Men vs Girls: A critical discourse analysis of the representation and portrayal of women athletes in the UK sports media.

在社会的许多领域，包括体育产业中，女性的代表性不足，她们经常被“排斥”。本研究的目标是对英国体育媒体进行纵向分析，评估男性和女性的代表性，并使用批判性话语分析来评估他们的描绘质量。调查结果将用于编制一份风格指南，分发给体育媒体和教育机构。这将突出语言使用在为女性在体育运动中创造公平竞争环境方面的重要性，以及在积极女性榜样的数量和知名度方面的重要性。

Women are underrepresented in many areas of society, including the sports industry where they are often 'othered'. The ambition of this research is to undertake a longitudinal analysis of the UK sports media, assessing the amount of representation men and women are afforded, and using a critical discourse analysis to evaluate the quality of their portrayal. The findings will be used to produce a style guide to be distributed to sports media and educational institutions. This will highlight the importance of language use in levelling the playing field for women in sport, in the number, and visibility of, positive female role models.