THE INFLUENCE OF BROADCASTING RIGHTS ON SPORTS JOURNALISM: A STUDY CONDUCTED WITH JOURNALISTS ON THE COVERAGE OF THE RIO/2016 PARALYMPIC GAME

This study characterized influences of image and broadcasting rights on the process of producing news stories about Rio/2016 Paralympic Games. This research was qualitative, descriptive, exploratory and inspired by some characteristics of newsmaking studies. We interviewed 15 journalists and editors...

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Autores: Santos, Silvan Menezes dos, Almela, Josep Solves, Souza, Doralice Lange de
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Repositorio:Revista Movimento (Porto Alegre. Online)
Idioma:portugués
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OAI Identifier:oai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/90427
Acceso en línea:https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/Movimento/article/view/90427
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Esporte Paraolímpico
Mídia
Direitos de transmissão
Megaevento esportivo
Esporte
Jogos Paralímpicos
Jornalismo Esportivo
Deporte Paralímpico. Medios de comunicación. Derechos de emisión. Megaevento deportivo
Deporte
Juegos Paralimpicos
Periodismo Deportivo
Paralympic Sports. Media. Broadcasting rights. Sports Mega Event
Sport
Paralympic Games
Sports Journalism
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Sumario:This study characterized influences of image and broadcasting rights on the process of producing news stories about Rio/2016 Paralympic Games. This research was qualitative, descriptive, exploratory and inspired by some characteristics of newsmaking studies. We interviewed 15 journalists and editors from distinct Brazilian media groups and newspapers who covered that mega sporting event. Definitions and delimitations of journalistic activity guided by commercial issues, such as time and space constraints for interviewing athletes and occasional difficulty to access local sports idols for news coverage directed to specific locations, indicate that the breadth and complexity of the information collected by journalists to produce news is restricted when no one holds broadcasting rights.