<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article presents differences in describing sportspeople during the last four Olympic Games in terms of gender and nationality in Polish newspapers. The fundamental goal of the research was to perform the quantitative and qualitative comparison of press materials from four Olympics (Vancouver 2010, London 2012, Sochi 2014, Rio de Janeiro 2016). The content analysis was used for the quantitative part of the study and critical discourse analysis of two newspapers (the broadsheet and tabloid) in Poland for qualitative part. 712 media articles were analyzed. Our analysis has revealed significant underrepresentation of women and also differences in the description of rival competitors as well as overrepresentation of articles about Polish representatives during the Olympics. Those articles dwelt on the issue of nationality much more often and were more emotionally charged. Also, to a great extent, the performance of non-Polish women athletes was left unconsidered. The authors therefore indicate the validity of combining gender analysis and nationality in the context of the Olympic Games.</p></abstract>

The article presents differences in describing sportspeople during the last four Olympic Games in terms of gender and nationality in Polish newspapers. The fundamental goal of the research was to perform the quantitative and qualitative comparison of press materials from four Olympics (Vancouver 2010, London 2012, Sochi 2014, Rio de Janeiro 2016). The content analysis was used for the quantitative part of the study and critical discourse analysis of two newspapers (the broadsheet and tabloid) in Poland for qualitative part. 712 media articles were analyzed. Our analysis has revealed significant underrepresentation of women and also differences in the description of rival competitors as well as overrepresentation of articles about Polish representatives during the Olympics. Those articles dwelt on the issue of nationality much more often and were more emotionally charged. Also, to a great extent, the performance of non-Polish women athletes was left unconsidered. The authors therefore indicate the validity of combining gender analysis and nationality in the context of the Olympic Games.

“Our ladies” versus “our dominators”: Gender differences and nationalist discourse in the Polish Olympic coverage

Józef Pilsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw

University of Physical Education in Budapest

Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research

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The article presents differences in describing sportspeople during the last four Olympic Games in terms of gender and nationality in Polish newspapers. The...

“Our ladies” versus “our dominators”: Gender differences and nationalist discourse in the Polish Olympic coverage

Published Online: Jul 06, 2020

Page range: 9 - 23

Received: Jan 30, 2020

Accepted: Jun 02, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pcssr-2020-0015

Keywords
gender, nationality, sport, Olympic Games, Polish daily newspapers

© 2020 Natalia Organista et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

“Our ladies” versus “our dominators”: Gender differences and nationalist discourse in the Polish Olympic coverage

Published Online: Jul 06, 2020

Page range: 9 - 23

Received: Jan 30, 2020

Accepted: Jun 02, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pcssr-2020-0015

Keywordsgender, nationality, sport, Olympic Games, Polish daily newspapers

© 2020 Natalia Organista et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
gender, nationality, sport, Olympic Games, Polish daily newspapers