A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Newspaper Sports Sections

This study is a content analysis of sports news in three major newspapers, one in Iceland, England, and the United States. The cross-cultural comparisons focused on aspects of quantification in sport, coverage of female sports, amateur, semi-professional, and professional sports, and the problematic...

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Published in:International Review for the Sociology of Sport
Main Authors: Valgeirsson, Gunnar, Snyder, Eldon E.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 1986
Subjects:
Iceland
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/101269028602100205
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spelling crsagepubl:10.1177/101269028602100205 2024-10-06T13:49:52+00:00 A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Newspaper Sports Sections Valgeirsson, Gunnar Snyder, Eldon E. 1986 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/101269028602100205 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/101269028602100205 en eng SAGE Publications https://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license International Review for the Sociology of Sport volume 21, issue 2-3, page 131-139 ISSN 1012-6902 1461-7218 journal-article 1986 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/101269028602100205 2024-09-10T04:26:58Z This study is a content analysis of sports news in three major newspapers, one in Iceland, England, and the United States. The cross-cultural comparisons focused on aspects of quantification in sport, coverage of female sports, amateur, semi-professional, and professional sports, and the problematic aspects of sports. The research shows differentiations in the structure of sport in Iceland when compared to England and the United States. The findings confirm the ideological and commercial interrelationship between sport and the media. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland SAGE Publications International Review for the Sociology of Sport 21 2-3 131 139
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