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Technology has influenced sports journalism’s development and growth in American society, and has transformed how journalists and organizations work and report the news.The symbiotic relationships between sport, media, technology, and culture have evolved, and their impact on information gathering, processing, and dissemination have been crucial in journalism’s longstanding practice, profession, and public service.The purpose of this chapter is to discuss sports journalism’s rise from its roots in an agricultural, agrarian society to its current status in today’s fast-paced, fragmented, 24/7 digital media environment, where information is instantaneous, interactive, and powerful. Bryant and Holt (2006) divided sport media’s developments into three epochs: TheAgricultural Age,The Industrial Age, and The Information Age. In all three, sport has been a “conduit or medium through which feelings, values, and priorities are communicated” (Wenner, 1998: xiii). |
