Journal article
Sports journalism’s relationship with sport’s corporate sector: a comparison between Australia, India and the United Kingdom
Australian Journalism Review, Vol.35(2), pp.47-57
2013
Abstract
Previous research has been critical of sports journalism's relationship with sport's corporate and business sectors. Employing gatekeeping theory, this study examines the level of commercial influence in the newspaper sports pages and sports homepages of six broadsheet or quality newspapers in Australia, India and the United Kingdom. Data was gathered from a content analysis of 4103 web and print articles across a 12-day sample over two constructed weeks. The results show that commercial influences are a significant factor in the production of the sports pages in Australia and the UK and, to a lesser extent, India. This result supports the observation of an overall trend towards increased commercialisation in journalism.
Details
- Title
- Sports journalism’s relationship with sport’s corporate sector: a comparison between Australia, India and the United Kingdom
- Authors
- Peter A English (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Business
- Publication details
- Australian Journalism Review, Vol.35(2), pp.47-57
- Publisher
- Journalism Education Association of Australia Inc.
- Date published
- 2013
- ISSN
- 0810-2686
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2013 Journalism Education Association of Australia Inc. Reproduced here with permission of the publisher. This is an electronic version of an article published in Australian Journalism Review, 35:2. 47-57. Australian Journalism Review is available online at: http://jeaa.org.au/publications/
- Organisation Unit
- School of Business and Creative Industries; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Creative Industries - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99448738902621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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