What is the value of sports in a newspaper?
Sports have been a vast spreading entertainment that has industrialized along with the new ways of mass media. From watching a gladiator back in ancient Greece to the capabilities of watching games on cell phones, sports has become one of the greatest assets to man. From football to swimming in the Olympics, everyone wants to know the details. It has become an ideal means of communication. Sports are also the highlighter of the newspaper. After many have read the interesting information about the president and the war in Iraq, they want to turn to something with pictures and numbers that they can relate to. Its human nature.
I know personally that whenever I grab a newspaper I go to the sports section. It has become so habitual because it does not matter what sport is highlighted, I know that it will be interesting. Newspapers need their sports section. If the sports section did not exist, the sales of newspapers would decrease tremendously.
Here are some statistics taken from a survey given to 5,000 people.
Top 5 sections among male company workers
Headlines (62.0%)
Domestic News (55.4%)
Sports (55.4%)
Economy (53.3%)
International News (47.8%)
Sports have been a vast spreading entertainment that has industrialized along with the new ways of mass media. From watching a gladiator back in ancient Greece to the capabilities of watching games on cell phones, sports has become one of the greatest assets to man. From football to swimming in the Olympics, everyone wants to know the details. It has become an ideal means of communication. Sports are also the highlighter of the newspaper. After many have read the interesting information about the president and the war in Iraq, they want to turn to something with pictures and numbers that they can relate to. Its human nature.
I know personally that whenever I grab a newspaper I go to the sports section. It has become so habitual because it does not matter what sport is highlighted, I know that it will be interesting. Newspapers need their sports section. If the sports section did not exist, the sales of newspapers would decrease tremendously.
Here are some statistics taken from a survey given to 5,000 people.
Top 5 sections among male company workers
Headlines (62.0%)
Domestic News (55.4%)
Sports (55.4%)
Economy (53.3%)
International News (47.8%)
Top 5 sections among male students
Headlines (66.7%)
International News (45.8%)
Sports (43.1%)
TV listings (41.7%)
Politics (38.9%)
Headlines (66.7%)
International News (45.8%)
Sports (43.1%)
TV listings (41.7%)
Politics (38.9%)
We obviously see the percentage of how much people love sports. The numbers for women were a lot different but the percentages as a whole would not be to far off. This society needs their daily updates on how many golden medals Michael Phelps has won and if the Yankees beat the Mets.
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