{"id":358,"date":"2023-02-07T02:16:25","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T02:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cfr\/?page_id=358"},"modified":"2024-09-10T22:36:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T22:36:28","slug":"gender-in-televised-sports-news-and-highlights-shows-1989-2009-2010","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cfr\/content\/gender-in-televised-sports\/gender-in-televised-sports-news-and-highlights-shows-1989-2009-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Gender in Televised Sports: News and Highlights Shows, 1989-2009 (2010)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>CFR Study Reveals Dearth of TV Coverage of Women\u2019s Sports<\/p>\n<p>Participation and excitement over women\u2019s sports may have exploded in recent decades, but you would never know it if you receive your information from nightly TV news and sports highlights shows. Nearly four decades following the passage of Title IX, coverage of women\u2019s sports on news and highlights shows still lags far behind that of men\u2019s sports. In fact, a 2010 CFR-sponsored study revealed that coverage of women\u2019s sports on television news and highlights shows was at its lowest levels ever, since 1989 when the study began.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGender in Televised Sports,\u201d authored by Michael Messner, professor of sociology and gender studies, with Purdue University\u2019s Cheryl Cooky (a graduate of the USC gender studies program), revealed that in 2009 coverage of women\u2019s sports plunged to only 1.6% of all airtime on LA\u2019s three network affiliate sports news broadcasts. ESPN\u2019s popular highlights show \u201cSportsCenter\u201d was no better, devoting only 1.4% of its airtime to women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n<p>Since its release in June, 2010, the \u201cGender in Televised Sports\u201d report has generated considerable public discussion. Advocacy organizations like the Women\u2019s Sports Foundation reported the findings, and professors are using the report in their courses. Numerous bloggers and radio commentators discussed the research. National periodicals, including the Washington Post, the New York Times, and The Nation ran features on the report. However, the TV news and highlights shows that were the subjects of the report\u2019s critical scrutiny continued to deliver a steady flow of men\u2019s football, basketball, and baseball coverage in to America\u2019s living rooms.<\/p>\n<p>In an introduction to the \u201cGender in Televised Sports\u201d report, noted athlete and sports commentator Diana Nyad wrote, \u201cI confess to being shocked to learn that since 1989 very little has changed in the world of televised sports news. As a matter of fact, for women athletes, and fans of women\u2019s sports, things have devolved, rather than having evolved. It is frankly unfathomable, and unacceptable, that viewers are actually receiving less coverage of women\u2019s sports than they were twenty years ago\u2026and that the sports news is still being delivered almost exclusively by men. There is no doubt that there has been a gender revolution in American sports in recent decades. Millions of girls play sports every day. Tens of thousands of women compete in college and professional athletics\u2026It is time for television news and highlights shows to keep pace with this revolution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Download \u201cGender in Televised Sports\u201d in its entirety <a href=\"\/cfr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2023\/02\/tvsports.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"parent":345,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-358","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gender in Televised Sports: News and Highlights Shows, 1989-2009 (2010) - Center for Feminist Research<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cfr\/content\/gender-in-televised-sports\/gender-in-televised-sports-news-and-highlights-shows-1989-2009-2010\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gender in Televised Sports: News and Highlights Shows, 1989-2009 (2010) - Center for Feminist Research\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cfr\/content\/gender-in-televised-sports\/gender-in-televised-sports-news-and-highlights-shows-1989-2009-2010\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Center for Feminist Research\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-10T22:36:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cfr\/content\/gender-in-televised-sports\/gender-in-televised-sports-news-and-highlights-shows-1989-2009-2010\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cfr\/content\/gender-in-televised-sports\/gender-in-televised-sports-news-and-highlights-shows-1989-2009-2010\/\",\"name\":\"Gender in Televised Sports: News and Highlights Shows, 1989-2009 (2010) - Center for Feminist Research\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cfr\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-07T02:16:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-10T22:36:28+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cfr\/content\/gender-in-televised-sports\/gender-in-televised-sports-news-and-highlights-shows-1989-2009-2010\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cfr\/content\/gender-in-televised-sports\/gender-in-televised-sports-news-and-highlights-shows-1989-2009-2010\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cfr\/content\/gender-in-televised-sports\/gender-in-televised-sports-news-and-highlights-shows-1989-2009-2010\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cfr\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Research &amp; 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