Department Of Journalism Research Articles

Editor’s Preface

Editor’s Preface Howard Schlossberg, Editor/JSM This is officially my first edition of Journal of Sports Media and I can’t tell you how excited I am. This issue is full of enriching and groundbreaking stuff for which the journal has become noted under founding Editor Brad Schultz. There’s not enough room here for me to do an adequate job thanking Brad sufficiently enough for stewarding this thing through from birth. He was kind enough to make me a part of the founding Editorial Advisory Board and to allow me to handle coordinating book reviews. All that said, I have no intention of taking the journal anywhere that Brad would not have. The informational value will remain the same, the goals the same, the output the same. I’m a career sportswriter-turned-professor and I still practice both so I maintain a keen interest in advances and trends in the ways sports are reported and the research that evaluates and tracks it while also identifying where it’s going and maybe just how long it may take to get there. (Yes, I believe “sportswriter” is one word, with all credit due to the great Frank Deford.) I’m not looking for the next great groundbreaking piece on sportswriting trends though. That’s what you’re looking for. I’m just the conduit to get it out there. Like me, you are not only sports fans but “fans” of how it’s reported and why it went in that direction. It drives you. Fuels you. Makes you hoard information, save everything relative and clip holes in newspaper sports sections. It makes you ask questions. So I’m asking a question now, and that’s for you to keep asking about sports coverage, how it got where it is and where it’s going. And why. What technologies are driving it and what people are driving those technologies. Who’s the next Roone Arledge and who’s the next, dare I say it, Keith Olbermann, Jim Gray and/or (Deadspin’s) A. J. Daulerio? I’m not the only inquiring mind out there that wants to know. So let’s [End Page vii] go find ’em. Well, you do that. I’ll help and I’ll distribute too. You guys play power forward and shooting guard and I’ll play point guard, OK? One last thing: I could’ve written this in the last edition, in which Brad sort of transitioned over to me. But because of the great work he’s done and will continue to do, I couldn’t bring myself to write an initial preface as editor in an edition for which he solicited, edited and supervised all that appears. I would not rain on his parade. So, enjoy reading about the World Wide Web and the spider web that’s swallowing up traditional newspaper sports coverage in this issue. Enjoy discovering how Tiger Woods did himself in (did he ever) when he initially came back and even more about how new media is driving all of us in traditional media to be more adaptive, insightful and critical in our reporting. I know I am. Reach me directly with any questions or concerns. I’m at 312-369-8904 at the Journalism Department at Columbia College or am reachable by email at hbssports@gmail.com or hschlossberg@colum.edu. And no cheering in the press box. [End Page viii] Howard Schlossberg, Editor/JSM Columbia College Chicago Copyright © 2012 University of Nebraska Press

The Language(s) of Failure? Unequal Access to Journalism Education and Training at a Former Whites-Only Afrikaans University in South Africa

A former whites-only South African university’s journalism department employs a dual-medium language policy in which Afrikaans and English alternate in classrooms, and students may use either. Admissions processes include a test of linguistic ability (general/cultural knowledge and writing skills). Citing Bourdieu, this article disputes the validity of the test’s score as an indication of a student’s linguistic ability (part of his/her “cultural capital”); in fact, students’ biographical profile form part of their “habitus.” First, levels and composition of cultural capital of different “racial” groups of students show how the way the test determines linguistic ability structures student performances. Second, statistical findings are discussed with reference to the profile and assessments practices of department staff members. Such practical changes could improve selection of black students, but this article also suggests reconsidering the dual-medium language policy.

First person shot. New Forms of Subjectivity between Cinema and Intermedia Networks

Anàlisi is a science journal published by the Journalism and Communication Sciences Department of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). The journal has been published by the UAB Journalism Department since 1980. Anàlisi publishes science articles in the fields of the communication sciences: journalism, advertising and public relations, audiovisual communication, internet, multimedia and similar areas, always from the social and cultural viewpoint and following the theoretical and methodological approaches of the media studies disciplines. Anàlisi will especially value articles from competitive research projects, with a clear articulation of theory and methodology, a well-defined and up-to-date theoretical framework, and proposed as a significant contribution to their subject area and field.

Memorable experiences in the Era of instant music

Anàlisi is a science journal published by the Journalism and Communication Sciences Department of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). The journal has been published by the UAB Journalism Department since 1980. Anàlisi publishes science articles in the fields of the communication sciences: journalism, advertising and public relations, audiovisual communication, internet, multimedia and similar areas, always from the social and cultural viewpoint and following the theoretical and methodological approaches of the media studies disciplines. Anàlisi will especially value articles from competitive research projects, with a clear articulation of theory and methodology, a well-defined and up-to-date theoretical framework, and proposed as a significant contribution to their subject area and field.

