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Eine Printmedienanalyse Des Tennis MAGAZIN BACHELORARBEIT Herr Piet-Hartmann Bosse Berichterstattung zum „weißen Sport“ in fünf Jahrzehnten - eine Printmedienanalyse des tennis MAGAZIN 2019 Fakultät: Medien BACHELORARBEIT Berichterstattung zum „weißen Sport“ in fünf Jahrzehnten - eine Printmedienanalyse des tennis MAGAZIN Autor/in: Herr Piet-Hartmann Bosse Studiengang: Angewandte Medien Seminargruppe: AM15wJ2-B Erstprüfer: Prof. Dr. Detlef Gwosc Zweitprüfer: Diplom Sportwissenschaftler Andrej Antic Einreichung: Mittweida, 24. 01. 2019 Faculty of Media BACHELOR THESIS Coverage of the “white sport” in five decades - a print-media-analysis of tennis MAGAZIN author: Mr. Piet-Hartmann Bosse course of studies: Applied Media seminar group: AM15wJ2-B first examiner: Prof. Dr. Detlef Gwosc second examiner: Diplom Sportwissenschaftler Andrej Antic submission: Mittweida, 24.01.2019 Bibliografische Angaben Bosse, Piet-Hartmann: Berichterstattung zum „weißen Sport“ in fünf Jahrzehnten - eine Printmedienanalyse des tennis MAGAZIN 57 Seiten, Hochschule Mittweida, University of Applied Sciences, Fakultät Medien, Bachelorarbeit, 2019 Abstract Die Fachzeitschrift tM ist das Leitmedium der deutschen Tennisberichterstattung und be- gleitet den Sport seit 1976. Wie sich die Berichterstattung in fünf Jahrzehnten verändert hat, wird im Hinblick auf Spra- che und Bilder untersucht. Damentennis bekommt im Vergleich zu Frauen in anderen Sportarten mehr Aufmerksam- keit. Die Berichterstattung von Damentennis steht ebenfalls im Fokus und wird mit den Herren- tennisberichten verglichen. Als zeitlich aktuelles Thema werden die Veränderungen durch die Digitalisierung behandelt. 128 Ausgaben von tM wurden auf diese Themenschwerpunkte untersucht. Alle drei Berei- che hängen zusammen und lassen eine einheitliche Entwicklung der tiefergehenden Be- richterstattung erkennen. Inhaltsverzeichnis V Inhaltsverzeichnis Inhaltsverzeichnis ...................................................................................................... V Abkürzungsverzeichnis ............................................................................................ VI Abbildungsverzeichnis ............................................................................................ VII Tabellenverzeichnis ................................................................................................ VIII 1 Einleitung ............................................................................................................. 1 2 tennis MAGAZIN allgemein ................................................................................. 3 2.1 Strukturelle Kennzahlen ............................................................................. 3 2.2 Leserschaft ................................................................................................ 5 3 Redaktionelle Inhalte .......................................................................................... 6 3.1 Sprache ..................................................................................................... 6 3.1.1 Der Titel ..................................................................................... 7 3.1.2 Editorial .................................................................................... 18 3.1.3 Leserbriefe ............................................................................... 23 3.2 Bilder .........................................................................................................26 3.2.1 Titelthemen .............................................................................. 27 3.2.2 Werbung .................................................................................. 33 4 Damentennis ......................................................................................................35 4.1 Themenschwerpunkte ...............................................................................35 4.2 Grand Slam-Berichterstattung im Vergleich zum Herrentennis ..................47 5 tennis MAGAZIN im Wandel der Digitalisierung ..............................................53 5.1 Digitale Strategien .....................................................................................53 5.2 Anspruch an ein Printmedium ...................................................................55 6 Fazit .....................................................................................................................57 Literaturverzeichnis .................................................................................................. XI Anlagen ................................................................................................................ XXVII Eigenständigkeitserklärung .............................................................................. XXXIV Abkürzungsverzeichnis VI Abkürzungsverzeichnis AWA Allensbacher Markt- und Werbeträger-Analyse ATP Association of Tennis Professionals BTV Badischer Tennisverband DTB Deutscher Tennis Bund IVW Informationsgemeinschaft zur Feststellung der Verbreitung von Werbeträgern JTSV JAHR TOP SPECIA VERLAG GmbH & Co. KG SEO Search Engine Optimization tM tennis MAGAZIN TVN Tennis-Verband Niederrhein WTA Württembergischen Tennis-Bundes WTV Westfälischen Tennis-Verbandes Abbildungsverzeichnis VII Abbildungsverzeichnis Abbildung 1: Auflagenentwicklung von tM .................................................................... 