Bump, Set, Spike: An Analysis of Commentary and Camera Angles of Women's Beach Volleyball During the 2004 Summer Olympics

Bissell, Kimberly; Duke, Andrea M.

doi:10.4324/9780203824115-4

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“…These frames did perpetuate stereotypes, and as literature from decades ago suggested, it was more common in coverage of female athletes, often reported on by male writers or commentators, where this was the case. (Bissell, 2006; Bissell & Butler, 2013; Bissell & Duke, 2019; Bissell & Smith, 2013; Smith & Bissell, 2014).…”

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Elite but Struggling: Mediated Narratives of Women Athletes and Mental Health Disclosures

Bissell,

Chou,

Dirks

2024

Journalism & Communication Monographs

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This monograph analyzes online coverage and social media posts from five professional athletes—Simone Biles, Serena Williama, Naomi Osaka, Chloe Kim, and Gracie Gold—to sheds light on the journalistic and individual narratives around athletes, performance, goals as these intersect with mental health. Online news and entertainment media’s general representation of athletes frequently emphasizes victory with a focus on outcomes, often overshadowing the athletes’ well-being. Using social identity and framing theories, the study identifies narratives in social and online media, emphasizing the storytelling components related to mental health, as well as what athletes express as potential causes of the mental health issues they are experiencing, especially intense competition, physical condition, media pressure, and a general lack of mental health awareness in sports. The study’s examination of how athletes use their social media platforms to help journalists craft their stories offers a deeper understanding of their mental health stories beyond the basic win-or-lose narrative. We advocate for a paradigm shift, urging recognition of athletes as individuals with vulnerabilities who deserve supportive environments.

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Elite but Struggling: Mediated Narratives of Women Athletes and Mental Health Disclosures

Bissell,

Chou,

Dirks

2024

Journalism & Communication Monographs

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“…In some cases, women's sports are simply positioned as lesser offshoots to the male versions of their games, lending to a form of gender-bland sexism that treats female sports and subjects as secondary to the men's sports that receive most of the attention ( 19 ). That men's sports receive most of the attention is explainable, in part, by their earlier establishment and the inner workings of the gender schema theory ( 20 ).…”

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A data-driven framing of player and team performance in U.S. Women's soccer

Narayanan

Pifer

2023

Front. Sports Act. Living

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IntroductionIn establishing historical benchmarks for success on the pitch and striving to achieve parity off it, the United States Women's National Team (USWNT) and the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) have long served as standard bearers for professional women's soccer around the globe. However, off-field dilemmas and incessant juxtapositions to men's soccer frequently overshadow the elements that make U.S. women's soccer unique; that is, in the quest to expose and rid the women's game of blatant misconduct, discriminatory practices, and negative stereotypes, relatively little attention has been devoted to performance features that separate the U.S. women's soccer product from its competition. Because many of the issues hindering the progress of women's soccer are rooted in media and managerial practices that marginalize or ignore its positive traits, a need exists for analyses that will properly identify its innate characteristics and competitive advantages so that media members, managers, and fans can accurately frame their perceptions of women competing in the sport.MethodsTo this end, we collected reliable samples of public event data from 560 professional soccer matches and used ANOVAs and t-tests to identify the characteristics that distinguish U.S. women's soccer from other professional leagues and teams.Results and DiscussionIn doing so, we showed that the USWNT tends to shoot from more opportune areas and press opponents at a higher rate, and that the NWSL has recently been matched in quality across certain performance metrics by England's FA Women's Super League.

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Bump, Set, Spike: An Analysis of Commentary and Camera Angles of Women's Beach Volleyball During the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Elite but Struggling: Mediated Narratives of Women Athletes and Mental Health Disclosures

Elite but Struggling: Mediated Narratives of Women Athletes and Mental Health Disclosures

A data-driven framing of player and team performance in U.S. Women's soccer

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