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Content analysis was employed to examine the commentary and camera angles of six beach volleyball games from the 2004 Summer Olympic Games. Based on previous research in the area of gender and sport commentary, and based on pre-coverage of the Olympics, it was expected that a high level of sexualized talk and concentration on the athletes' body parts would be prevalent. While sexuality and sex difference were not found in audio coverage of the games, they were highly evident in the video coverage of the games. More than 20% of the camera shots were found to be tight shots of the players' chests and just over 17% of the shots were coded as buttock shots, which, it is argued, leaves

Many studies offer clear evidence that exposure to TDP (thinness depicting and promoting) media leads to distorted body-image perceptions in school-age females and college women. This study investigated women's exposure to two types of media-entertainment and sports media-and looked for possible associations with body-image distortion and eating disorders. College women were surveyed in the fall of 2001 and asked to report exposure to 40 programs airing on prime-time networks and report exposure to specific men's and women's sports. Exposure to "thin-ideal" television was a significant predictor of four dimensions of disordered eating for women of all races. However, women's exposure to sports media was not a significant predictor of lower degrees of disordered eating.Several studies over the past decade have examined women's exposure to entertainment media and the possible effects this exposure has on disordered eating (see Harrison, 1997Harrison, , 2000Thompson & Heinberg, 1999). Many of these studies offer clear evidence that exposure to TDP (thinness depicting and promoting) media leads to distorted body-image perceptions in school-age females and college women. These studies have further found young males and college men more likely to endorse thinness in women if exposure to TDP media is high. Although the findings in this area are strong and certainly important, most of these studies have looked at "thin-ideal" media in entertainment television, fashion magazines, and advertisements.Content analyses of entertainment television, fashion magazines, and advertisements indicate that the body shape standard for women has increasingly become thinner