The presence of women athletes in the regional press in Spain. An analysis of the cover photo

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Abstract

Academic research has repeatedly pointed out that sports information behaves as an area that excludes professional women in sports, whose low media visibility does not correspond to either the growing participation or the successes achieved by women's sports in recent years. This study analyzes the presence of female athletes in the cover images in the Spanish regional press throughout the year 2018. The cover photograph is the main claim on the front page, which in turn reflects what are the editorial criteria followed by each medium. The analysis sample is made up of nine local newspapers that have prominent Sports sections: El Correo, El Diario Vasco, El Periódico, Diario de Navarra, Ideal de Granada, Heraldo de Aragón, La Vanguardia, La Verdad and La Voz de Galicia . In addition, for comparison, two national newspapers (El Mundo and El País) and one purely sports newspaper (Marca) are included. The results of the study indicate that the regional daily press gives more visibility to women athletes than national media and that they always show them in relation to their sport and without pejorative connotations in the textual and visual treatment of the information.

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Sports journalism, local journalism, daily press, women's sports, gender, photojournalism

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Author Biographies

José Luis Rojas Torrijos, University of Sevilla

Professor of Journalism at the Faculty of Communication of the University of Seville. PhD in Journalism and member of the 'Communication & Social Sciences' (COM&SOC) research group of the Department of Journalism II of the University of Seville. His line of teaching and research is focused on sports journalism, topics on which he has written four monographs and dozens of articles and conference communications. Likewise, he has coordinated the collective book Manual sports journalism (Tirant, 2017). He has been a Brand innovation advisor and co-author of the Cadena SER style book. Author of the blog acad.mico Quality Sports Journalism 

Miguel Ángel Jimeno López, University of Navarra

Graduate in Information Sciences and PhD in Communication from the University of Navarra, where he currently teaches the subjects of Newspaper Publishing and Journalistic Projects. Author of numerous articles in Spanish and foreign magazines, he has worked as a consultant in the processes of remodeling or launching twenty newspapers in Spain, Portugal, Argentina, Chile, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic and the Emirates .arabs. He was director of Nuestro Tiempo magazine (1999-2008). Member of the jury for the .H awards, the best journalistic design in Spain, Portugal and Latin America, he is also president of the jury for the Letras Enredadas Award (iRedes). Editor of the La Buena Prensa blog and organizer of the La Buena Prensa Awards.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.33115/udg_bib/cp.v8i16.22357

Published

2019-11-12

How to Cite

Rojas Torrijos, J. L., & Jimeno López, M. Ángel. (2019). The presence of women athletes in the regional press in Spain. An analysis of the cover photo. Communication Papers. Media Literacy and Gender Studies., 8(16), 33. https://doi.org/10.33115/udg_bib/cp.v8i16.22357