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Billings, Andrew C.; Angelini, James R.; MacArthur, Paul J.

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“…This study builds upon nation-specific analyses of broadcasters’ Olympic media coverage (e.g. Billings et al, 2018) and extends previous comparative analyses of the agenda diversity of European public service broadcasters’ social media accounts (Rojas-Torrijos and Ramon, 2021). While previous studies analyzed European public service media (PSM) Twitter accounts, we analyzed Facebook accounts because the PSM of the countries of analysis either did not use Twitter or used it less prominently than the Facebook pages and/or had significantly fewer followers.…”

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“…However, those studies were based on data collected outside of the Olympic time frame. During the Olympics, women typically receive a higher percentage of coverage (Bruce, 2016; Markula et al, 2010), and reach parity in some contexts (Billings et al, 2018).…”

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“…While culturally specific, the findings can be connected to the prevalence of nationalism in Olympic coverage (Billings et al, 2018; Hayashi et al, 2016; Organista et al, 2020, Xu et al, 2019). This is concerning because, with some differences by nation, Olympic viewing tends to perpetuate nationalism and not internationalism (Billings et al, 2013: 910).…”

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“…The media do not simply reflect values of society, but play an important role in determining which sports, stories, and voices become dominant. As Eagleman et al (2014: 457) argued, “these agendas can have profound impacts on citizens’ views on topics such as gender, nationality, and the perceived importance of some sports over others.” The lack of agenda diversity in sports media coverage manifests in numerous ways, including the narrow range of sports disciplines, marginalization of women's sports, and overemphasis on nationalism (Billings et al, 2018; Rojas-Torrijos and Ramon, 2021; Ramon and Rojas-Torrijos, 2021). These practices can be attributed to the dominance of hegemonic masculine ideologies and the emphasis on the nation in sport and in media, which are structured by economic, political, and sociocultural forces (Rowe, 2013).…”

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“…Bartoluci and Doupona Topič, 2017; Hayashi et al, 2016; Jakubowska and Ličen, 2019; Ličen and Billings, 2013). Driven by national interest, broadcasters tend to temporarily feature sports that otherwise might not receive coverage, including women's sports (Billings et al, 2018).…”

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Sport, gender, and national interest during the Olympics: A comparative analysis of media representations in Central and Eastern Europe

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Researchers have documented patterns in sports media coverage across a variety of geographical and media contexts extensively, but relatively few studies focus on the Central and Eastern European region. This study examines the agenda diversity of European public service media in Hungary, Croatia, and Slovenia on their sport-related Facebook accounts during the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. A content analysis identified featured sports, gender balance, and the role of national interest in the events and athletes represented. Sports agenda diversity was driven by the hegemony of men's football and national success at the Olympics. Gender imbalance in media coverage persists in the region even on public service broadcasters’ social media accounts. Women received coverage only when representing the home nation at an Olympic event. The hegemony of men's football is a transnational phenomenon, while Olympic coverage emphasizes sports that share historical associations with national identity. Sports agenda diversity in the three countries is heterogeneous and regionally distinct. In practice, broadcasters might temporarily minimize gender imbalance in Olympic coverage, but in ways that routinizes the national focus. Theoretical developments in agenda setting in coverage of international events should account both for transnational patterns in public service media in the region and local particularities.

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Covering the Home Nation at Its Home Games: An Analysis of Australian Nationalistic Broadcast Coverage of the 2018 Commonwealth Games

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This study explored how nationalism unfolded within the Australian broadcast of the 2018 Commonwealth Games that were held on the Gold Coast, Australia. Applying social-categorization theory, over 31 hours of the total coverage was content analyzed for name mentions, description of success or failure, and personality and physicality of the athletes. Results of this study underscore large differences in the amount of commentary that was provided to Australians and non-Australians during the broadcasts, with Australians being mentioned more than non-Australian athletes. As Australia performed well at the Commonwealth Games, Australians featured highly on both the top most-mentioned athletes list and the overall percentage of name mentions also favored Australians. The Seven Network emphasized Australian athletes to its viewers, as Australian viewers would share many of the group characteristics with athletes who were featured on television. This study contributes to the literature by uncovering how in-group members were portrayed in the Australian sports context while also providing insight into how consumers’ media consumption could potentially affect how the network broadcasts the Commonwealth Games from a nationally partisan perspective.

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A U.S. Medal Agenda? Clock-Time and Salience Analyses of Biological Sex Representation in the 2020 and 2022 NBC Olympic Telecasts

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This report examines how the National Broadcasting Company’s (NBC’s) primetime telecasts of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games and the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games presented male and female athletes. Clock-time analyses (of how much time each sporting event was featured in primetime) and salience analyses (of the most mentioned athletes by NBC employees) are reported. Results show that women received the majority of clock-time and name mentions during both Olympiads, a further continuation of NBC’s most recent Olympic broadcast practices, which appears to continue to be driven by American women winning the majority of the United States’ medals during both the Summer and Winter Games.

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Sport, gender, and national interest during the Olympics: A comparative analysis of media representations in Central and Eastern Europe

Sport, gender, and national interest during the Olympics: A comparative analysis of media representations in Central and Eastern Europe

Covering the Home Nation at Its Home Games: An Analysis of Australian Nationalistic Broadcast Coverage of the 2018 Commonwealth Games

A U.S. Medal Agenda? Clock-Time and Salience Analyses of Biological Sex Representation in the 2020 and 2022 NBC Olympic Telecasts

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