QUESTION 1 Historically, studies have shown that print and electronic media have

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QUESTION 1 Historically, studies have shown that print and electronic media have continued to emphasize what aspect(s) of women in sports: a. The femininity of women in sports by picturing athletes more often in posed rather than active shots. b. Women who participate in sports traditionally associated with men. c. Women's physical attractiveness and personal stories rather than their athletic achievements. d. All of the above e. Both a and c QUESTION 2 In general, media coverage of women in sports tends to be: o a. Significantly less than the number of women competing in organized sports b. Proportional to the number of women competing in organized sports C. Proportional to men's interest in women's sports d. Significantly more than the number of women competing in organized sports QUESTION 3 The success of women in the 1996 Olympics and the creation of four new women's professional sports leagues in the late 1990s brought hope to advocates for women athletics that: a. The male-biased practices of the sport media would be challenged b. The tendency to marginalize and trivialize female athletes' accomplishments would be denounced C. Media coverage of women's sports would increase d. All of the above QUESTION 4 According to Fink and Kensicki (2002), Sports Illustrated included more athletic action photographs of female athletes than photos depicting female athletes in nonsport settings. True False QUESTION 5 Fink and Kensicki (2002) posed possible explanations for the contrast in how women were portrayed in Sports llustrated for Women vs. Sports Illustrated. Which of the following is NOT one of those explanations? a. Homophobia b. The need to satisfy advertisers and the general sports readership in order to make the magazine profitable C.Women readers are more interested in hearing about athletes' families and personal stories d. Ambivalence in portraying positive images of female athletes combined with subtle messages that tend to trivialize female athletes' sports performances

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ANS 4) FALSE : The studies reaveled that their was a declining coverage as majority of female sports figures were featured in conventional feminine norms or majority of females were depicted in passive poses.

ANS 5) B)-------- The need to satisfy advertisers & general sports readership in order tomake the magazine more profitable.

ANS 3) C)-------- The coverage of women sports would increase , because the sports females were were depicted in passive poses & to some extend they would rather show only their positive poses of sports action . the females of the generation would show more interest in sports activities.

ANS 2) A ) -- The siginificantly less than the number of women competing organised number.

--.As male athletes receive more media attention & the coverage,is basically focused on their skills & performance , While female athletes media attention is more likely to focus on their physical attractiveness or non related activities.

ANS 1) E) both a& c--- As studies have shownthat print media & the electonic media have continued to emphasize what aspect( s) of women sports.

The basic concept is how the media portait the coverings of women sports athletes not for their skills or performances & their achived records BUT tries to focus on their non sport related activities or their physical attractiveness & to make their magazine more profitable.

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