's thesis, University of Akron, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1304100867

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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