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Dear colleagues,

Apologies for cross posting.

Registration for On the Same Page? Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice in the Study of Gendered Media Representations of Sport is due to close on Friday, 10th January 2020.


The one-day conference, which will take place on Friday, 17th January, 2020 at Northumbria University's London campus, will provide a platform for the mutual exchange of knowledge and insights between scholars from a range of disciplines and media and sport practitioners and stakeholders. To register, please visit the conference website, here<https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/news-events/events/2020/01/sport-media-and-gender-2020/>.

Keynote speaker

+ Professor Toni Bruce (University of Auckland, New Zealand): Putting gender on the agenda: Strategies for normalising media coverage of sportswomen

Keynote panel

+ Dr Beth Fielding-Lloyd, Sheffield Hallam University; Dr Stefan Lawrence, Newman University; Leon Mann, founder of The Black Collective of Media in Sport & Jane Purdon, CEO of Women in Football.

Panels

Panel 1: Nationality

  *   Dr. Ali Bowes (Nottingham Trent University) & Dr. Niamh Kitching (Mary Immaculate College): The Solheim Cup: Media Representations of Women’s Golf, Gender and (Supra-)National Identity
  *   Dr. Donna Gall (Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada): Frozen Out: Audiences, Affect and Women’s Ice Hockey
  *   Scot Williams (Northumbria University): At the Crossroads: Examining (re)presentations of women’s team sport in the English National Press 2010-20

Panel 2: Practice

  *   Dr Katie Liston (Ulster University) and Mary O’Connor (Chief Executive, Federation of Irish Sport): 20 x 20: What, How, So What?
  *   Dr Anamaria Nicola (University of Bucharest): Objectification of women journalists in sports media. A case study of roles in Romanian television
  *   Dr. Daðhan Irak (University Aix-Marseille): Fragile masculinity online: Twitter comments during the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup

Panel 3: Bodies

  *   Dr Emma Pullen (Loughborough University), Dr Daniel Jackson (Bournemouth University) and Prof. Michael Silk (Bournemouth University): Beyond the shadow of the supercrip: A new framework for understanding the gendered cultural (re)production of Paralympic media narratives
  *   Gabe Knott-Fayle (Loughborough University): A Case for The Hybrid Media System Theory in the Representations of Trans-Athletes
  *   Dr Sarah Crews (University of South Wales) and Dr Solomon Lennox (Northumbria University): Soft Borders and Menstrual Tensions: Resisting hegemonic narratives in boxing

[Please note that the programme published on the website and highlighted in this email should be considered provisional. Every effort will be made to minimise changes but unavoidable scheduling requirements can necessitate changes to the participation of speakers that are beyond our control].

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Conference Details:

Venue: Northumbria University London Campus (110 Middlesex Street, London, E1 7HT)

Date: Friday 17 January 2020

Time: 9am-5pm

Cost: £15 (Lunch and refreshment provided)

To register, please visit the conference website, here<https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/news-events/events/2020/01/sport-media-and-gender-2020/>.

For further information, please contact: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>

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