Olympic sports in new media: websites as journalism sources

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/extraprensa2019.153948

Keywords:

Sports newsmaking, Interview with journalists, Brazilian Olympic Committee, Journalism sources, Digital media

Abstract

This article is based on the doctoral thesis in progress which deals with the use of Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) sports news contents. A challenge of making visible the olympic sports on the media as well their values of friendship, respect and excellence. So, this paper also has the main objective to answer the he following question: The COB website, by providing that user/interactors access information on the main events of the Olympic modalities would have been used as a source on the development of guidelines to be developed by journalists specialized in sports? With the purpose of discussing the use / functionality of the journalistic web contents from the Brazilian Olympic Committee, this thesis also focuses on the collection and analysis of interviews with researchers, journalists and media professionals.

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Author Biography

  • Carlos Augusto Tavares Junior, University of São Paulo (USP)

    Doctorate in Communication Sciences (USP)
    Master of Science in Communication (USP)
    Specialist in Media, Information and Culture (CELACC - USP)
    Bachelor in Social Communication (Unimep)

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Published

2019-10-17

How to Cite

Tavares Junior, C. A. (2019). Olympic sports in new media: websites as journalism sources. Revista Extraprensa, 12, 417-441. https://doi.org/10.11606/extraprensa2019.153948