In collaboration with Payame Noor University and Iranian Scientific association of sport management

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Department of Sport Management, Faculty of physical education and sport sciences, University of Tabriz

2 Assistant Professor and faculty member, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran

3 M.A in Sports Management

Abstract

Abstract
The aim of this study is to investigate the role of media communication and effective advertising in attracting sponsor for table tennis board in East Azerbaijan province. This research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive – survey in terms of nature. The statistical population was all sport management specialists, media professionals and also members of table tennis board in East Azerbaijan province; (210 persons). The sample size was estimated 132 people by Morgan table. Random cluster sampling was used. Data collection has been done through library studies and questionnaires. Questionnaires included media communication and advertisement questionnaire of Abdavi et al. (1395),Standard Financial Inventory Questionnaire of Arnold et al. (2002), and a questionnaire on the role of media in attracting financial resources of Fallah and Aga Khani (1395). Validity and reliability of questionnaires used by researchers in various researches have been confirmed and approved. After collecting data, data was analyzed using SPSS21 and Excel 2010 software for descriptive and inferential statistics. In the inferential statistics section, The Wilk's test was used to verify the non-standardity of the data. The linear regression test was used to test the hypotheses and friedman ranking test for component ranking. The significance level for all analyzes was considered as P <0. 05. The results showed that media communications and advertising could positively and significantly predict the attraction of public resources, the attraction of private sector sponsors, advertising revenue during the tournament, the income of the sports competitions, and marketing and the introduction of services and products. According to the results, it can be stated that media and its various roles are essential elements in advertising and sponsorship; Therefore, if investments, sponsors, advertising, media and sports are placed in a positive and principled interaction together, they will grow and expand together and as the result, will engage in different sectors of society, and will cause development of sports in the country.

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