期刊名称：MEDIANALI - International scientific journal of media, journalism, mass communication, public relations, culture and society
印刷版ISSN：1846-436X
出版年度：2007
卷号：1
期号：1
页码：45-72
出版社：Sveučilište u Dubrovniku
摘要：Through analysis of newspaper articles, which covered specifi c Croatian soccer matches, this paper shows journalists’ creation of pseudo-events that misled readers about incidents, especially those concerning violence. The paper, through qualitative and content analyses, provides evidence that the news media abused their positions by creating these pseudo-events, therefore, misleading the public through their stories and photos. The study’s fi ndings show defects in sports journalism—faults already noticed in similar studies as long as seventy years ago; problems include distortion, exaggeration, and misinterpretation of facts. Balanced and unbiased reporting is sorely missing. Also noted is the poor reporting about troublemakers at the matches; these spectators were given more coverage than deserved, which is both a sensational and harmful practice. The study concludes that the above behaviors by journalists create a negative, instead of positive, role in society.
