2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup

Molly Yanity is an associate professor of Journalism, as well as the director of the Sports Journalism and Journalism Master’s Degree Programs at Quinnipiac University.Danielle Sarver Coombs is a professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Kent State University.

• Introduction and Overview.- News coverage of the U.S. Women’s National Team: Reinforcing or negating perpetuated discriminatory standards.- “Le Moment de Briller?” Examining France’s media coverage of “Les Bleues” and the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup France.- “Utterly ashamed of their behavior”: Examining the media coverage of Cameroon vs. England in the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup.- “Perhaps take back whether everyone likes VAR”: An analysis of broadcaster discourse of 2019 World Cup VAR reviews.- Images, commentary and narratives made with memes from the 2019 FIFA Women’s Women’s World Cup.- You Come at the Queen, You Best Not Miss: Post-Colonial Representations of the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team During the 2019 World Cup.- Megan Rapinoe’s “Power Pose”: Informing and influencing fan performances.- O’Hara’s kiss: Coming out moment or conventional celebration?.- Being there, being here: What critical field methods can tell us about the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup.- A (somewhat)accidental sports tourist: Watching the FIFA Women’s World Cup tournaments in different countries.- Nigerian female football, ambivalence and struggle in the shadows.- Rebel, Rebel! How Megan Rapinoe’s celebrity activism forges new paths for athletes.- Beyond the World Cup: Women’s football in Central-Eastern Europe.- FIFA’s Feminist Foot Soldiers: Case studies on Australia, Aotearoa and who benefits from promoting the Women’s World Cup.- Concluding Thoughts.