AN ANALYSIS OF SPORTS NEWS ITEMS AND PICTURES AMONG LEADING TAMIL NEWSDAILIES

Analysis sports news items and pictures among Tamil leading news dailies in published Tamil Nadu state

1. April 13, 2018 AN ANALYSIS OF SPORTS NEWS ITEMS AND PICTURES AMONG LEADING TAMIL NEWSDAILIES Present by N.Bakkiyaraj * & S.Parthipan ** Full Time Ph.D Research Scholars Department of Physical Education & Yoga 1 Dr. SACPE

2. Introduction NEWSDAILY is a periodical publication containing written information about current events.  They can be classified according to the number of times they appear in a year. Some are printed daily, some twice in a week, some weekly, some fortnightly, and some monthly. April 13, 2018 Dr. SACPE 2 W3newspapers.com (2018) listed that, in Tamil language more than 82 Tamil news dailies and news sites available at present.

3. In 2005, China topped the list in term of total newspaper circulation with 93.5 million a day, India came second with 78.8 million, followed by Japan, with 70.4 million; the United States, with 48.3 million; and Germany, with 22.1 million. Around 75 of the 100 best selling newspapers are in Asia and seven out of top ten are Japanese newspapers. Cond … The  World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers  (WAN-IFRA) (2018), publishes a list of newspapers with the largest circulation. In 2011, India led the world in terms of newspaper circulation with nearly 330 million newspapers circulated daily.  April 13, 2018 3 Dr. SACPE

4. Mahatma Gandhi said in his autobiography: "The sole aim of journalism should be service. The newspaper is a great power, but just as an unchained torrent of water submerges whole countryside and devastates crops, even so an uncontrolled pen serves but to destroy . GREAT LEADERS THOUGHT ABOUT NEWS DAILIES If a newspaper is to be of real service to the public, it must have a big circulation: first, because its news and its comments must reach the largest possible number of people; second, because circulation means advertising, and advertising means money, and money means independence. (Joseph Pulitzer)   April 13, 2018 4 Dr. SACPE

5. LEGISLATURE JUDICIARY EXECUTIVES Television Journals Internet MEDIA Radio Magazines NEWSDAILIES Books FOUR PILLARS OF DEMOCRACY April 13, 2018 5 Dr. SACPE

6. The paper was to an analysis the sports news items and pictures among leading Tamil news dailies published in Tamil N adu state. Statement of the problem April 13, 2018 7 Dr. SACPE

7. Purpose of the study The following purposes are drawn from this study. To know which Tamil news daily grater coverage in terms of sports news items. To identify which Tamil news daily give more weightage to sports pictures coverage. April 13, 2018 8 Dr. SACPE

8. Methodology Initially, a survey was conducted among 142 sports professionals … Dinathanthi , Dinakaran , Dinamalar , Dinamani and The Hindu (Tamil) were the top five ranked Tamil dailies. The ten days data (December 01.2017 to December 10.2017) was collect from Bharathidasn University Central Library. The weightage given to In terms of sports news items and sports pictures. In the study ten days data were only taken for analysis, Hence it could not be generalized on all periods. April 13, 2018 9 Dr. SACPE

9. Analysis of the data and Discussion To find the total sports news items and pictures for each daily was calculate by adding all the ten days data. Here the numeric data along with its percentages related to sports news items as well as pictures coverage among five leading Tamil news dailies was document in the following tables. April 13, 2018 9 Dr. SACPE

10. Name of the News dailies Dinathanthi Dinakaran Dinamalar Dinamani The Hindu (Tamil) Total news items in news dailies News 16 18 16 13 10 73 In terms of percentage 21.92 24.65 21.92 17.80 13.69 100 Weightage given to sports news items coverage in Tamil news dailies April 13, 2018 10 Dr. SACPE Table – I

11. Dinathanthi Dinakaran Dinamalar Dinamani Sports News Items Coverage among Leading Tamil News Dailies Figure - I ‘ Dinakaran ’ coverage wide range of sports news items compare to other dailies. April 13, 2018 12 Dr. SACPE

12. Name of the News dailies Dinathanthi Dinakaran Dinamalar Dinamani The Hindu (Tamil) Total sports pictures in news dailies Pictures 15 15 14 12 10 66 In terms of percentage 22.72 22.72 21.21 18.18 15.15 100 Weightage given to sports pictures coverage among Tamil news dailies April 13, 2018 12 Dr. SACPE Table – II

13. Dinathanthi Dinakaran Dinamalar Dinamani Sports Pictures Coverage in Leading Tamil News Dailies Figure - II ‘ Dinakaran ’ coverage wide range of sports pictures compare to other dailies. April 13, 2018 14 Dr. SACPE

14. Bakkiyaraj and Parthipan (2018), In the article observed that the sports news coverage was less in leading Tamil news dailies. In the work discussed, such as that in terms of space, level sports news, pictures and sports disciplines wise news and pictures. Regarding in this study results was not enhancing to sports news coverage of above said terms of work disciplines. May be the reasons like less sports news coverage of the study results was not period or situation of collecting data. Because in India sports performance in Olympic or any other international competitions was not good perform when compare other countries in history. Hence, India media not interest to coverage of sports news coverage also people expectations. Discussion of Similar work of the Study April 13, 2018 14 Dr. SACPE

15. April 13, 2018 Dr. SACPE 15 Indian Medias C overage To Sport and Game News Other SPORTS News CORRUPTION & POLITICS News MATRIMONY News ADVERTISEMENTS News CINEMA News CRICKET News ILLEGAL AFFAIRE News MURDER & THEFT News ASTROLOGY News

16. Within the limitations of the study the following conclusion was drawn. Generally, it is understand that the Tamil news dailies give equal But LESS coverage for sports news items as well as pictures. Conclusion April 13, 2018 16 Dr. SACPE You Remember Love story of Deer

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