Methodology for examining stereotypical written and photographic reporting on the sports page.

In their examiniation of written and photographic newspaper reporting of interscholastic sports, Pedersen and Whisenant (2003) determined the existence of hegemonic masculinity within the sports pages of the Florida print media. Based upon their analysis, they found that both female and male athletics were over-represented in both written and photographic coverage of traditionally accepted "sex appropriate" sports. Male athletics were under-represented in both written and photographic coverage of "sex inappropriate" sports. Female athletics, when analyzing their participation in isex inappropriatei sports, were under-represented in the photographic coverage but not in the written coverage.

Pedersen and Whisenant (2003) used content analytic methodology to examine articles and photographs of interscholastic …