Sports journalism has since its beginning been predominantly produced by men, and it took a long time for women to be welcomed into the industry. The main purpose of this study is to compare how female and male sports journalists experience their work situation from an equality perspective. For further understanding, we will explain how the participants found their way into the field of journalism.Semi structured interviews were conducted on six participants. Three male, and three female. The results of the interviews showed that none of the journalists experiences any form of discrimination at their current workplace. Although, the women have all experienced at some point in their careers that the boyish culture affected their work. They have sometimes felt that they are not taken as seriously as their male colleagues and are treated in the same way. This from both audience, readers and colleagues. The men themselves have never experienced any gender-based discrimination, but they have all witnessed female colleagues being victimized.Hegemonic masculinity has a great grip on the world of sports. That a male norm prevails becomes clear in the examples when the male respondents talk about their female colleagues who are treated badly by male athletes. There it becomes clear that even though the newsrooms and reporters themselves strive for an equal and gender-aware workplace, it is not always the newsroom that decides what working conditions should prevail for the journalists out in the field.All respondents believe that sports journalism can become more equal, even though they don't personally have any problems that effects their daily work. They believe that one must think more actively and reflect on the problems that exist in order for there to really be an improvement in the big picture.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:umu-211289 |
| Date | January 2023 |
| Creators | Lidberg Vikström, Ina, Lidberg Vikström, Hanna, Belay, Judith |
| Publisher | Umeå universitet, Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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