Reportorial or Essayistic Paradigm? – a Few Remarks about the Sports Report Cover Image

Reportorial or Essayistic Paradigm? – a Few Remarks about the Sports Report
Reportorial or Essayistic Paradigm? – a Few Remarks about the Sports Report

Author(s): Rafał Siekiera
Subject(s): Media studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Theory of Communication, Sports Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: press; sports report; stylistics;

Summary/Abstract: The article attempts to decide whether the sports report is more about the information or the commentary. On the basis of an analysis of press material, the author examines different characteristics of the genre and tries to determine their compatibility with the news canon. As the analysis shows, the contemporary sports report is less about news and more about commentary, interpretation and evaluation. Journalists tend to summarize the competition and briefly describe the course of events. It makes the sports report similar to press comment and review.

  • Issue Year: 35/2016
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 103-113
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English