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September 27, 2022
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Twitter as a sports dissemination tool: the representation of female athletes

Publicated to:Retos. Nuevas Tendencias En Educación Física, Deporte Y Recreación. 45 (44): 763-773 - 2022-01-01 45(44), DOI: 10.47197/retos.v44i0.91558

Authors: Ada-Lameiras, Alba; Rodriguez-Castro, Yolanda

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Univ Rey Juan Carlos, Mostoles, Spain - Author
Univ Vigo, Vigo, Spain - Author

Abstract

Twitter has become a new communication channel in which a large amount of sports information is shared, especially among younger people. Younger generations form their gender identity through the messages they receive, therefore, it is of utmost importance to analyse how women are being represented within the Spanish sports media Twitter accounts. Do they reinforce stereotypes or do they communicate from an egalitarian perspective? Through a qualitative methodology, the images published about women during 6 months (March to August 2016), of four Spanish sports media accounts (@ElPais_Deportes, @ABC_Deportes, @Marca and @MundoDeportivo) are analysed. The results show how stereotypes and objectification of women are moving from female athletes to non-athletes. Ultimately, inequality remains on Twitter, although in a more covert way, influencing society's perception of gender roles in sport and the importance of female athletes in today's society.

Keywords

BodyCoverageEqualityFemale athletesFeminismGenderGender stereotypesImagesJournalismNewsObjectificationPrint mediaSocial mediaWomen

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Retos. Nuevas Tendencias En Educación Física, Deporte Y Recreación due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Dialnet (Dialnet Métricas). In the year of publication of the work, 2022, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil).

Notably, the journal is positioned in the Quartile Q3 for the agency Scopus (SJR), in the category Education, classified as B in other national agencies such as CIRC, classified as C by the agency AGUAR.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-09-08:

  • WoS: 2
  • Scopus: 5

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-09-08:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 24 (PlumX).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Adá Lameiras, Alba) .

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Adá Lameiras, Alba.