Sports Journalists as Agents of Change

An International Academic Perspective

Bibliographic Data

ID21225011
AuthorsAlina Bernstein (0000-0003-2086-9523, College of Management Academic Studies, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume12
Publication date2024-07-22
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedia and Communication (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2183-2439 • E-ISSN: 2183-2439
PublisherCogitatio (PUBLISHER • PT)
DOI10.17645/mac.8057
OpenAlexW4400686137
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited24

Sports journalists can act as agents of change in society since they have a unique and powerful platform to influence public opinion, raise awareness, advocate for various issues through their reporting and commentary, and overall promote positive change in society. This is perhaps more obvious when looking at recent research from the Nordic countries. However, are sports journalists able to be, and do they even wish to be, agents of change in countries such as Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Spain, Germany, and Israel? Based on academic writing and interviews with media and sports scholars, this article examines the academic discourse that tries to assess to what extent sports journalism may be professionalized in a select number of countries in the European Union and the Middle East. Respondents were asked to speak about how they, as academics, perceived the extent to which sports journalists in each country have substantial autonomy from the economic and political systems and to what extent they are agents of change in their country

Art · Media studies · Sociology · Psychology · Social Psychology · Sports, Gender, and Society

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