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Abstract

The aim of this study is to analyze the representations of female athletes in major Turkish newspapers. Content analysis method have been used to analyze the news related to athletes over a one month period (01-30 April 2011). The findings of this study indicated that the female athletes were underrepresented 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

Keywords

• Female athletes, newspapers, representation of female athletes

TÜRK MEDYASINDA KADIN SPORCULARIN TEMSİLİ: ÜÇ GAZETENİN İÇERİK ANALİZİ

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı Türk gazetelerinde kadın sporcuların temsillerini analiz etmektir. 1-30 Nisan 2011 tarihleri arasındaki bir aylık dönemde sporcularla ilgili haberlerin incelenmesinde içerik  analizi yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Çalışmanın bulguları üç gazetede (Zaman, Posta, Hürriyet) kadın sporcuların yeterince temsil edilmediklerini göstermiştir. Sporcuların isimlerinin geçtiği 1169 haber metninin yüzde 6.9'u kadın, yüzde 91.1'i erkek, yüzde 2'si ise hem kadın hem erkek sporcularla ilgilidir. Kadın sporcuların isimlerinin geçtiği haberlerin üçte birinde onların toplumsal cinsiyet rollerinin vurgulandığı saptanmıştır.

Keywords

• Kadın sporcular; gazeteler; kadın sporcuların temsili

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