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Physical education across the international media: a five-year analysis
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Hyndman, B and SueSee, B and McMaster, N and Harvey, S and Jefferson-Buchanan, R and Cruickshank, V and Barnes, M and Pill, S, Physical education across the international media: a five-year analysis, Sport, Education and Society pp. 1-19. ISSN 1470-1243 (2019) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1080/13573322.2019.1583640
Abstract
The message of physical education (PE) has been one of a ‘contested
ground’ with regular debate around its purpose, alongside conceptual
confusions. A major channel of communication that strongly influences
public perceptions is through mainstream media, yet how media
platforms have reported on the PE profession has received a scarcity of
research attention. The aim of this research was to investigate
international media reporting of PE over a five-year period. To generate
key concepts and themes emerging from the international PE media
(English speaking), researchers conducted a Leximancer text mining
analysis of media articles published via the Google News function
between January 2013 and March 2018. A PE for health discourse was
evident from across the international media reporting of PE with regular
concepts and themes focused upon the ‘physical’ including activity,
health, obesity, physical activity and exercise. It was also evident that
there were clear links between the concept of ‘physical education’ with
regulatory concepts such as ‘requirements, reporting and law’. Notable
thematic absences related to how PE goals can be met through
teaching, learning and programming. Unpacking conceptual and
thematic insight into how the PE profession has been reported into the
public sphere sheds light on key trends, discourses and influences that
are being communicated to the public across global contexts.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | physical education, discourse, Leximancer |
Research Division: | Education |
Research Group: | Curriculum and pedagogy |
Research Field: | Physical education and development curriculum and pedagogy |
Objective Division: | Culture and Society |
Objective Group: | Communication |
Objective Field: | The media |
UTAS Author: | Cruickshank, V (Dr Vaughan Cruickshank) |
ID Code: | 135860 |
Year Published: | 2019 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 15 |
Deposited By: | Education |
Deposited On: | 2019-11-19 |
Last Modified: | 2021-11-02 |
Downloads: | 0 |
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