RT Journal Article
T1 The most gender-equal Olympics? A corpus-assisted keywords analysis of Italian press coverage of male and female athletes in Paris 2024
A1 Frabotta, Simona
A1 Fernández Cruz, Javier
K1 Lenguaje no sexista
K1 Lengua italiana - Análisis del discurso
AB The Paris 2024 Olympic Games were the most gender-equal in athlete participation. This article analyzes Italian media coverage to assess the representation of male and female athletes, focusing on narrative equality and gender biases. Using a corpus of Italian daily journal articles, we conducted a Corpus-Assisted Discourse Analysis. Results show that women’s sports received less  coverage  than  men’s,  are  more  likely  to  be  represented  in  traditionally  “feminine”  sports  like  gymnastics,  while  in  other  sports  they  were  underrepresented.  The  media  emphasized  gender  and  regulatory  issues,  especially  concerning  transgender  athletes. Additionally, female athletes were often depicted through emotional lenses, while male athletes were framed through competitiveness  and  achievement.  Despite  growing  participation  equality,  media  portrayals  of  athletes  remain  influenced  by  traditional gendered narratives, indicating a need for further examination as sports media evolves.
PB Universitat Politècnica de València
YR 2025
FD 2025-07
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/39525
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/39525
LA eng
NO Frabotta, S., & Fernández-Cruz, J. (2025). The most gender-equal Olympics? A corpus-assisted keywords analysis of Italian press coverage of male and female athletes in Paris 2024. Revista De Lingüística Y Lenguas Aplicadas, 20, 17–31. https://doi.org/10.4995/rlyla.2025.22927
NO PID2020-115310RB-I00PID2022-141057OBI00
NO Margarita Salas research program from the Spanish Ministry of Universities, supported by the European Union – Next Generation EU
NO Análisis de Sentimiento de base lingüística con parsing retórico-discursivo (DisParSA) (2021–2025) is funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation
NO The R&D&I project Alfabetización Crítica Feminista en la Formación Inicial Docente para Abordar los Discursos Multimodales de la Cultura Mediática y el Metaverso (Freedom), PID2022-141057OBI00, is funded by the Ministry of Universities, the State Research Agency, and co-funded by the European Union
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026