the aim of this study was to design national pride model and its dimensions with an emphasis on sport. statistical population consisted of all professors and phd students of physical education and other disciplines in state universities. cluster sampling method was used based on geographical distribution. sample was determined as at least 2 and maximum 10 times more than items of the questionna...

Despite dramatic increases in available political information through cable television and the Internet, political knowledge and turnout have not changed noticeably. To explain this seeming paradox, I argue that greater media choice makes it easier for people to find their preferred content. People who like news take advantage of abundant political information to become more knowledgeable and m...

In the age of data processing, news videos are rich mines of information. After all, the news are essentially created to convey information to the public. But can we go beyond what is directly presented to us and see a wider picture? Many works already focus on what we can discover and understand from the analysis of years of news broadcasting. These analysis bring monitoring and understanding ...

A BSTRACT We propose a context-dependent approach to the study of political information. Combining a content analysis of broadcast news with a national survey measuring public awareness of various events, issues, and individuals in the news, we show that properties of national media systems influence both the supply of news and citizens’ awareness of events in the news. Public service-oriented ...

the aim of this study was to explain and prioritize the barriers facing privatization of sports in iran. first, complementary data were gathered, coded and analyzed through the review of the theoretical bases, comparative studies and deep semi–structured interviews with experts in order to identify the barriers facing privatization of sports. after identifying the barriers, the obtained variabl...

News media often engage in strategy framing when covering politics, including strategic press and publicity coverage coined to express the focus on the media’s role in the game of politics, as well as politicians’ calculated publicity and public relations efforts in relation to the media. This study examines the effect of strategic press and publicity coverage on perceptions of political PR onc...

If news organizations hope to keep readers, they must remain credible in the eyes of media consumers. This study considers how different online news formats can affect the perceived credibility of a news medium. Three news media were considered: online newspaper, journalist blog, non-journalist blog. Using an experiment, the researchers studied the effects of media use, media dependency, and po...

The Paralympic Games held in October 2000 provided an illustration of the quality and excitement in elite-level disability sport, and the significant advances in its development. In a short but rich history, disability sport has undergone substantial changes in its organisation, funding and public and political profile. However, there appears to be a paucity of literature that traces and evalua...

This article examines the relative size of gaps in knowledge and participation between the more and less educated as they vary by the quantity and type of news media use. We predicted that the gap between high and low education groups would be smaller among heavy television news users than among light users, whereas the gap between high and low education groups would be larger among heavy newsp...