TY - JOUR
T1 - Using self-categorization theory to uncover the framing of the 2015 Rugby World Cup
T2 - A cross-cultural comparison of three nations’ newspapers
AU - SCOTT, Olan
AU - Billings, Andrew
AU - Harris, John
AU - Vincent, John
PY - 2018/12/1
Y1 - 2018/12/1
N2 - Research into the framing of sporting events has been extensively studied to uncover newspaper bias in the coverage of global sporting events. Through discourse, the media attempt to capture, build, and maintain audiences for the duration of sporting events through the use of multiple narratives and/or storylines. Little research has looked at the ways in which the same event is reported across different nations, and media representations of the Rugby World Cup have rarely featured in discussions of the framing of sport events. The present study highlights the different ways in which rugby union is portrayed across the three leading Southern Hemisphere nations in the sport. It also shows the prominence of nationalistic discourse across those nations and importance of self-categorizations in newspaper narratives.
AB - Research into the framing of sporting events has been extensively studied to uncover newspaper bias in the coverage of global sporting events. Through discourse, the media attempt to capture, build, and maintain audiences for the duration of sporting events through the use of multiple narratives and/or storylines. Little research has looked at the ways in which the same event is reported across different nations, and media representations of the Rugby World Cup have rarely featured in discussions of the framing of sport events. The present study highlights the different ways in which rugby union is portrayed across the three leading Southern Hemisphere nations in the sport. It also shows the prominence of nationalistic discourse across those nations and importance of self-categorizations in newspaper narratives.
KW - Framing
KW - rugby union
KW - Rugby World Cup
KW - self-categorization theory
KW - sport media
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85054480611&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/9724fb6b-dd9a-3c39-960f-ac2bfb4e02dd/
U2 - 10.1177/1012690217697476
DO - 10.1177/1012690217697476
M3 - Article
SN - 1012-6902
VL - 53
SP - 997
EP - 1015
JO - International Review for the Sociology of Sport
JF - International Review for the Sociology of Sport
IS - 8
ER -