Sports journalism

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Sports journalism comprises journalistic contributions from sports events in the media . Sports coverage can be found in all known media genres.

history

From the beginning until 1945

The beginnings of sports journalism were laid in the early 18th century. At that time newspapers were mainly used to disseminate information on official topics. However, sport had no real status in the as yet underdeveloped media world. It was not until the end of the 19th century that newspapers such as Spiel und Sport or Sport im Bild set up sports departments that mainly dealt with what was happening in sport, even if this was initially reserved for the privileged classes of the bourgeoisie. The German-Austrian Allgemeine Sport-Zeitung gives the best, because it is continuous, overview: Organ for all branches of sport (1879–1927), in which the ups and downs of individual sports can be easily understood.

The First World War interrupted the development of sports reporting. At the same time, football , in particular, found its way into and accepted it in Germany . He became the driving force behind sports reporting.

With the spread of radio , a new dimension of reporting was made possible. In the time of National Socialism , the recipients followed live sports events such as the Olympic Games via the Volksempfänger . The National Socialists ensured that well-known Jewish journalists had to leave the country and thus know-how was lost. In addition, the sports coverage was abused by the Propaganda Ministry , so that the information was no longer in the foreground, but the ideology of the National Socialists.

From 1945 until today

After the Second World War, people reflected on who was using the supposedly 'non-political' sport and with what goals it was spread in the media. After 1945 the Allied Powers initially issued licenses for the media to unencumbered authors and journalists. From 1949 onwards, sports journalists who had already been active during the National Socialist era came back into the media .

Television has now been added to the media landscape . It enabled a visual representation of moving images . The triumphant advance of television was supported by the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland , which attracted the German population to the still rare television sets and thrilled the enthusiastic fans. After the appearance of the public broadcasters , the Sportschau and Das current Sportstudio became trademarks of German sports reporting. Later on, the private broadcasters RTL and Sat.1 also broadcast the Bundesliga and turned their formats into brands that Ran is still used today.

See also

literature

  • Markus Kaiser : Sports journalism. In: Markus Kaiser (Ed.): Special Interest. Departmental journalism - concepts, training, practice , Munich (Econ-Verlag) 2012, pp. 28–49, ISBN 978-3-430-20145-2

Web links

Wiktionary: Sports journalist  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Erik Eggers, in Schierl, T. (2007): Handbuch Medien, Kommunikation und Sport. Schorndorf, p. 11 ff .; P. 17 ff .; P. 26 ff.
  2. ↑ Vienna: Verl. D. General Sports newspaper, 1879–1927
  3. ↑ Erik Eggers (2000): Snatching its secret from the moment. On the history of sports photography . Jena / Quedlinburg, p. 11.
  4. ↑ Eggers, E. in Schierl, T. (2007); Handbook Media, Communication and Sport ". Schorndorf, p. 17 ff.
  5. ^ Arnd Krüger (1993). Cui bono? On the effect of sports journalism, in: Arnd Krüger & Swantje Scharenberg (ed.): How the media prepare sports - selected aspects of sports journalism. Berlin: Tischler, pp. 24–65.
  6. ↑ Eggers, E. in Schierl, T. (2007); Handbook of media, communication and sport ". Schorndorf, p. 26 ff.
  7. ↑ Website for the article with further information ( Memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive )