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From Social Clubs to Champions for Sports Journalistic Identity and Integrity
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Abstract Taking the FIFA World Cup in Qatar as a point of departure, this article analyses the changing role of national associations of sports journalists in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Introducing the concept of meta-journalistic discourse and well-established media system theories, it is argued that Nord... view more
Taking the FIFA World Cup in Qatar as a point of departure, this article analyses the changing role of national associations of sports journalists in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Introducing the concept of meta-journalistic discourse and well-established media system theories, it is argued that Nordic sports journalism's negotiations of professional practices and standards are shaped by a particular media systemic context with distinct Nordic welfare state-oriented features. One such feature is a tradition of using collective, organized social groups, like democratically based voluntary associations, as instruments for social change. The empirical study explores this through a qualitative thematic analysis of the changing structures, identities, and practices of the national associations of sports journalists across the three countries. This illustrates how the organizations in particular during the last two decades have started very similar processes of transformation away from being mainly social clubs. The associations have used their collective frameworks and bargaining power to ensure independent journalists' access to sports organizations and athletes, and they have engaged in negotiations of what sports journalism is and what constitutes sports journalism in a sports media landscape shaped by strong combined forces of digitization and politicization.... view less
Keywords
digitalization; media; system; politicization; sports; journalism; Denmark; Norway; Sweden; professional association
Classification
Communicator Research, Journalism
Free Keywords
FIFA World Cup; boundary work; digitization; media system; meta journalistic discourse; sports journalism
Document language
English
Publication Year
2024
Journal
Media and Communication, 12 (2024)
Issue topic
Sports Journalists as Agents of Change: Shifting Political Goalposts in Nordic Countries
ISSN
2183-2439
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed