Within the sports media world, it is very common for networks to expand their presence to include twitter as well. Thus, the gender gap extends onto this interface. In particular, Twitter can become a place to undermine women's athletic accomplishments. For example, the 2016 Summer Olympics was met with a lot of sexist tweets - for example, Chicago Tribune's referral of bronze medalist Corey Cogdell-Unrein as the "Wife of a Bear's lineman" rather than by her own name.
Similarly, many women in the sports media world are subject to mass amounts of both hate and unwanted sexual advancements on Twitter. As shown in the video below where men read tweets directed at female sports broadcasters, women are forced to put up with copious amounts of sexual harassment. These critical remarks made to females in the sports world serve as a discouragement to women hoping to join the field. When pursuing a sports broadcasting career, sexist media attention is currently a very important consideration. |