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Does local news side with local organizations? A case study of boosterism and dependence on local and national sources /

This case study examines how local news tends to represent a crisis of a local organization differently from national news. Based on reviewing literature on local news boosterism, this study suggests a couple of reasons for differences between local and national news coverage: local source organizat...

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Main Authors: Kim, Eunyoung (Author), Lowrey, Wilson (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Human Kinetics, Inc., 2018.
Series:SAGE Business Cases.
Subjects:
Journalism, Regional > Maryland > Baltimore.
Local mass media > Maryland > Baltimore.
Journalism > Objectivity.
City promotion > Maryland > Baltimore.
Sports > Economic aspects > Maryland > Baltimore.
Presse régionale > Maryland > Baltimore.
Médias locaux > Maryland > Baltimore.
Presse > Objectivité.
Villes > Marketing > Maryland > Baltimore.
Sports > Aspect économique > Maryland > Baltimore.
City promotion
Journalism > Objectivity
Journalism, Regional
Local mass media
Sports > Economic aspects
Maryland > Baltimore
Electronic books.
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This case study examines how local news tends to represent a crisis of a local organization differently from national news. Based on reviewing literature on local news boosterism, this study suggests a couple of reasons for differences between local and national news coverage: local source organizations' boosting the city's economy and symbolic values and variability in dependence on organizational sources by local news. When a local organization faces a crisis, local news media tend to cover issues more supportively than do national news media. Content analyses of local and national news about the crisis for the Baltimore Ravens professional football team related to player Ray Rice's domestic violence case in 2014 show positive relationships between dependence on organizational sources and more supportive coverage on local news than that of national news. Local and national news both employed the frames of economic consequences and symbolic boosterism, but in different ways. Theoretical and practical implications are presented in the discussion.
Item Description:Originally Published InKim, E., & Lowrey, W. (2018). Does local news side with local organizations? A case study of boosterism and dependence on local and national sources. International Journal of Sport Communication, 11(1), 123-140.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781526499547
1526499541