Karen H. Weiller

Gender Bias In The 1996 Olympic Games A Comparative Analysis

This study examined the televised coverage of the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta to determine the amount of coverage time, quality of coverage devoted to men’s and women’s same sport activities, and to compare this coverage with that of the 1992 Summer Olympic Games. Of the more than 150 hours of NBC televised coverage, a total of 60 hours was then randomly selected as an appropriate sample. A content analysis was then performed on those segments that featured same-sport activities for men and women. This included quantitative (e.g., running time, length of segments, number of slow motion replays, and use of onscreen statistics) and qualitative (e.g., the narrative of the commentators) analyses. Although the findings suggest there have been notable improvements in the way female athletes were presented in the 1996 Olympic Games as compared to the 1992 Olympic Games, there are still many disparities in the coverage of women’s sports, especially those that traditionally appeal to the media audience.

Coaching preferences of adolescent youths and their parents

Abstract This study compared preferred coaching styles of children and their parents using the Leadership Scale for Sport (LSS; Chelladurai & Saleh, 1980). The LSS preferred form was revised and then administered to children ranging from 10 to 18 years of age who competed in summer youth sport leagues and to one parent within each family unit (n = 239). A doubly multivariate repeated measure MANOVA revealed a significant multivariate difference for adolescent athletes and their parents on the five subscales of the LSS. Discriminant function and univariate analyses indicated that male and female children and their parents differed on autocratic and democratic behavior and children had a significantly higher score on democratic behavior and social support than did their parents. Parents, coaches, and researchers in youth sports could use the revised LSS to determine children-athletes’ preferences for coaching styles and for developing more effective programs.

Teacher-Student Interaction: An Exploration of Gender Differences in Elementary Physical Education

Teacher-Student Interaction: An Exploration of Gender Differences in Elementary Physical Education Karen H. Weiller & Eva J. Doyle To cite this article: Karen H. Weiller & Eva J. Doyle (2000) Teacher-Student Interaction: An Exploration of Gender Differences in Elementary Physical Education, Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 71:3, 43-45, DOI: 10.1080/07303084.2000.10605112 To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/07303084.2000.10605112