Normalizing the Sports Journalism Niche

Nicholas R. Buzzelli

ISBN 10: 1636678297 / ISBN 13: 9781636678290

Published by Peter Lang, Peter Lang Nov 2024, 2024

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Neuware -Focused on how sportswriters (from various legacy, digital, and fan-oriented platforms) perceive competition, and differentiate their work as a result, this book provides an understanding of how the niche nature of news has segmented itself into the sports media marketplace. 200 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Normalizing the Sports Journalism Niche
• Publisher: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Nov 2024
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1636678297
• ISBN 13: 9781636678290
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 157H x 15D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 157 millimeters height by 15 millimeters depth
• Weight: 448 grams

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Synopsis

To offer a comprehensive overview of the current and perceived future state of sports journalism competition, this book draws on insight from 100 qualitative interviews with sportswriters working within five unique subsets of written content (daily newspapers, team-run media, The Athletic, Substack newsletters, and SB Nation blogging).

Using four main communication concepts (gatekeeping, niche gratification, diffusion of innovations, and journalistic boundary work) as the guiding framework, this book examines how various disseminators of written sports information are able to coexist in the modern sports journalism ecosystem by catering to the niche.

About the Author

Nicholas R. Buzzelli is an Assistant Professor of Sports Media at High Point University. Previously, he taught in the Communication Department at Mississippi College after completing his Ph.D. in Communication & Information Sciences at the University of Alabama (2022). His research primarily focuses on sports journalism processes and norms.