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标题：Gamification of sports media coverage: an infotainment approach to Olympics and Football World Cups
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作者：José-Luis Rojas-Torrijos
期刊名称：Communication & Society (Formerly Comunicación y Sociedad)
电子版ISSN：2386-7876
出版年度：2020
卷号：33
期号：1
页码：29-44
DOI：10.15581/003.33.1.29-44
出版社：Universidad de Navarra
其他摘要：Sports media coverage of mega-events is partly oriented to gamification, the use of game elements and game design techniques in non-gaming contexts. This infotainment approach to events has been developed by media outlets as an original and effective way to capture wider audience attention and to place events in context before a competition starts. This article examines 28 gamified sports pieces developed by media outlets from seven countries during the last two Olympics (2016 Summer Olympics in Rio and 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang) and Football World Cups (2014 in Brazil and 2018 in Russia). This sample comprises two categories following Ferrer-Conill (2015): “gamified pieces” (game like elements that are part of a bigger interactive feature) and “newsgames” (more sophisticated pieces often included in complex graphics or multimedia content). The results show that, despite its entertaining formula, gamification serves mainly informational purposes and adds value to sports coverage. Especially in the Summer and Winter Olympics, gamified sports pieces tend to be explanatory and data-driven in order to inform the audience about nonmainstream sports.
关键词：Sports journalism; digital journalism; gamification; newsgames; graphics.
其他关键词：sports journalism;digital journalism;gamification;newsgames;graphics