Interpretation and analysis of cross media content: the case of Televisió de Catalunya

Anàlisi is a science journal published by the Journalism and Communication Sciences Department of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). The journal has been published by the UAB Journalism Department since 1980. Anàlisi publishes science articles in the fields of the communication sciences: journalism, advertising and public relations, audiovisual communication, internet, multimedia and similar areas, always from the social and cultural viewpoint and following the theoretical and methodological approaches of the media studies disciplines. Anàlisi will especially value articles from competitive research projects, with a clear articulation of theory and methodology, a well-defined and up-to-date theoretical framework, and proposed as a significant contribution to their subject area and field.

Audiovisual 2.0: Narratives, reception and consumption in the new hypertexts

Anàlisi is a science journal published by the Journalism and Communication Sciences Department of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). The journal has been published by the UAB Journalism Department since 1980. Anàlisi publishes science articles in the fields of the communication sciences: journalism, advertising and public relations, audiovisual communication, internet, multimedia and similar areas, always from the social and cultural viewpoint and following the theoretical and methodological approaches of the media studies disciplines. Anàlisi will especially value articles from competitive research projects, with a clear articulation of theory and methodology, a well-defined and up-to-date theoretical framework, and proposed as a significant contribution to their subject area and field.

Tensions of serial narrative in the new media system

Anàlisi is a science journal published by the Journalism and Communication Sciences Department of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). The journal has been published by the UAB Journalism Department since 1980. Anàlisi publishes science articles in the fields of the communication sciences: journalism, advertising and public relations, audiovisual communication, internet, multimedia and similar areas, always from the social and cultural viewpoint and following the theoretical and methodological approaches of the media studies disciplines. Anàlisi will especially value articles from competitive research projects, with a clear articulation of theory and methodology, a well-defined and up-to-date theoretical framework, and proposed as a significant contribution to their subject area and field.

Tensions of serial narrative in the new media system

Anàlisi is a science journal published by the Journalism and Communication Sciences Department of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). The journal has been published by the UAB Journalism Department since 1980. Anàlisi publishes science articles in the fields of the communication sciences: journalism, advertising and public relations, audiovisual communication, internet, multimedia and similar areas, always from the social and cultural viewpoint and following the theoretical and methodological approaches of the media studies disciplines. Anàlisi will especially value articles from competitive research projects, with a clear articulation of theory and methodology, a well-defined and up-to-date theoretical framework, and proposed as a significant contribution to their subject area and field.

A case study in transmedia reception: Fan communities on Facebook and social topics in the brazilian telenovela Passione

Anàlisi is a science journal published by the Journalism and Communication Sciences Department of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). The journal has been published by the UAB Journalism Department since 1980. Anàlisi publishes science articles in the fields of the communication sciences: journalism, advertising and public relations, audiovisual communication, internet, multimedia and similar areas, always from the social and cultural viewpoint and following the theoretical and methodological approaches of the media studies disciplines. Anàlisi will especially value articles from competitive research projects, with a clear articulation of theory and methodology, a well-defined and up-to-date theoretical framework, and proposed as a significant contribution to their subject area and field.

Interpretation and analysis of cross media content: the case of Televisió de Catalunya

Anàlisi is a science journal published by the Journalism and Communication Sciences Department of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). The journal has been published by the UAB Journalism Department since 1980. Anàlisi publishes science articles in the fields of the communication sciences: journalism, advertising and public relations, audiovisual communication, internet, multimedia and similar areas, always from the social and cultural viewpoint and following the theoretical and methodological approaches of the media studies disciplines. Anàlisi will especially value articles from competitive research projects, with a clear articulation of theory and methodology, a well-defined and up-to-date theoretical framework, and proposed as a significant contribution to their subject area and field.

True Advertising Blood: spreading fictional universes

Anàlisi is a science journal published by the Journalism and Communication Sciences Department of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). The journal has been published by the UAB Journalism Department since 1980. Anàlisi publishes science articles in the fields of the communication sciences: journalism, advertising and public relations, audiovisual communication, internet, multimedia and similar areas, always from the social and cultural viewpoint and following the theoretical and methodological approaches of the media studies disciplines. Anàlisi will especially value articles from competitive research projects, with a clear articulation of theory and methodology, a well-defined and up-to-date theoretical framework, and proposed as a significant contribution to their subject area and field.

Memorable experiences in the Era of instant music

Anàlisi is a science journal published by the Journalism and Communication Sciences Department of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). The journal has been published by the UAB Journalism Department since 1980. Anàlisi publishes science articles in the fields of the communication sciences: journalism, advertising and public relations, audiovisual communication, internet, multimedia and similar areas, always from the social and cultural viewpoint and following the theoretical and methodological approaches of the media studies disciplines. Anàlisi will especially value articles from competitive research projects, with a clear articulation of theory and methodology, a well-defined and up-to-date theoretical framework, and proposed as a significant contribution to their subject area and field.

