This book takes a close look at the themes of media and communication in the context of the 2023 FIFA Womens World Cup, one of the most attended womens sporting events in history.
This book takes a close look at the themes of media and communication in the context of the 2023 FIFA Womens World Cup, one of the most attended womens sporting events in history.
Featuring the work of leading researchers from around the world, the book examines how the tournament was represented through traditional, digital and social forms of media, and considers how an analysis of media and communications in, around and after the tournament can help to illuminate our understanding of key themes in the study of women and sport. The book presents a series of important and fascinating cases - including media representation of Muslim women at the tournament; analysis of media reaction to USWNT results; the role of podcasts in the coverage of the tournament, and a social media analysis of sexual violence toward women athletes at the WWC that together form a multi-layered picture of a seminal event in the history of womens sport.
This book is vital reading for anybody with an interest in womens sport, gender and sport, the sociology of sport, media studies, communication studies, event studies or sport business and management.
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'The dearth of comprehensive research into the many aspects of womens football has been noted time and time again. The exploration of the media coverage around the 2023 Womens World Cup in Yanity's and Coombs' texts is a valuable, in-depth and gripping contribution to critiques of the rapidly changing media landscape around womens football that can wield huge power.'
Suzy Wrack, women's football correspondent, Guardian News & Media, UK
1. Introduction: Why Does the Coverage of Womens Soccer Matter?, PART I
- On Traditional Media Channels: Global Coverage Inbounds,
2. What is Womens
Soccer? Comparing the Societal Function of the 2023 FIFA Womens World Cup in
Global Media Coverage,
3. Media Representation in Canada: Finding Space
Beyond the Inspiration Ethos for CANWNT,
4. A News and Social Media Analysis
of Sexual Violence Toward Women Athletes at the 2023 FIFA Womens World Cup:
FIFA Must Show the Red Card to Sexual Abuse,
5. Media Framing of Aitana
Bonmatķ Before, During and After the 2023 FIFA Womens World Cup: Good
Morning, Catalonia,
6. One Nation, One Team? The U.S. Womens National Team
and the Politics of Failure,
7. How Time Zones Acted as a Barrier and
Impacted Viewership and Allegiance for the 2023 FIFA Womens World Cup:
Adjust your Clock,
8. Journalism Professors Take Students to the Press Box:
Studying Abroad at the 2023 FIFA Womens World Cup,
9. The Role of Instagram
in Enhancing the Traditional Media Coverage of the 2023 FIFA Womens World
Cup, PART II - On Digital and Social Media: What the World Sees Beyond the
Pitch,
10. Exploring the Role of Podcasts in Coverage of the 2023 FIFA
Womens World Cup,
11. How Australias Matildas Shattered Coverage Norms and
Established Themselves as Financial Juggernauts Through Family,
12.
Colombia Made History On the Pitch at the 2023 FIFA Womens World Cup, but
Came Up Short in the Digital Media Space,
13. Unbelievable The Emotions
Football Can Give You: The Construction of Loss Through USWNT Player
Instagram Posts,
14. Athlete Branding During the 2023 FIFA Womens World Cup:
An Analysis of Elite Players Use of Instagram Stories,
15. Megan Rapinoe as
Athlete, Celebrity, And Advocate: Social Media Engagement and Brand Identity
on Instagram,
16. Muslimness, Women, and Sport: Interrogating Instagram
Reactions to Moroccos Benzina at the 2023 FIFA Womens World Cup
Molly Yanity is professor and director of the sports media and communication program at the University of Rhode Island, USA. A former sportswriter, Yanity also serves as a board member for the International Association for Communication and Sport.
Danielle Sarver Coombs has widely published research centered on politics, sports, and the politics of sport. She is an expert on consumer insights research and understanding fandom. She is based at Ravensbourne University London, UK.