Sports Journalism Content When No Sports Occur: Framing Athletics Amidst the COVID-19 International Pandemic.

IF 3.2 1区 文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION
Sean R Sadri, Nicholas R Buzzelli, Patrick Gentile, Andrew C Billings
{"title":"Sports Journalism Content When No Sports Occur: Framing Athletics Amidst the COVID-19 International Pandemic.","authors":"Sean R Sadri,&nbsp;Nicholas R Buzzelli,&nbsp;Patrick Gentile,&nbsp;Andrew C Billings","doi":"10.1177/21674795211001937","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>On March 11, 2020, the National Basketball Association suspended its season after a player tested positive for COVID-19. Within days, the rest of the sports world similarly suspended play in the wake of the pandemic. This study focuses on sports media storytelling when covering athletic competition was no longer an option. Utilizing four distinct time periods and framing theory as the foundation of our theoretical framework, the content analysis examined shifts from the normal reporting routine and how those shifts morphed as pandemic information dictated. As the pandemic grew more widespread, health and safety became the predominant focus of national sports media. In spring 2020, sports news experienced a significant shift in coverage as economic and fairness frames were replaced with health, safety, and quality of life as the principal frames in the coded articles. By pinpointing the major differences in coverage across time, the study revealed that sports content and frames quickly shifted to reflect the perceived severity to the global health community, while the sources used in those articles stayed largely the same. The theoretical and applied implications of the study are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":46882,"journal":{"name":"Communication & Sport","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2000,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/21674795211001937","citationCount":"8","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Communication & Sport","FirstCategoryId":"98","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795211001937","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"COMMUNICATION","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 8

Abstract

On March 11, 2020, the National Basketball Association suspended its season after a player tested positive for COVID-19. Within days, the rest of the sports world similarly suspended play in the wake of the pandemic. This study focuses on sports media storytelling when covering athletic competition was no longer an option. Utilizing four distinct time periods and framing theory as the foundation of our theoretical framework, the content analysis examined shifts from the normal reporting routine and how those shifts morphed as pandemic information dictated. As the pandemic grew more widespread, health and safety became the predominant focus of national sports media. In spring 2020, sports news experienced a significant shift in coverage as economic and fairness frames were replaced with health, safety, and quality of life as the principal frames in the coded articles. By pinpointing the major differences in coverage across time, the study revealed that sports content and frames quickly shifted to reflect the perceived severity to the global health community, while the sources used in those articles stayed largely the same. The theoretical and applied implications of the study are discussed.

没有体育活动时的体育新闻内容:新冠肺炎国际大流行病中的体育框架。
2020年3月11日,在一名球员新冠肺炎检测呈阳性后,美国国家篮球协会暂停了本赛季。几天之内,在疫情爆发后,体育界其他地区也同样暂停了比赛。当报道体育比赛不再是一种选择时,这项研究的重点是体育媒体的故事讲述。内容分析利用四个不同的时间段和框架理论作为我们理论框架的基础,研究了正常报告程序的变化,以及这些变化是如何随着疫情信息的变化而变化的。随着疫情的蔓延,健康和安全成为国家体育媒体的主要关注点。2020年春季,随着经济和公平框架被健康、安全和生活质量作为编码文章的主要框架所取代,体育新闻的报道发生了重大转变。通过指出不同时间报道的主要差异,该研究表明,体育内容和框架很快发生了变化,以反映全球卫生界所感知的严重程度,而这些文章中使用的来源基本保持不变。讨论了该研究的理论和应用意义。
本文章由计算机程序翻译,如有差异,请以英文原文为准。
求助全文
约1分钟内获得全文 求助全文
来源期刊
CiteScore
7.00
自引率
11.10%
发文量
44
×
引用
GB/T 7714-2015
复制
MLA
复制
APA
复制
导出至
BibTeX EndNote RefMan NoteFirst NoteExpress
×
提示
您的信息不完整,为了账户安全,请先补充。
现在去补充
×
提示
您因"违规操作"
具体请查看互助需知
我知道了
×
提示
确定
请完成安全验证×
copy
已复制链接
快去分享给好友吧!
我知道了
右上角分享
点击右上角分享
0
联系我们:info@booksci.cn Book学术提供免费学术资源搜索服务,方便国内外学者检索中英文文献。致力于提供最便捷和优质的服务体验。 Copyright © 2023 布克学术 All rights reserved.
京ICP备2023020795号-1
ghs 京公网安备 11010802042870号
Book学术文献互助
Book学术文献互助群
群 号:481959085
Book学术官方微信