Sports Journalism
Context and Issues
- Raymond Boyle - University of Glasgow, UK
Journalism
- Journalism
"Very clear and accessible, addressing key and complex issues in a plain and clearcut way."
-Alan Tomlinson, University of Brighton
Across all media; print, broadcast as well as online, sports journalism has come to occupy an increasingly visible space. This book looks at the institutional, cultural and economic environment and provides an invaluable overview of contemporary sports journalism across all media forms. The book:
- Situates sports journalism within the broader historical, economic, technological and cultural contexts.
- Examines the commercialisation of sport and the impact this is having on sports journalism.
- Looks at the relationship between PR and journalism.
- Considers the gendered nature of the industry and the impact of digital technology on professional practice.
"I applaud Boyle's book as an attempt to study an important field of journalism that is too often ignored or note taken seriously. News organizations devote massive resources to sports coverage and even the most erudite people often are avid followers of at least one sport. Sports journalism deserves and requires serious analysis such as this book provides."
—COMMUNICATION RESEARCH TRENDS
"One of the major strengths of the book is that Boyle interviewed widely within the industry and thus his narrative offers a diverse range of understanding and analysis of sports journalism."
—American Journalism
An essential text for all students of this field. It explores the questions that all future sports journalists need to be asking themselves - about the relationship between sport and money, sport and the media, sport and PR, even sport and politics. A thorough analysis of the forces at work that - in Boyle's words - are changing what sports journalism is and who sports journalists are.
Very good book. takes unique point of view. I will definitely intend to add it to my syllabus
This is a perfect book to accompany any sports journalism course.
It gives learners the background on how the media affects sport and vice versa.
I would recommend this book for any journalism student who has an interest in sport as it will provide the knowledge they need to be a thought-provoking sports writer or reporter, to cut through the public relations speak and also to adopt the kind of technology needed for modern sports reporting.
It also sets out how reporting on sport has changed from a predominently print background to today's hi-tech, multi-media coverage.
An interesting textbook and one which many students will find helpful. For degrees that offer sports journalism as a module this will be a valuable text book. For degrees in which students perhaps want to specialist this will make good supplementary reading. Of particular use to those students perhaps conducting studies and research into the world of sports journalism.
Another invaluable title which deals in depth with the arena of sports journalism. Packed with ideas and angles from which to approach sports reporting.
