Sports media and identity: a theory-practice network

体育媒体与身份：理论与实践网络

• 批准号: AH/W003988/1
• 负责人: Roger Domeneghetti
• 金额: $ 3.1万
• 依托单位: Northumbria University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FW003988%2F1
• 关键词: Sports; media; identity; theory; practice

The sports media is a compelling site of cultural negotiation which brings into sharp relief specific forms of gender as they are articulated through intersections with other distinct social categories, in particular: race, sexuality and dis/ability. Academic work showing cultural prejudice against women and minority groups articulated within the sports media is well established. This is predicated on the particular significance afforded to such social hierarchies in the sporting arena, which is one of the most high-profile areas of modern society in which segregation on the basis of gender and/or dis/ability is deemed acceptable. The issues of racism, homophobia and trans rights are also areas of contestation which cannot be overlooked. Although the 'colour line' barring black athletes from competing with and against white athletes no longer exists, colourism remains within sports media representations of athletes. While athletes are not excluded from competition on the basis of their sexuality, it remains the case that, for example, there is no openly homosexual professional male footballer in England. Debates about the participation of trans women athletes in women's sports continue to be hotly contested. These factors are a reflection of, and further contextualised by, contemporary debates about minority rights and identity politics of which social movements and associated campaigns, for example #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter, are a visible part. Thus, as Cairns argues, it is vital that sports journalists are equipped to handle such complex and challenging issues.At the same time there is a pressing need to ensure that research is both informed by, but also relevant to, professional practice. It is vital for scholars concerned with the narratives constructed around social identities by and within sports media to actively translate their research for non-academic audiences. Sport media scholars can only adequately drive future research into intersectional representation in sports media, shape its values, and give it the direction it needs to remain relevant by building strong networks with appropriate media, sport and leisure policy makers and practitioners. By working with members of organizations such as the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) and the Sports Journalists' Association (SJA), the network will facilitate not only research-informed pedagogy in the field of sports media studies and related academic areas but also produce recommendations for sports journalism courses both within and outside the academy.The network's main activity will be a series of working papers produced focused on the intersection of gender with race, disability and LGBTQ+ issues. The working documents will identify the three to four most pressing issues effecting sports media in the relevant area as agreed through workshop discussions involving the attending academic and non-academic participants. In turn, these working papers will facilitate the production of a final report that will provide recommendations and guidance for current professional practice in the area. The report will also provide recommendations to facilitate research-informed teaching, therefore impacting upon pedagogical practice and giving those entering the profession in forthcoming years the insight and skills to navigate the issues addressed in the report. Thus, the network seeks to shape the content of future sports media outputs by changing both the content of current sports media practice and the pedagogical practice of current sports journalism trainers (and thus future sports media practice).

体育媒体是一个引人入胜的文化谈判网站，它通过与其他不同社会类别的交集来阐明，尤其是：种族，性和疾病/能力/能力。表现出对体育媒体中阐述的妇女和少数群体的文化偏见的学术工作已得到充分确立。这是基于体育领域的这种社会等级制度所具有的特殊意义，这是现代社会中最引人注目的领域之一，在该领域中，基于性别和/或DIS/DIS/能力的种族隔离是可以接受的。种族主义，同性恋和跨性别权利的问题也是竞争的领域，不可忽视。尽管“色线”禁止黑人运动员与白人运动员竞争和与白人运动员竞争，但色情仍然留在运动员的体育媒体表现中。尽管没有根据性行力将运动员排除在竞争之外，但例如，英格兰没有公开的同性恋专业男性足球运动员。关于跨性别女运动员参与女子运动的辩论继续激烈争夺。这些因素反映了当代辩论有关少数群体权利和身份政治的当代辩论，这些辩论的社会运动和相关运动，例如#MeToo和#blacklivesmatter，是一个明显的部分。因此，正如凯恩斯（Cairns）所说，重要的是，体育记者有能力处理如此复杂且具有挑战性的问题。同时，有迫切需要确保研究既依赖研究，又与专业实践有关。对于与体育媒体围绕社会身份构建的叙述有关的学者来说，这是至关重要的，积极地转化了他们对非学术受众的研究。体育媒体学者只能充分推动未来在体育媒体中的交叉代表，塑造其价值观，并通过与适当的媒体，体育和休闲政策制定者和从业者建立强大的网络来保持相关性所需的方向。通过与组织成员（NCTJ）和体育新闻记者协会（SJA）等组织的成员合作，该网络不仅会在体育媒体研究和相关学术领域的研究中知识的教学法促进体育新闻学课程的建议，而且还会促进一系列的竞争培训培训培训培训培训培训，这是一系列的竞争范围。 LGBTQ+问题。这些工作文件将通过通过涉及参加学术和非学术参与者的研讨会讨论来确定相关领域的体育媒体的三到四个最紧迫的问题。反过来，这些工作论文将有助于生产最终报告，该报告将为该地区当前的专业实践提供建议和指导。该报告还将提供建议，以促进研究知识的教学，从而影响教学实践，并在未来几年中赋予那些进入该职业的人的洞察力和技能，以应对报告中有关的问题。因此，该网络试图通过更改当前体育媒体实践的内容和当前体育新闻学培训师的教学实践（以及未来的体育媒体实践）来塑造未来体育媒体的输出的内容。