Vista: March 23, 1995

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The Impact of Gender Frame Sponsorship on the Frame Process in Sport

Media represent a dominant constructor of reality in today\u27s mediated culture, and frame research has examined this construction, particularly in sport, and concluded that media influence the continuance of hegemonic ideals that devalue women (Carragee & Roefs, 2004; Funkhauser, 1973; Lind & Salo, 2002). Framing\u27s alignment with agenda setting centers on the transfer of frames from agenda to agenda through frame sponsorship and incorporates an examination of power by considering who influences the media agenda (Carragee & Roefs, 2004). A sport gender frame sponsorship analysis revealed the continuance and dominance of negative gender frames in both public relations and media texts. It also identified an additional negative gender frame in sport, the hierarchy of topics, in both public relations material and media. Analysis also confirmed the inclusion of frame sponsorship in process models; however it noted a distinction between issue frame sponsorship and attribute frame sponsorship. Frames were found to transfer issues and attributes separately, just as agenda setting research. Sport public relations personnel were successful in placing their frames in media discourse, but the centrality of power in frame sponsorship raises ideological concerns. The study found damaging gender frames were sponsored and placed successfully in media discourse, perpetuating the devaluation of women athletes and women\u27s sport, but positive gender frames were also successfully sponsored. Thus frame sponsorship is an active component of the framing process and serves as a viable consideration in producing counter-hegemonic frames to challenge dominant ideology in sport

Columbia Chronicle (11/13/2006)

Student newspaper from November 13, 2006 entitled The Columbia Chronicle. This issue is 36 pages and is listed as Volume 41, Number 11. Editor-in-Chief: Hunter Clausshttps://digitalcommons.colum.edu/cadc_chronicle/1686/thumbnail.jp

African-American youth and sport : a qualitative investigation of the role of sport in life

The purpose of this qualitative study was to determine the perceptions of six African-American male youth (11-13 years of age) regarding the role of sport in their lives. Participant responses were probed concerning: (a) family background, (b) perceptions of the role sport played in life, (c) perception of how his family viewed him as an athlete, and (d) perceptions of himself as an athlete. The themes that emerged from their perceptions of the role of sport in life included: (a) self-concept (b) family support and involvement, and (c) sport as an opportunity. The sub-themes associated with self-concept were size/physicality and being the best. Modesty, pressure management, leadership, and sportsmanship were other concepts identified by some participants when they compared themselves to others or the nature of their sport. The second theme focused on family involvement and encouragement, which determined that all had experiences that they believed served as support and encouragement in their lives. Sub-themes of the third theme, sport as an opportunity, included: (a) social mobility, (b) enhanced health and improvement in primary sport, (c) recognition of desired attributes, and (d) friendships. These African-American youth considered sport a vehicle for social mobility which included receiving an education, repaying family for support, and having travel opportunities. These youth participated in sport for fun, to be with friends, to enhance physical fitness, to avoid potential illegal activities, and to improve in their primary sport. The participants all spoke of the importance of family involvement and that without family encouragement, sport would not be as interesting. All participants discussed their thoughts regarding the physical nature of certain sports. It was noted by all participants that being the best was important; but it was not critical to be the best all the time; and they realized that this was a favorable attribute. Several participants discussed the importance of remaining modest even when they were the best. Other self-concept issues included modesty, pressure management, leadership, and sportsmanship. Many of the participants enjoyed pressure situations which included taking the last shot; and others spoke about the qualities of leadership and that sportsmanship was an integral part of being a good athlete. The insight provided by these six African-American male youth resulted in themes that supported and added new information to the existing body of knowledge concerning youth sport. Other African-American youth might have similar experiences and insights, but further investigations of African-American youth in sport are warranted

University of San Diego News Print Media Coverage 2007.02

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How television commentary affects children's judgments on soccer fouls

Item does not contain fulltextAn experiment was designed to investigate how television commentary during soccer matches affects children's judgments on aggressive fouls. Dutch children (N = 96) from grades 5 and6 watcheda series of fouls on video with three types of commentary: disapproving, neutral, or approving. When the commentator disapproved of the players' aggressive actions, children rejected the fouls more strongly than when the commentator approvedof the actions. The commentary effect was found with fouls among two foreign players, fouls by foreign players against Dutch players, andfouls by Dutch players against foreign players. The commentary effect appeared to apply not only to children who did not particularly like soccer matches on television but even to children who fancied the genre

Vista: November 19, 2009

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