They need to be more like NASCAR, that instituted the HANS device to protect the heads and necks of drivers when they crashed. By doing that, the side-to-side head movement of the players would be restricted, as would their ability to move their heads up and down once they were turned to the side (Carlson, 2010)
Early Helmets As can be seen by the above illustration, the football helmet has changed greatly from one era to the next. The early helmets were called "head harnesses," and they mostly just fit over the head and protected (and covered) the ears (Gaffney, 2009)
The Future of the Football Helmet Since helmets are not going to be banned anytime soon, the consideration has to be put on what should be done to make them safer in the future. One company created a helmet they called "The Gladiator," but the concern was that it would not be worn because image is everything in sports and the new helmet did not have the right image (Lukas, 2008)
A 2011 advancement in helmets, called the Bulwark, may be just the thing to keep the NFL moving forward and protect players without requiring bulky devices. The helmet is 25% lighter than the helmets that are used now, and designed to reduce concussions (Reisinger, 2011)
The main issue is that there is absolutely no way that the helmet can stop the brain from taking the small hits over and over. While there are fewer serious injuries, such as fractured skulls, but there are not that many fewer concussions (Toney, 2009; Kulas, 2011)
23). Framing is a part of a greater media interaction that includes themes, formatting, and discourse (Altheide, 1996)
23). Framing is a part of a greater media interaction that includes themes, formatting, and discourse (Altheide, 1996)
Content Analysis Content analysis allows for inferences from texts. These inferences can then be used to test hypotheses (Carney, 1972)
Frames, when used as part of a reporting process, can frame three different types of objects: events, issues, and actors (actors can be either individuals or groups). News stories can frame more than one object at a time, and it is the gaps between these three objects that can expose media shortcomings that audiences can fill in on their own or ignore (Entman, 2004, p
Frames, when used as part of a reporting process, can frame three different types of objects: events, issues, and actors (actors can be either individuals or groups). News stories can frame more than one object at a time, and it is the gaps between these three objects that can expose media shortcomings that audiences can fill in on their own or ignore (Entman, 2004, p
Sports writers are often told to listen for repetition and pacing of words and phrases. Sports writers are much more focused than news reporters on this "style," and are instructed to make their stories "sing" (Fensch, 1995, p
Certain facts are ascribed newsworthiness simply by their inclusion alone; other facts can be de-emphasized or excluded from the realm of relevance by their exclusion. Therefore, choice of a certain frame helps lead reporters to choose certain facts to fit the working frame of the story (Gamson, 1989, p
167). Additionally, sports stories tend to use more "color" than news stories and with a quicker "tempo" (Gelfand and Heath, 1969, p
Those inferences can describe the message itself, the senders of the message, or the message receivers (Weber, 1990). In its basic, most stripped form, content analyses focus on the "message" portion of the well-known Source-Sender-Message-Channel-Receiver model of communication, as well as encoding and decoding processes used by the sources and the receivers (Holsti, 1969)
Frame construction in sports journalism Construction of a sports story begins with the lead paragraph, and the lead helps define the theme of the story, the direction the writer wants to take the reader. A lead or introduction of print news stories is "a critical stylistic component, for it is the lead that must successfully entice news consumers to attend to the news story" (Johnson-Cartee, 2005, p
The policy decision that counted was the one to cover or carry the event. What follows is more or less automatic and the results are remarkably similar, in the end, no matter who the individual reporter is" (Koppett, 1981, p
These inferences can then be used to test hypotheses (Carney, 1972). Those inferences can describe the message itself, the senders of the message, or the message receivers (Weber, 1990)
its fans are as crucial as the sport itself. Sports teams help communities define their uniqueness both to themselves and to the outside world (Winningham, 1979; Schudson, 1995; Oriard, 2001)
Although some of the organizational structures and language have changed, the basics of the sports game story, or "gamer," have remained quite static since Woodward's 1949 description: "By reading the story of a good modern sports writer, you will be able to find out at once which team won, how it won, where it won and what the score was. Secondarily you will be able to find out how many people saw the match, the first names of the important players, the strategic background of the event and what were the spectacular plays" (Woodward, 1949, p
This improvement together with the mutually beneficial relationship between the sport and media has brought about an interesting field that has attracted academic scholars to do research on the impacts between different amounts of salaries and its influence on personal and team performance. (Fullard, 2012) The matter of remunerations of professional players has always attracted public interest for a long time