January 2018

A content analysis of pictorial content in entertainment and sports programming networks (ESPN): The magazine’s body issue

The purpose of this study was to examine the pictorial content of entertainment and sports programming networks (ESPN) The Magazine’s Body Issue to determine the type of coverage sportswomen received in the annual special edition. The Body Issue was intended to celebrate the physical characteristics of athletes through visual representation that honored diverse human elements such as body shape, height, and...

Author(s): Tywan G. Martin, Erin McNary, Young Ik Suh and Elizabeth A. Gregg