NASSS 2018 Conference - Vancouver

Feminist theory, sports mediaSport films have played a central role in the commemoration of historical events and construction of the past for popular consumption. Except for a few notable examples (e.g., Bend it Like Beckham, Giardina, 2003; ESPN’s Nine for IX series, Heinecken... Read More →

I am presenting, with Michael Messner (Session 6C) on the limits and impacts of the  "Gender in Televised Sports Report", most recently published as "One and Done" The Long Eclipse of Women's Sports, 1989-2019 in Communication & Sport (Cooky, Council, Mears, & Messner, 2021). I... Read More →

The Time for Invigorated Feminist Sports Media Scholarship is NowFeminist scholarship on sports media has long examined how women negotiate femininity and athleticism, how they contend with sexism, and how sports media trivializes, objectifies, and underrepresents women athletes... Read More →

A New Age for Media Coverage of Women’s Sport? An Analysis of English Media Coverage of the 2015 FIFA Women’s World CupThis paper examines English print media coverage of the England national women’s soccer (football) team during the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup. It draws theoretically... Read More →

Numerous studies since the 1980s demonstrate that women’s sport has been marginalized in the media, serving to reinforce notions of sport as a male domain. However, as a result of a number of interconnected developments in women’s sport over the past decade, there has arguably... Read More →

Numerous studies since the 1980s demonstrate that women’s sport has been marginalized in the media, serving to reinforce notions of sport as a male domain. However, as a result of a number of interconnected developments in women’s sport over the past decade, there has arguably... Read More →