Guardians of the Hegemonic Structure of Sports? Women’s Sports as Perceived by Polish Female Sports Journalists

Natalia  Organista; Zuzanna Mazur

doi:10.18778/1733-8069.16.1.04

Autor

Natalia Organista University of Physical Education in Warsaw https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0106-7568
Zuzanna Mazur University of Physical Education in Warsaw https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1711-4173

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/1733-8069.16.1.04

Słowa kluczowe:

sport kobiet, dziennikarstwo sportowe, dziennikarki sportowe

Abstrakt

Niedoreprezentowanie medialnych przekazów o sporcie kobiet jest od lat wskazywanym fenomenem dotyczącym również Polski. Jako jedną z możliwych przyczyn mniej licznych informacji o sporcie kobiet wskazuje się niekiedy małą liczbę dziennikarek sportowych. W związku z brakiem polskich badań dziennikarek sportowych postanowiono przeanalizować ich przekonania na temat sportu kobiet oraz niedoreprezentowania przekazów medialnych o sporcie kobiet w polskich mediach. Badanie wykazało, iż dziennikarki sportowe postrzegają sport kobiet jako gorszy niż sport mężczyzn i nie popierają zwiększenia ilości informacji o sporcie kobiet. Autorka wskazuje na socjalizację do sportu i zawodową badanych, ich mniejszościowy status w zawodzie oraz postrzeganie męskości, kobiecości i profesjonalizmu w dziennikarstwie jako możliwe przyczyny postrzegania przez badane sportu kobiet.

Biogramy autorów

Natalia Organista - University of Physical Education in Warsaw

Organista Natalia, Ph.D, is working in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Józef Piłsudski
University of Physical Education in Warsaw. Her research has focused on issues of sport and feminism, sports media, sports organizations, and gender inequalities in sport.
Zuzanna Mazur - University of Physical Education in Warsaw

Zuzanna Mazur, Ph.D, is working as an associate professor in the Department of Pedagogy and Psychology of Physical Culture at the Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw. Her research interests include social and gender inequalities, images of sportswomen, and social patterns of participation of women in sport and physical culture.

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