Passive or pro-active Sports journalism? The coverage of FIFAGate in the sports press in Mexico and Spain

Authors

  • Mireya Márquez-Ramírez Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México, México
  • José Luis Rojas Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, España

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7764/cdi.40.1009

Keywords:

sports journalism, investigative journalism, quality journalism, content analysis, FIFAGate

Abstract

This article analyses formats, reporting techniques and the use of sources to measure proactive journalism in the coverage of the corruption scandal known as FIFAGate in four major newspapers: Reforma and Récord from Mexico, and El País and Marca from Spain. The study examines the actors, angles and football confederations that received the most media coverage, the indicators of ‘proactivity’ per media type (specialist vs. reference) and per country (Mexico vs. Spain), and the variable with the highest impact in proactivity. It concludes that investigative journalism was overall scarce, although El País scored the highest standards of proactivity in the coverage.

Author Biographies

Mireya Márquez-Ramírez, Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México, México

is an Associate Professor of Journalism Studies at Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City. She holds a PhD in Media and Communications from University of London, Goldsmiths, a M.A. in Journalism Studies from Cardiff University, and a B.A. in Social Communications from Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco. Her research interests include: comparative journalistic cultures and sociology of news production.

José Luis Rojas, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, España

Ele é professor de jornalismo na Faculdade de Comunicação Professor Universidade de Sevilla. Doutor em Jornalismo pela Universidade de Sevilla, também é professor do Centro Universitário EUSA e os Mestres de Inovação em Jornalismo Miguel Hernández Universidade de Elche e Jornalismo Esportivo da Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, entre outros. Seus principais interesses de pesquisa são jornalismo esportivo e novas narrativas digitais.

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Published

2017-06-30

How to Cite

Márquez-Ramírez, M., & Rojas, J. L. (2017). Passive or pro-active Sports journalism? The coverage of FIFAGate in the sports press in Mexico and Spain. Cuadernos.Info, (40), 173–188. https://doi.org/10.7764/cdi.40.1009

Issue

No. 40 (2017): Dossier: Comunicación y Opinión Pública

Section

OTHER TOPICS