Levelling the field? The English Football Association's promotion of their men's and women's national teams through Twitter

Author:

Doehler Steph1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. School of Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport, Open University, UK

Abstract

This study examines and compares the coverage of both the England men's and women's national football teams by their governing body, The Football Association (FA), immediately before, during and immediately following their respective 2020 and 2022 European Championships. Content analysis of two of the FA's official Twitter accounts demonstrates some positive shifts in the general representation of the women's football team. However, concerns remain regarding the FA's social media strategy whereby they promote the women's team through a discrete profile rather than their general Twitter account, which has a much larger following. This paper argues that social media provides governing bodies with an opportunity to effectively promote their women's teams and, as such, organisations hold significant responsibility to achieve this should they wish to see the more equitable promotion of women athletes in the wider media.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Social Sciences (miscellaneous),Sociology and Political Science

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