Amin Salimi; Mina Mallaei; Hamid Ghasemi
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The purpose of this study was to review the best books in the sports genre in the world and analyze its content.The research method of this research is quantitative, in terms of strategy, descriptive, in terms of purpose, applied and in terms of data collection, documents for which the content analysis ...
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The purpose of this study was to review the best books in the sports genre in the world and analyze its content.The research method of this research is quantitative, in terms of strategy, descriptive, in terms of purpose, applied and in terms of data collection, documents for which the content analysis method was used.Based on this, the Amazon bookstore site was selected as the research sample. The statistical population included all sports genre books available on Amazon and Goodreads. The statistical sample consisted of the top 100 fiction books in the sports genre in terms of sales, points and audience, which were selected non-randomly. To collect data, the top 100 books in terms of sales in April were selected and based on 16 categories (including expert opinion, audience votes and ratings, date of publication, book names, cover image, sports covered, etc.) Were analyzed and examined. 94% of the books were published between 2016-2020, 43% of the books have sports names and 77% of the books are related to sports. The most covered sports are hockey, American football, and football and baseball. 81% of the first characters of the books are men and 19% are women. Also, 81% of the books are part of a multi-part series.Domestic writers and publishers can try to create works and books in the sports genre by following the example of the creative and prolific writers of developed societies and take steps to improve their performance.
Mina Mallaei; Amin Salimi
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The purpose of this study was to investigate media coverage of corruption in football and its content analysis. The research method was applied in terms of quality strategy in terms of content analysis. Accordingly, television program 90 was selected as the research sample in the 2017-18 season. The ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate media coverage of corruption in football and its content analysis. The research method was applied in terms of quality strategy in terms of content analysis. Accordingly, television program 90 was selected as the research sample in the 2017-18 season. The content of this program's items over the 10 months included 612 items during 36 programs. To extract the research data, corruption-related and immoral items were first identified and their content assessed for relevance to the research topic. The content of 40 approved items was then reviewed and the original codes were extracted and categorized into 7 categories of Immoral behavior of fans, superstition promotion, corruption in management, fixers, betting, match-fixing and corruption caused by non-athletes. In general, the media and the media companions are one of the most powerful tools for controlling corruption in various social contexts, especially sport. Given the popularity of radio and television over print and sometimes online media, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting by developing and producing more critical and analytical programs, can be effective in preventing corruption and abuse in sports, especially in football as a popular and monetized sport.