Tag: gender studies
25 Year Study Shows Coverage of Women’s Sports on Televised News and Highlights Shows Remains Very Low
The last quarter century has seen a dramatic movement of girls and women into sports, but, according to a new study, this social change is not reflected in televised sports news and highlights shows. – “'It’s Dude Time!'
Martina Bergman-Österberg Centenary Weekend, 5th & 6th Sept 2015
Martina Bergman-Österberg, 1849–1915, was a Swedish physical education instructor and women's suffrage advocate. After studying Swedish gymnastics in Stockholm she moved to London, where she founded the first physical education instructor's college in England, in which she admitted women only.
Sport in Society Volume 18, Issue 2, February 2015
The considerable growth of interest in commerce, media and politics in the modern world and their relationship to sport in international academia has resulted in academics in various disciplines writing about sport. Sport in Society is a multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary forum for academics to discuss the growing relationship of sport to significant areas of modern life. Special Issue: Gender, Media, Sport
