Athlete Portraits in News: Influence of Media Representation and Gender on Social Perception.

IF 2.9 4区 心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY Spanish Journal of Psychology Pub Date : 2024-10-28 DOI:10.1017/SJP.2024.21
Antonio Herrera, M Dolores Sánchez-Hernández, M Carmen Herrera, Francisca Expósito
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Previous literature suggests that in masculinized domains, a stereotypical portrayal of women has a negative impact on society's perception of them. However, the influence of media representation on people's perceptions of athletes depending on their gender, as well as its possible consequences for both men and women, remains unexplored in the sports sphere. Through two experimental studies employing a scenario methodology, we aimed to address this gap in the literature: In Study 1 (N = 190), we tested the influence of the media's representation (focused on the professional field vs. extraprofessional field) and the athlete's gender (man vs. woman) on perceptions, and in Study 2 (N = 625), we examined the effect of gender for an athlete receiving media coverage focused on the extraprofessional field. Study 1's results showed that when media representation was based on the professional (vs. extraprofessional) field, participants perceived the news as more credible, believed that the media valued the athlete's capacity to a greater extent, and attributed more merit to the athlete. Moreover, Study 2, focused on an extraprofessional field, indicated that when a man athlete (vs. woman athlete) was portrayed, participants were more likely to consider the news content accurate, which, in turn, was associated with a higher attribution of competence to the athlete and a higher intention to consume sports media in the future. The study will hopefully help reduce beliefs about existing stereotypes as well as discrimination against women, whether in sports or in any other field (e.g., professionally or in education).

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新闻中的运动员肖像:媒体表现和性别对社会认知的影响》。
以往的文献表明,在男性化领域,对女性的刻板印象会对社会对她们的看法产生负面影响。然而,在体育领域,媒体的表现形式会根据运动员的性别影响人们对运动员的看法,并对男女运动员可能产生的后果,这些问题仍未得到探讨。通过两项采用情景模拟法的实验研究,我们旨在填补这一文献空白:在研究 1(N = 190)中,我们测试了媒体报道(关注专业领域与非专业领域)和运动员性别(男性与女性)对认知的影响;在研究 2(N = 625)中,我们考察了性别对接受媒体报道的运动员(关注非专业领域)的影响。研究 1 的结果显示,当媒体以专业领域(相对于专业领域外)为报道对象时,受试者认为新闻更可信,认为媒体在更大程度上重视运动员的能力,并认为运动员有更多的优点。此外,针对专业外领域的研究 2 表明,当报道的是男性运动员(与女性运动员相比)时,受试者更有可能认为新闻内容是准确的,这反过来又与受试者对运动员能力的更高归因以及未来消费体育媒体的更高意愿相关联。希望这项研究有助于减少对现有陈规定型观念的看法以及对女性的歧视,无论是在体育领域还是其他领域(如职业或教育领域)。
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Spanish Journal of Psychology
Spanish Journal of Psychology Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics
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期刊介绍: The Spanish Journal of Psychology is published with the aim of promoting the international dissemination of relevant empirical research and theoretical and methodological proposals in the various areas of specialization within psychology. The first Spanish journal with an international scope published entirely in English.
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