Reportorial or Essayistic Paradigm? – a Few Remarks about the Sports Report

The article attempts to decide whether the sports report is more about the information or the commentary. On the basis of an analysis of press material, the author examines different characteristics of the genre and tries to determine their compatibility with the news canon. As the analysis shows, t...

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Main Author:	Rafał Siekiera
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Lodz University Press 2016-06-01
Series:	Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica
Subjects:	press sports report stylistics
Online Access:	https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/polonica/article/view/1409

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spelling	doaj-ce574ff772ec498783b55ea6cd931f7e2020-11-24T21:46:00ZengLodz University PressActa Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica1505-90572353-19082016-06-0135510.18778/1505-9057.35.08834Reportorial or Essayistic Paradigm? – a Few Remarks about the Sports ReportRafał Siekiera0The University of Lodz, Faculty of Philology, Department of Journalism and CommunicationThe article attempts to decide whether the sports report is more about the information or the commentary. On the basis of an analysis of press material, the author examines different characteristics of the genre and tries to determine their compatibility with the news canon. As the analysis shows, the contemporary sports report is less about news and more about commentary, interpretation and evaluation. Journalists tend to summarize the competition and briefly describe the course of events. It makes the sports report similar to press comment and review.https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/polonica/article/view/1409presssports reportstylistics
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title	Reportorial or Essayistic Paradigm? – a Few Remarks about the Sports Report
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publisher	Lodz University Press
series	Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica
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description	The article attempts to decide whether the sports report is more about the information or the commentary. On the basis of an analysis of press material, the author examines different characteristics of the genre and tries to determine their compatibility with the news canon. As the analysis shows, the contemporary sports report is less about news and more about commentary, interpretation and evaluation. Journalists tend to summarize the competition and briefly describe the course of events. It makes the sports report similar to press comment and review.
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Reportorial or Essayistic Paradigm? – a Few Remarks about the Sports Report

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