Prepare an International Review for the Sociology of Sports

International Review for the Sociology of Sports
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International Review for the Sociology of Sports
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2013). Women in sport: The State of Play 2013. Perspectives on Sport. Online: /ausstats/[email protected]/Products/4156.0.55.001~June+2013~Main+Features~Women+in+Sport+The+State+of+Play+2013
The article addresses many issues ranging from the health benefits of participating in sports to the number of women employed in sports sections. Despite the health benefits, the article also analyzes the societal community benefits such as social interaction and integration. The study notes that much participation improves and reinforces social networks and sustains the community’s interaction with others. The study analyzes the number of women who participates in sport activities in Australia. Also the study analyzes the type of sport most women participate in the country. The study can be used to establish the sport that most women feel comfortable in participating. However, the study included an aspect other studies have been ignoring, the number of women who attend sport events in the country. It was noted that female attendance at sport events tends to decrease with an increase in age. Additionally, the study also analyzed the type of sport that is most popular among women. Like other studies, the article analyzed the number of female who are employed in sport occupations. The study noted that women are not well presented in sport occupations. The study addresses a range of issues that will be helpful in understanding the participation and gender equity in sports.
Good A. (2015). When it comes to women in sports, TV news tunes out. USCNews. Online:
https://news.usc.edu/82382/when-it-comes-to-women-in-sports-tv-news-tunes-out/
The article analyzes different studies done by different organizations. One study conducted by USC noticed that the coverage of women’s sports has not changed much from previous decades despite the fact that more women participate in sports in various levels. Findings from a survey that was done by Los Angeles broadcast affiliates and ESPN’s SportsCenter revealed that coverage of women sports is less than in the past. All the time, there has been an increase in men’s sports from the previous decades. The study noted that most broadcasters devote most of their sport reports on men sports. This present a 68% increase from 2009. Another study that was analyzed is titled “It’s Dude Time: A quarter century of excluding women’s sports in televised news and highlight shows”, from this study it was noted that even during the coverage of women’s sports, the exclamations by sport announcers prompted the researchers to ask: “when is it not ‘dude time?’” It was also noted that even the women sports are rarely covered and when they are being covered, they are delivered in a different way from that of men. The study also noted that as women’s sports gets little coverage, di...