TY - JOUR
T1 - How Mediated Sporting Events Constitute Nationalism
T2 - Chinese Newspapers Covering the 2014 Incheon Asian Games
AU - Li, Bo
AU - Stokowski, Sarah
AU - Dittmore, Stephen
AU - SCOTT, Olan
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Informed by framing theory, the study strove to investigate nationalism by examining Chinese newspaper coverage of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games. Through document and textual analysis of 324 articles from 5 mainstream newspapers, the study indicated that Chinese newspapers always portrayed Chinese athletes as “dominating the competition” and “lacking opponents in Asia” while portraying other countries’ athletes as “less competitive” and not at the “level of Chinese athletes.” The results also suggested that Chinese newspapers tried to positively spin the story when reporting the failure of Chinese athletes at the Asian Games. However, to increase readership and enhance public awareness of the Asian Games, Chinese newspapers also attempted to created rivalries between Chinese athletes and competing nations and, at times, emphasized national failures.
AB - Informed by framing theory, the study strove to investigate nationalism by examining Chinese newspaper coverage of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games. Through document and textual analysis of 324 articles from 5 mainstream newspapers, the study indicated that Chinese newspapers always portrayed Chinese athletes as “dominating the competition” and “lacking opponents in Asia” while portraying other countries’ athletes as “less competitive” and not at the “level of Chinese athletes.” The results also suggested that Chinese newspapers tried to positively spin the story when reporting the failure of Chinese athletes at the Asian Games. However, to increase readership and enhance public awareness of the Asian Games, Chinese newspapers also attempted to created rivalries between Chinese athletes and competing nations and, at times, emphasized national failures.
U2 - 10.1123/ijsc.2015-0104
DO - 10.1123/ijsc.2015-0104
M3 - Article
SN - 1936-3915
VL - 9
SP - 79
EP - 96
JO - International Journal of Sport Communication
JF - International Journal of Sport Communication
ER -