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1 TWITTER's IMPACT on SPORTS MEDIA RELATIONS Chris 1 TWITTER‘S IMPACT ON SPORTS MEDIA RELATIONS Chris Gibbs Submitted to the faculty of Stirling University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy In the School of Communications, Media and Culture May 2013 2 ABSTRACT TWITTERS IMPACT ON SPORTS MEDIA RELATIONS The introduction of Social Media (SM) into sports communications in professional leagues is disrupting the traditional methods of sports media relations. In the past, teams used websites to post information for fans, but it was strictly a one-way format of communication whereby a story was posted for fans to read. To fully engage with this new communication channel, the sports communications departments in professional leagues have begun to use SM to communicate directly with fans through platforms like Twitter and Facebook. Currently, SM like Twitter allows the team communication departments to communicate directly with fans in an interactive two-way format that is not mediated by a reporter or someone from a traditional media outlet. In addition, the open format of SM means that media relations staff are no longer the only intermediary between the media and the players; through the use of SM like Twitter, a professional athlete can now communicate directly to fans without gatekeepers like the media or the sports communications department of the team. This thesis will explore how SM has changed media relations from several different perspectives. The first perspective is related to the risks that are associated with the use of SM by professional athletes: without an intermediary or a filter for athlete-fan communication, many athletes have caused irreparable damage to their reputation and the reputation of their team. The second perspective is related to the benefits for teams that use SM as a platform to connect with fans: the ability to connect with fans using SM is new to sports communications and represents an interactive one-to-one and one-to-many mode of communication through which the fan can directly communicate with the team. Finally, this research will look at how Twitter has changed media relations in sports from the perspective of the lived experiences of people who work in sports media. To explore the risks associated with athletes‘ use of social media, this research used Situational Crisis Communication Theory as a theoretical framework to explore reputation- 3 damaging incidents that occurred through social media. The study reviewed national media stories reported in North America from 2009 to 2010 that were perceived to have negative impact on athletes‘ reputation. In total, 17 incidents were reviewed — seven incidents in particular demonstrated the athlete as the source of the SM crisis. Through the review and categorization of these 17 situations, the study was able to identify four broad categories of situations that a sports communication manager needs to be prepared for. The four categories identified were ―Rookie Reporter‖, ―Team Insider‖, ―Opportunist‖, and ―Imposter‖. Each of these categories are invaluable for team communication managers to recognize in order to address the risks associated with social media. To explore the benefits associated with the communications department‘s use of social media, this research used Uses and Gratification theory as a theoretical framework to explore how and why fans followed team Twitter accounts. This study was conducted in partnership with the Canadian Football League (CFL) and a total of 526 people responded to an online survey that was tweeted out to them for their feedback. The results of the survey indicated several significant findings — in particular, the phenomenon of converged sports fan consumption was identified, which has not been previously acknowledged in academic research. The phenomenon of converged sports fan refers to the multi-screen environment whereby a sports fan decides where, when, and how they want to consume sporting content. This research identified that in-game consumption of SM while watching television and the mobile consumption of SM are both dominant ways for fans to interact with their teams. This multi-modal format of connecting with the team supports the idea of Henry Jenkins‘s Black Box Fallacy (2006, p. 13): as teams move forward in developing communications platforms to reach their fans, they will need to recognize that all channels can and do work together. In order to further understand how Twitter has changed sports media relations, the study used long semi-structured interviews with a phenomenological research design to understand how Twitter has impacted sports media relations. The phenomenological analysis 4 of the informant interviews suggested that Twitter is the source of three themes of change: general media relations, mechanical job functions, and other changes specific to sports media relations. The significance of Twitter‘s impact on sports media relations cannot be understated. With the ubiquitous use of SM like Twitter, it is important to understand how sports media relations can use SM to manage the image of their respective teams and athletes. After looking at SM and sports from three different perspectives, the pivotal finding was the role that Twitter and mobile communications play in ‗flattening‘ sports media relations. Similar to how Friedman (2006) argued that the convergence of the personal computer drove globalization, Twitter and the increased adoption of mobile communications have flattened the role of sports media relations. This research will explain how the flattening of sports media relations happened and what the implications might be for sports media professionals. 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................................... 5 LIST OF TABLES ..................................................................................................................... 9 LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................. 11 LIST OF APPENDICES .......................................................................................................... 12 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................. 14 CHAPTER 2 SPORT AND MEDIA: HISTORICAL OVERVIEW ....................................... 23 The Beginning of MediaSport .............................................................................................. 23 Impacts of Traditional Media on Sport ................................................................................ 25 Internet and New Media ....................................................................................................... 34 CHAPTER 3 MEDIA SPORTS NEXT GENERATION ........................................................ 41 Historical Overview of SM .................................................................................................. 42 Convergence ......................................................................................................................... 46 Citizen Journalism ................................................................................................................ 49 Globalization and Sport ........................................................................................................ 56 Privacy .................................................................................................................................. 58 Reputation Management ...................................................................................................... 60 Collaboration and Sharing .................................................................................................... 62 Twitter Media Disruption ..................................................................................................... 64 CHAPTER 4 SPORTS COMMUNICATION ......................................................................... 72 Defining Sports Communications ........................................................................................ 72 Evolution of Sports Communications and Professional Teams ........................................... 75 Academic Investigations about Sports Communications ..................................................... 78 6 Twitter and Sports Media Relations ..................................................................................... 80 Impact of Social Media ........................................................................................................ 87 Summary of Sports Communications .................................................................................. 89 CHAPTER 5 METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................ 92 Chapter 6 – Crisis Response and Legal Strategies ............................................................... 96 Chapter 7 – Twitter Follower Uses and Gratifications ........................................................ 99 Chapter 8 – The Changing Role ......................................................................................... 115 Methodology Limitations ................................................................................................... 117 CHAPTER 6: CRISIS RESPONSE AND LEGAL STRATEGIES ...................................... 121 Social Media‘s Impact on Sport Communications ............................................................
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