The transformation of the audiovisual contents and the influence of the mobile devices in the new transmedia scene

Anàlisi is a science journal published by the Journalism and Communication Sciences Department of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). The journal has been published by the UAB Journalism Department since 1980. Anàlisi publishes science articles in the fields of the communication sciences: journalism, advertising and public relations, audiovisual communication, internet, multimedia and similar areas, always from the social and cultural viewpoint and following the theoretical and methodological approaches of the media studies disciplines. Anàlisi will especially value articles from competitive research projects, with a clear articulation of theory and methodology, a well-defined and up-to-date theoretical framework, and proposed as a significant contribution to their subject area and field.

A case study in transmedia reception: Fan communities on Facebook and social topics in the brazilian telenovela Passione

Anàlisi is a science journal published by the Journalism and Communication Sciences Department of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). The journal has been published by the UAB Journalism Department since 1980. Anàlisi publishes science articles in the fields of the communication sciences: journalism, advertising and public relations, audiovisual communication, internet, multimedia and similar areas, always from the social and cultural viewpoint and following the theoretical and methodological approaches of the media studies disciplines. Anàlisi will especially value articles from competitive research projects, with a clear articulation of theory and methodology, a well-defined and up-to-date theoretical framework, and proposed as a significant contribution to their subject area and field.

The transformation of the audiovisual contents and the influence of the mobile devices in the new transmedia scene

Anàlisi is a science journal published by the Journalism and Communication Sciences Department of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). The journal has been published by the UAB Journalism Department since 1980. Anàlisi publishes science articles in the fields of the communication sciences: journalism, advertising and public relations, audiovisual communication, internet, multimedia and similar areas, always from the social and cultural viewpoint and following the theoretical and methodological approaches of the media studies disciplines. Anàlisi will especially value articles from competitive research projects, with a clear articulation of theory and methodology, a well-defined and up-to-date theoretical framework, and proposed as a significant contribution to their subject area and field.

Reflexión sobre la motivación de los alumnos de Grado en la elección de estudios de comunicación en las universidades de Madrid.

This paper reflects the research result of a group of professors of Department of Journalism IV (Media Management) of the UCM in July 2010 from a sample consolidated the three hundred students participating in the Summer Media School and whose main objective was their media literacy and familiarity with production processes in the mass media. Among the objectives is to know what reasons drove them to these students attend some of the degrees in Communication at the University of Madrid, from twenty items arising from one of the thirty-four survey questions: Why have you chosen to study this higher degree?

Some studies on political communication in the Obama era: a sociological reading

Anàlisi is a science journal published by the Journalism and Communication Sciences Department of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). The journal has been published by the UAB Journalism Department since 1980. Anàlisi publishes science articles in the fields of the communication sciences: journalism, advertising and public relations, audiovisual communication, internet, multimedia and similar areas, always from the social and cultural viewpoint and following the theoretical and methodological approaches of the media studies disciplines. Anàlisi will especially value articles from competitive research projects, with a clear articulation of theory and methodology, a well-defined and up-to-date theoretical framework, and proposed as a significant contribution to their subject area and field.

The digital generation dealing with a new television model: favourite content and platforms

Anàlisi is a science journal published by the Journalism and Communication Sciences Department of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). The journal has been published by the UAB Journalism Department since 1980. Anàlisi publishes science articles in the fields of the communication sciences: journalism, advertising and public relations, audiovisual communication, internet, multimedia and similar areas, always from the social and cultural viewpoint and following the theoretical and methodological approaches of the media studies disciplines. Anàlisi will especially value articles from competitive research projects, with a clear articulation of theory and methodology, a well-defined and up-to-date theoretical framework, and proposed as a significant contribution to their subject area and field.

Education and LGTB liberation in the cinema of the last years of Francoism

Anàlisi is a science journal published by the Journalism and Communication Sciences Department of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). The journal has been published by the UAB Journalism Department since 1980. Anàlisi publishes science articles in the fields of the communication sciences: journalism, advertising and public relations, audiovisual communication, internet, multimedia and similar areas, always from the social and cultural viewpoint and following the theoretical and methodological approaches of the media studies disciplines. Anàlisi will especially value articles from competitive research projects, with a clear articulation of theory and methodology, a well-defined and up-to-date theoretical framework, and proposed as a significant contribution to their subject area and field.

The student-run public relations firm in an undergraduate program: Reaching learning and professional development goals through ‘real world’ experience

A student-run public relations firm can offer a variety of benefits for an undergraduate program in which there are limited resources for professional involvement by students. The article is a case study that profiles a student-run firm launched in conjunction with a capstone course in a journalism department. Specific learning and professional development goals were established for students, the department, and for clients served by the firm. The article presents a brief summary of successes, along with a discussion of opportunities and challenges. General recommendations are offered for establishing a student-run public relations firm.