Research Article
Feature Sport News, Before and During Pandemic Covid 19
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.28-4-2021.2312117, author={Fatona Suraya and Adhi Wijayanto Basuki and Sugiarto Sugiarto and Danti Putri Subagyo}, title={Feature Sport News, Before and During Pandemic Covid 19}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Sports, Health, and Physical Education, ISMINA 2021, 28-29 April 2021, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ISMINA}, year={2021}, month={10}, keywords={feature sport news covid-19 characteristic}, doi={10.4108/eai.28-4-2021.2312117} }- Fatona Suraya
Adhi Wijayanto Basuki
Sugiarto Sugiarto
Danti Putri Subagyo
Year: 2021
Feature Sport News, Before and During Pandemic Covid 19
ISMINA
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.28-4-2021.2312117
Abstract
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected the sports news industry, one of which is on featured sports news. This study aims to analyze the differences in the characteristic of feature sport news in ten categories given. A descriptive qualitative research method were implemented with three primary data namely documentation, interview and observation. Of 57 feature sport news, before (August 4, 2019 - November 29, 2019) and during the pandemic (February 29, 2020 - May 29, 2020) were analyzed. The results of this study shows that there is limited difference in quality but a high difference of quantity in feature sport news before and during pandemic. This difference is due to the decrease of sports event during pandemic which result on minimum hard news. Thus, the journalist fill the gap on sports rubric by writing more feature news.
