{"title":"Social Media and Sports Journalism in Zimbabwe","authors":"Lyton Ncube, Admire Mare, Itai Muzondo","doi":"10.1080/17512786.2023.2279334","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTSocial media has opened up alternative spaces for the production, distribution, and consumption of sports news across the world. Previously, legacy media were the main spaces through which sports news and commentaries were mediated. Despite these transformations, few empirical studies have unpacked the disruptive impacts of these digital technologies in the global South. Utilising insights from Pfaffenberger’s concept of “technological dramas”, we investigate how sports journalism has been reconfigured by social media in Zimbabwe. Further, we assess ways in which sports journalists are incorporating social media into their everyday newsmaking routines. We also examine the extent to which sports journalists have the appropriate digital skills and competencies required to operate in a multimedia environment. Importantly, we highlight the ethical challenges that Zimbabwean sports journalists are navigating in the digital age. Data was collected through in-depth semi-structured interviews with 15 purposively sampled sports journalists from across Zimbabwe’s hybrid media ecosystem. Findings show that sports journalists are increasingly depending on social media for news production, distribution, and audience engagement. Notable challenges facing multimedia sports journalists include limited access to digital devices and internet connectivity.KEYWORDS: Sports journalismsocial mediamisinformationethical dilemmasmultimediatechnological dramasZimbabwe Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.","PeriodicalId":47909,"journal":{"name":"Journalism Practice","volume":" 23","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2000,"publicationDate":"2023-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journalism Practice","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2023.2279334","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"COMMUNICATION","Score":null,"Total":0}
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ABSTRACTSocial media has opened up alternative spaces for the production, distribution, and consumption of sports news across the world. Previously, legacy media were the main spaces through which sports news and commentaries were mediated. Despite these transformations, few empirical studies have unpacked the disruptive impacts of these digital technologies in the global South. Utilising insights from Pfaffenberger’s concept of “technological dramas”, we investigate how sports journalism has been reconfigured by social media in Zimbabwe. Further, we assess ways in which sports journalists are incorporating social media into their everyday newsmaking routines. We also examine the extent to which sports journalists have the appropriate digital skills and competencies required to operate in a multimedia environment. Importantly, we highlight the ethical challenges that Zimbabwean sports journalists are navigating in the digital age. Data was collected through in-depth semi-structured interviews with 15 purposively sampled sports journalists from across Zimbabwe’s hybrid media ecosystem. Findings show that sports journalists are increasingly depending on social media for news production, distribution, and audience engagement. Notable challenges facing multimedia sports journalists include limited access to digital devices and internet connectivity.KEYWORDS: Sports journalismsocial mediamisinformationethical dilemmasmultimediatechnological dramasZimbabwe Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
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ournalism Practice provides opportunities for reflective, critical and research-based studies focused on the professional practice of journalism. The emphasis on journalism practice does not imply any false or intellectually disabling disconnect between theory and practice, but simply an assertion that Journalism Practice’s primary concern is to analyse and explore issues of practice and professional relevance. Journalism Practice is an intellectually rigorous journal with all contributions being refereed anonymously by acknowledged international experts in the field. An intellectually lively, but professionally experienced, Editorial Board with a wide-ranging experience of journalism practice advises and supports the Editor. Journalism Practice is devoted to: the study and analysis of significant issues arising from journalism as a field of professional practice; relevant developments in journalism training and education, as well as the construction of a reflective curriculum for journalism; analysis of journalism practice across the distinctive but converging media platforms of magazines, newspapers, online, radio and television; and the provision of a public space for practice-led, scholarly contributions from journalists as well as academics. Journalism Practice’s ambitious scope includes: the history of journalism practice; the professional practice of journalism; journalism training and education; journalism practice and new technology; journalism practice and ethics; and journalism practice and policy.
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