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White Women Smiling? Media Representations of Women at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Sociology of Sport Journal ( IF 1.7 ) Pub Date : 2020-03-01 , DOI: 10.1123/ssj.2018-0144
Adele Pavlidis 1 , Millicent Kennelly 1 , Laura Rodriguez Castro 1
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The 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games (GC2018) were the first to offer equal medal opportunities to men and women as part of a broader strategic push by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) to promote gender equality. In this article we analyze images of GC2018 sportswomen and associated headlines and captions in what we are calling “traditional” and “non-traditional” media outlets. At first glance, media coverage of GC2018 seemed to reflect the intended spirit of equality, with both traditional and non-traditional media including many images of sportswomen. We found that some media outlets did better than others at representing sportswomen, yet all embraced the image of “white women celebrating and smiling”. Despite the diversity of women from the Commonwealth competing in GC2018, our analysis concurred with Bruce’s (2016, p. 366) assessment that media depictions of sportswomen normalize and reinforce “ideals of White, middle-class femininity”. There were instances where these ideals were challenged, including through representations of loss, intense emotion, and even anger, but overall, whiteness and normative femininity were presented as “natural” and “neutral”. As feminist scholars interested in sport, we call for coverage that dismantles colonial practices, encompasses greater diversity beyond heteronormativity and white supremacy, and moves away from normative femininity to embrace sportswomen’s failure and loss, as well as intense emotion, as important “frames” for photojournalism and media professionals in sport and beyond.

中文翻译:

白人女性微笑?女性在 2018 年英联邦运动会上的媒体代表

2018 年黄金海岸英联邦运动会 (GC2018) 首次为男女提供平等奖牌机会,作为英联邦运动会联合会 (CGF) 促进性别平等的更广泛战略推动的一部分。在本文中,我们分析了 GC2018 女运动员的图片以及我们称之为“传统”和“非传统”媒体的相关标题和标题。乍一看,媒体对 GC2018 的报道似乎体现了平等精神,传统和非传统媒体都包含许多女运动员的形象。我们发现一些媒体在代表女运动员方面做得比其他媒体好,但都接受了“白人女性庆祝和微笑”的形象。尽管参加 GC2018 的英联邦女性各不相同,但我们的分析与 Bruce 的 (2016, p. 366)评估媒体对女运动员的描述使“白人、中产阶级女性气质的理想”正常化并得到加强。在某些情况下,这些理想受到挑战,包括表现出失落、强烈的情绪,甚至愤怒,但总体而言,白人和规范的女性气质被呈现为“自然”和“中性”。作为对体育感兴趣的女权主义学者,我们呼吁报道能够消除殖民实践,涵盖超越异性恋和白人至上的更大多样性,并从规范的女性气质转向拥抱女运动员的失败和失落以及强烈的情感,作为重要的“框架”体育及其他领域的新闻摄影和媒体专业人士。在某些情况下,这些理想受到挑战,包括表现出失落、强烈的情绪,甚至愤怒,但总体而言,白人和规范的女性气质被呈现为“自然”和“中性”。作为对体育感兴趣的女权主义学者,我们呼吁报道能够消除殖民实践,涵盖超越异性恋和白人至上的更大多样性,并从规范的女性气质转向拥抱女运动员的失败和失落以及强烈的情感,作为重要的“框架”体育及其他领域的新闻摄影和媒体专业人士。在某些情况下,这些理想受到挑战,包括表现出失落、强烈的情绪,甚至愤怒,但总体而言,白人和规范的女性气质被呈现为“自然”和“中性”。作为对体育感兴趣的女权主义学者,我们呼吁报道能够消除殖民实践,涵盖超越异性恋和白人至上的更大多样性,并从规范的女性气质转向拥抱女运动员的失败和失落以及强烈的情感,作为重要的“框架”体育及其他领域的新闻摄影和媒体专业人士。
更新日期:2020-03-01
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