Sport Management Journal

Identification and analysis of factors affecting the success of sports reporter

Articles in Press

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Afshin Talebi 1
Sirous Ahmadi 2
Majid Solimani 3
Gholamreza Khaksari 4

1 PhD student in sports management, Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Sports Management, Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran

3 Associate Professor of Physical Education Department, Malayer Branch, Islamic Azad University, Malayer, Iran

4 Department of Physical Education, Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22059/jsm.2025.375653.3287
Abstract
Introduction: The purpose of this research was to identify and analyze the factors affecting the success of sports reporters.

Methods: Qualitative research with a systematic exploratory approach was chosen. The statistical population of the research includes professors of sports management and the field of media with at least two researches in the field of the research topic, prominent sports journalists with at least 10 years of experience and more than a bachelor's degree, and managers in charge of publications, radio and television programs with management experience of more than 5 years and education was more than bachelor's degree. The approximate number of the statistical population was 44 people. The statistical sample was selected based on reaching theoretical saturation (18 people). The research tool included a systematic library study and exploratory (semi-structured) interview. The validity of the tool was evaluated and confirmed based on the validity of the sample, expert opinion, and agreement between the correctors. In order to analyze the findings, a multi-stage conceptual coding method with a systemic analysis approach was used. Based on the extracted conceptual framework, 4 subcategories and 30 open codes were obtained.

Results: The results of selective coding showed that journalists who have technical factors such as media literacy and technology literacy, as well as individual factors such as individual characteristics and individual characteristics related to the job, are more successful than their other colleagues in the field of sports journalism.

Keywords

sports interview
sports reporting
sports reporter
Media literacy
Subjects
Sport Management Journal

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 22 February 2025

  • Receive Date 25 April 2024
  • Revise Date 18 February 2025
  • Accept Date 22 February 2025

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