Representations of Female Athletes in Turkish Media:A Content Analysis of Three Newspapers
Representations of Female Athletes in Turkish Media:A Content Analysis of Three Newspapers

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this study is to analyze the representations of female athletes in major Turkish newspapers. Content analysis methods have been used to analyze the news related to athletes over one month period (01-30 April 2011). The findings of this study indicated that the female athletes were under-represented in three newspapers (Zaman, Posta, Hürriyet). Of the 1169 news texts in which athletes names were mentioned, 6.9 percent were concerned with female athletes, 91.1 percent male athletes, and 2 percent both female and male athletes. It was found that female athletes’ gender roles were emphasized in one third of the news in which their names were mentioned. Gender roles were also emphasized in 10.6 percent of female athletes’ photographs.

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