Physical education across the international media: a five-year analysis

B Hyndman; B SueSee; Natalie McMaster; S Harvey; R Jefferson-Buchanan; V Cruickshank; Melissa Barnes; S Pill

doi:10.1080/13573322.2019.1583640

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Physical education across the international media: a five-year analysis

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Physical education across the international media: a five-year analysis

B Hyndman, B SueSee, Natalie McMaster, S Harvey, R Jefferson-Buchanan, V Cruickshank, Melissa Barnes and S Pill

Sport, Education and Society, Vol.25(3), pp.274-291

2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2019.1583640

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Abstract

physical education

discourse

communication

reporting

Leximancer

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.

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Title: Physical education across the international media: a five-year analysis
Authors: B Hyndman (Author) - Charles Sturt University
B SueSee (Author) - University of Southern Queensland
Natalie McMaster (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - School of Education
S Harvey (Author) - Ohio University, United States
R Jefferson-Buchanan (Author) - Charles Sturt University
V Cruickshank (Author) - University of Tasmania
Melissa Barnes (Author) - Monash University
S Pill (Author) - Flinders University
Publication details: Sport, Education and Society, Vol.25(3), pp.274-291
Publisher: Routledge
Date published: 2020
DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2019.1583640
ISSN: 1357-3322
Organisation Unit: School of Education - Legacy; Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; School of Education and Tertiary Access; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451250802621
Output Type: Journal article

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