Sport and the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Structuralist Analysis of Key Themes in the UK Mass Media

Giulianotti, Richard; Collison, Holly

doi:10.3389/fspor.2020.578472

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“…The coverage in our research detailed COVID-19–related developments, such as league cancellations and government legislation but, as we detail later, there were several distinct themes within the reports that indicate a shift in the media framing of women’s football. We do, however, acknowledge that the majority of media coverage of sport during the lockdown period was focused on men’s football ( Giulianotti & Collison, 2020 ). It is also salient that there were only 13 reports on women’s football after the EPL resumed on the June 17, 2020, which suggests that news priorities shifted away from women’s football toward men’s – particularly as the elite women’s leagues did not restart until September.…”

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Media Framing of Women’s Football During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Parry

Clarkson

Bowes

et al. 2021

Communication & Sport

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This article examines British media coverage of women’s association football during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, to identify how the media framed the women’s game and how these frames could shape the public perceptions of it. Through a database search of British-based news coverage of women’s football, 100 news articles were identified in the first 6 months after the start of the pandemic. A thematic analysis was conducted, and five dominant frames were detected in the context of COVID-19: 1) financial precariousness of women’s football; 2) the commercial prioritisation of men’s football; 3) practical consideration of the sport (e.g., alterations to national and international competitions); 4) debating the future of women’s football and 5) concern for players (e.g., welfare, uncertain working conditions). These frames depart from the past trivialisation and sexualisation of women’s sport, demonstrate the increased visibility of women’s football, and shift the narrative towards the elite stratum of the game. Most of this reporting was by women journalists, while men were shown to write less than women about women’s football. This research advocates continued diversification of the sports journalism workforce to dissolve the hegemonic masculine culture that still largely dominates the industry.

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Section: Results and Interpretationmentioning

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Media Framing of Women’s Football During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Parry

Clarkson

Bowes

et al. 2021

Communication & Sport

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“…The data collection tool was a researcher‐made electronic questionnaire. The questionnaire was designed by reviewing the relevant literature 21 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 and in accordance with the opinions of four medical informatics experts. These experts had 5–10 years of work experience in the virtual education department of medical universities in Iran.…”

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The information‐seeking behavior of medical sciences students toward COVID‐19 in mass and social media: A cross‐sectional study

Amiri

Moulaei

Bahaadinbeigy

et al. 2022

Health Science Reports

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Background and Aims: During the COVID-19 pandemic, college students can access health-related information on the Internet to improve preventative behaviors, but they often judge the merits of such information and create challenges in the community. The aim of this study was to investigate information-seeking behaviors in regard to COVID-19 among students at Kerman University of Medical Sciences (KUMS) with the help of mass and social media.Methods: The present study is a cross-sectional study, which was conducted using an online researcher-made questionnaire. An invitation to participate in the study was sent to 500 students at KUMS, of which 203 were selected according to the inclusion criteria and completed the questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data.Results: COVID-19 news was mostly obtained through social media platforms such as WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram, radio, and television, as well as online publications and news agencies. Social media platforms such as WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram, and satellite networks such as BBC contained the most rumors about COVID-19. Some of the most common misconceptions regarding COVID-19 were as follows: "COVID-19 is the deadliest disease in the world," "COVID-19 is a biological attack," and "COVID-19 disappears as the air temperature rises." In addition, most of the virtual training provided through mass media focused on "refraining from visiting holy places and crowded locations such as markets,""observing personal hygiene and refraining from touching the eyes, nose, and mouth with infected hands," and "the role of quarantine in reducing the incidence of COVID-19." Conclusion: Our findings demonstrated that during the pandemic, students used social media platforms the most to obtain health-related information and these media have a significant impact on their willingness to engage in preventative behaviors and take the COVID-19 risk seriously.

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“…In the framework of this endeavor, the best-known coaches of the UK conducted public training sessions, in which citizens that were open to physical activities could participate by watching the coverage. A similar role was taken by Britain’s most popular athletes, several of whom encouraged people to do sports through the communication tools available to them and provided them with expert advice on how to implement effective physical activity [ 129 ]. A tendency, which was very similar, was observed among celebrity influencers on Instagram, who were rather keen on posting content popularizing physical activity during the spread of the novel coronavirus [ 130 ].…”

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Lockdowns and Physical Activities: Sports in the Time of COVID

Harangi–Rákos

Pfau

Bába

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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As aging causes challenges in several countries globally, more and more people are suffering from bad health conditions. Nowadays, COVID-19 causes many problems—and one of the root causes of these problems is the isolation of people from each other. The aim of our article is to investigate the effects of COVID-19 on people’s physical activity. Physical activity is strongly correlated with health status and health preservation is very important to minimize the negative effects of the pandemic. In order to investigate this topic, we prepared an extended literature review, citing the most important sources of COVID-related health-preservation issues. Our results showed that the negative economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic have caused a decrease in physical activities in several cases. A reduction in possible physical activities has a potential negative effect on the life expectancies of elderly people. In order to underline the importance of physical activities, we prepared an extended literature review, aiming to summarize the available knowledge related to COVID-19. As a conclusion we recommend to strengthen, maintain, and develop available sporting possibilities for people. The most important of these recommendations is the development of physical activities that are available for free.

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Sport and the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Structuralist Analysis of Key Themes in the UK Mass Media

Cited by 12 publications

References 18 publications

Media Framing of Women’s Football During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Media Framing of Women’s Football During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The information‐seeking behavior of medical sciences students toward COVID‐19 in mass and social media: A cross‐sectional study

Lockdowns and Physical Activities: Sports in the Time of COVID

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