Analysis of the dominant discourse on women's championship sports in the country (with emphasis on the championship during of the 90 decade)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• matin taleghani ¹
• Zahra Hazrati someeh ²
• asghar Mohajeri ³

¹ PhD Student in Sports Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Islamic Azad University of Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran,

² Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran

³ Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran

10.30495/jzvj.2022.28496.3614

Abstract

Objective: The present study was conducted to identify and analyze the dominant discourse on women's championship sports in the country and to determine who and what phenomena have the greatest impact on this discourse.
Methodology: The research method based on the nature of the data is qualitative and the analysis method is based on discourse analysis and based on the purpose is applied research. The statistical population of this study includes 42 women champions who were included in the list of people sent to the 2012 and 2016 World Olympic and Paralympic Games . theoretical sampling was used, 4 to 40 people are sufficient for qualitative studies.
Results: Deterrents and Reinforcing factors. Deterrents include: lack of material and moral support of government officials, gender discrimination, lack of club facilities, infrastructure restrictions, patriarchal culture, lack of rewards; and reinforcing factors include: self-confidence, family support, perseverance, high motivation, coach support, teamwork, professional ethics, attention to religious values and women's sports culture.
Conclusion: it can be concluded that in order to develop women's championship sports in the country, we should focus on the categories extracted from this research to use them as mechanisms for the development of women's championship sports.

Keywords

• Discourse analysis
• dominant discourse
• championship sports
• women athletes

20.1001.1.20088566.1401.13.50.11.7

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