Salman Jafari; Bahram Akbari khooshe Mehr; Hossein Sadegi; Atefeh Shargi
Abstract
The purpose of this research was to studythe role of mass media informing about sailing competitions of Maragheh and it's effect on the development of sailing competitions. It was a descriptive – analytic research. The population consisted of experts of Youth and Sports administration, ...
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The purpose of this research was to studythe role of mass media informing about sailing competitions of Maragheh and it's effect on the development of sailing competitions. It was a descriptive – analytic research. The population consisted of experts of Youth and Sports administration, physical education mangaers of different regions of the municipality, all physical Education university professors and coaches, supervisors and officials participating in the 21st national championship canoe competition that the total number were 108 people. Given the limited staticals society, research samples were selected by population census method. A researcher - made questionnaire was used to collect information. the validity of this questionnaire was verified by 5 sport management professors and the reliability was obtained 0/82 using Cronbach's alpha. To analyze data, pearson correlation coefficient, single-variable regression and Friedman test were used by SPSS software. The results showed that there is a significant relation between role of mass media informing about sailing races in Maragheh city on the development of this field, and mass media could forecast 36 percent of changes in sailing. also the findings showed that there is a significant difference between the prioritization of components of mass media and prioritization of mass media types from the point of view of experts and specialists. The overall conclusion is that the role of mass media informing can be used as a powerful tool for the development of sailing