4 Abbildung 2: Cover der ersten tM Ausgabe 6/1976 ...................................................... 7 Abbildung 3: Die Cover der Augustausgaben 1981 und 1982 ...................................... 9 Abbildung 4: Titelblatt nach Boris Beckers erstem Wimbledonsieg ..............................10 Abbildung 5: Die Cover der nach Steffi Grafs ersten beiden Wimbledonsiegen ...........12 Abbildung 6: Titelblatt nach Kerbers Wimbledonsieg 2018 ..........................................14 Abbildung 7: Cover der Juniausgabe 2010 ..................................................................30 Abbildung 8: Lipton-Werbung in der Juniausgabe 1977 .............................................33 Tabellenverzeichnis VIII Tabellenverzeichnis Tabelle 1: Vergleich von Bildern und Werbung ...........................................................26 Einleitung 1 1 Einleitung Der Tennissport blickt in Deutschland auf eine lange Geschichte mit Höhen und Tiefen zu- rück. Das Interesse der Deutschen an Tennis erreichte, gemessen an der Anzahl der Mitglieder im Deutschen Tennis Bund (DTB), in den Siebzigerjahren seinen vorläufigen Höhepunkt. Im Jahr 1974 stieg die Mitgliederzahl im Vergleich zum Vorjahr um 18,97 %. Vergleicht man die jeweiligen Anstiege zum Vorjahr von 1949 bis 2018, ist dies der höchste Wert.1 Nach den Erfolgen Boris Beckers stieg das Interesse am Tennissport weiter an, und er- reichte 1994 mit 2.299.553 Mitgliedern seinen Höchstwert.2 Seitdem nahmen die Mitglie- derzahlen des DTB konstant ab. Den Anstieg und Abstieg des Tennisinteresses in Deutschland hat tennis MAGAZIN (tM) seit 1976 als Leitmedium des Sports begleitet. Der Axel Springer-Verlag nahm das in den Siebzigerjahren gestiegene Interesse am „weißen Sport“ zum Anlass, im Juni 1976 mit tM eine Fachzeitschrift auf den Markt zu bringen. Inhaltliches Konzept war von Anfang an, die Themenvielfalt rund um den Tennissport ab- zudecken. tM achtete mit Heftgründung darauf, jeden Tennisinteressierten anzusprechen. Durch verschiedenste Themenbereiche ist für jeden etwas dabei, der Hobbyspieler wird genauso angesprochen, wie der professionelle Vereinsspieler oder der tennisinteressierte Fernsehzuschauer.3 Die Entwicklung dieses monothematischen Magazins ist das Kernthema dieser Arbeit. Der Verfasser hat während eines zweimonatigen Praktikums im Herbst 2017 detaillierte Einblicke in die redaktionelle Arbeitsweise bei tM bekommen. Dabei ist ihm sofort aufgefallen, dass im Tennis, im Vergleich zu anderen Sportarten, recht ausgeglichen über Männer- und Frauensport berichtet wird. Die vergleichsweise hohe Prä- senz von Damentennis spiegelt sich auch darin wieder, dass die bestbezahlten Sportlerin- nen der letzten Jahre stets Tennisprofis sind.4 Allerdings ist keine Sportlerin unter den 100 bestbezahltesten Akteuren, was insgesamt von geringerer Wertschätzung zeugt.5 1 Vgl. Deutscher Tennis Bund (2018): Daten &Fakten. https://www.dtb-tennis.de/Verband/Ueber-uns/Daten- Fakten (abgerufen am 19.12.2018) 2 Vgl. Ebenda 3 Vgl. Bluhm, Hans, tennis magazin stellt sich vor. in: tM 6/76 S.3 4 Vgl. Badenhausen, Kurt, (2018): Why No Women Rank Among The World's 100 Highest-Paid Athletes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2018/06/07/why-no-women-ranked-among-the-worlds-100- highest-paid-athletes/#4d4d20203479 (abgerufen am 16.01.2019) 5 Vgl. Ebenda Einleitung 2 tM steht als Printmedium mit Tradition vor der Herausforderung, die Digitalisierung anzu- nehmen und für sich zu nutzen. Die Medienbranche befindet sich im Wandel, deshalb ist die Beachtung der Digitalisierung essenziel für die Entwicklung eines Printmediums. Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, die Entwicklung von tennis MAGAZIN von der Gründung 1976 bis heute aufzuzeigen. Dabei wird insbesondere auf die Berichterstattung zum Damentennis und die Veränderungen durch die Digitalisierung eingegangen. Die Forschungsfrage lautet: Wie hat sich tennis MAGAZIN unter besonderer Berücksichtigung von Damentennis und der Digitalisierung verändert? Zur Beantwortung der Leitfrage hat der Verfasser alle tM- Hefte mit Grand Slam Berichter- stattung in den Kategorien Vorwort, Leserbriefe und Werbung untersucht, ebenso wie Grand Slam Berichte, Bilder der
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