Patterns Associated with Gender in the Media Coverage of Sports

question 54

Multiple Choice

Patterns associated with gender in the media coverage of sports have been slow to change because

• A)media organizations are gendered institutions.
• B)men in sports journalism refuse to cover women's events.
• C)women in sports journalism refuse to cover women's events.
• D)women athletes shy away from media coverage.

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Definitions:

Visual Cliff

An experimental apparatus used to study perception of depth and fear of falling in infants, illustrating their ability to perceive depth.

Size Constancy

The perceptual process by which we perceive an object as being the same size despite changes in the distance from which it is viewed.

Monocular Cues

Visual information that allows perception of depth and spatial relationships using only one eye.

Interposition

A visual cue in which one object partly covering another is perceived as being closer.