Kiefer S, Scharfenkamp K. Does Online Media Put Beauty Before Performance? The Impact of Physical Attractiveness on the Popularity of Female Tennis Players in Online Media. International Journal of Sport Finance. 2018;13(2):156-182.Discussions about the impact of physical attractiveness on the popularity of competitive athletes have received much attention from scholars and the worldwide media. We provide new insights into this debate, and draw managerial implications by estimating OLS and Tobit regressions to test whether and to what extent the physical attractiveness of professional female tennis players affects (changes in) their popularity in online media. Based on a sample of the top 100 Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) single ranki...
Today, an elite athlete cannot only focus on their sport, it has become impossible to ignore social ...
Title: Popularity of the sports media in the press and on the Internet - the sociodemographic profil...
Professional sports has evolved from a game to an organization that has been codified, strategized, ...
What is beautiful is good, the ancient Greek lyric poet Sappho wrote over 2,500 years ago. Studies i...
Understanding the interest of sports fans in professional tennis has valuable operational and market...
Social sciences, anthropology, psychology, and economics researchers have shown various effects of p...
The present study examines whether there is an impact of physical attractiveness on athletic perform...
Abstract Background Following and posting sport-related content on social media is wide-spread among...
Media outlets have given male athletes an abundance of coverage and favorably framed them compared t...
Effects of athletic performance and marketable lifestyle on consumers' engagement with sport celebri...
The spread of digital media culture can be seen in action in almost every walk of life. The use of o...
Gender representations in mediated sport have been persistently biased against women – female athlet...
Item does not contain fulltextThis study examines the effects of physical attractiveness and aggress...
Social media has taken the sports world by storm, bringing along some new and unique challenges. Soc...
This dissertation aims to analyze the portrayal of women tennis players within tabloid print media d...
Today, an elite athlete cannot only focus on their sport, it has become impossible to ignore social ...
Title: Popularity of the sports media in the press and on the Internet - the sociodemographic profil...
Professional sports has evolved from a game to an organization that has been codified, strategized, ...
What is beautiful is good, the ancient Greek lyric poet Sappho wrote over 2,500 years ago. Studies i...
Understanding the interest of sports fans in professional tennis has valuable operational and market...
Social sciences, anthropology, psychology, and economics researchers have shown various effects of p...
The present study examines whether there is an impact of physical attractiveness on athletic perform...
Abstract Background Following and posting sport-related content on social media is wide-spread among...
Media outlets have given male athletes an abundance of coverage and favorably framed them compared t...
Effects of athletic performance and marketable lifestyle on consumers' engagement with sport celebri...
The spread of digital media culture can be seen in action in almost every walk of life. The use of o...
Gender representations in mediated sport have been persistently biased against women – female athlet...
Item does not contain fulltextThis study examines the effects of physical attractiveness and aggress...
Social media has taken the sports world by storm, bringing along some new and unique challenges. Soc...
This dissertation aims to analyze the portrayal of women tennis players within tabloid print media d...
Today, an elite athlete cannot only focus on their sport, it has become impossible to ignore social ...
Title: Popularity of the sports media in the press and on the Internet - the sociodemographic profil...
Professional sports has evolved from a game to an organization that has been codified, strategized, ...