Abstract
The current study is intended to examine how mass media, specifically newspaper articles, have framed the issues of sports gambling. A total of 286 U.S. newspaper articles covering sports gambling during the five years between 2009 and 2013 were analyzed in terms of three aspects of framing: (1) the types of issues covered, (2) the sources of information cited, and (3) the manner in which either episodic or thematic stories were employed. The results of the current study revealed that issues of legalization were the most commonly highlighted, that legal experts were the most frequently cited sources of information, and that thematic framing was the most commonly employed style in newspaper articles regarding sports gambling.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 63-85 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| Journal | Journal of Sports Media |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2016 |
User-Defined Keywords
- sports gambling
- framing theory
- episodic and thematic frames
- newspaper coverage