Sports Comm. Ch 7
The first U.S. newspaper sports department and first newspaper sports section both initially appeared at newspapers in the late 19th century in what city?
New York City
In which decade did the golden age of radio in the United States begin?
Began in the 1930s.
Explain what is meant by the symbiotic relationship between sport and mass media.
Sport now has become one of the most dominant topics in the media
According to the Global Sports Media Consumption Report in 2014, 70 percent of the U.S. population claimed to follow sports, with _______ the number one medium used to do so.
Television used 94%.
Among major wire services, which one covers the most sporting events in the United States?
The Associated Press (AP).
The first newspaper sport story published in the United States in 1733 focused on which sport?
The Boston Gazette focused on boxing
Which television network was the first to regularly broadcast the Olympics and primetime sporting events such as Monday Night Football?
ABC
Prior to being fired by ESPN in 2015, what new-age sport media professional founded Grantland and helped build up the ESPN 30 for 30 sports documentaries?
Bill Simmons
Which U.S. professional league currently generates the largest sports broadcasting contracts in the United States and has been featured in most of the highest-rated shows in all of U.S. television history?
NFL
Explain the purpose of wire services.
Provides sport news to both print and non-print media organizations and customers. Sport journalists are the ones who report to the wire services.
Define and provide an example of the media convergence expected of sport media professionals in the 21st century.
The ability to adapt to new technologies and to take on similar forms. An example could be ESPN the magazine. ESPN is a network but is also able to use an older style (magazine) to show their product.
What was the first major electronic medium in the United States?
The radio.
Most sport news is now reported through which social medium?
According to the Alliance for Audited Media, what were the three most circulated daily newspapers in the United States in 2014?
USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times
