Sacred Sports: Moral Responses to Sports Media Content

2018 ◽  
Vol 96 (2) ◽  
pp. 579-597
Author(s):  
Nicky Lewis ◽  
Edward R. Hirt
Keyword(s):  
Social Identification ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Moral Foundations ◽  
Moral Outrage ◽  
Sports Media ◽  
Basketball Team

This study examines moral responses to sports media content. Using two conditions, participants ( N = 639) were randomly assigned to read a damaging sports article about their university’s basketball team, either written by an ingroup or outgroup member. Participants then reported their moral outrage to the article, moral cleansing responses, and team support intentions. Findings demonstrated that individuals demonstrated moral outrage, moral cleansing, and team support intentions when their favored team was derogated against, especially when the source of disparagement came from an outgroup member. Results are discussed in light of social identification and moral foundations theories.

scholarly journals Missing in (Collective) Action

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
John T. Jost ◽  
Julia Becker ◽  
Danny Osborne ◽  
Vivienne Badaan
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
System Justification ◽  
Social Identification ◽  
Moral Outrage ◽  
Perceived Injustice ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Group Efficacy ◽  
The Status ◽  
Psychological Models

Social-psychological models of collective action emphasize three antecedents of protest: (a) anger at perceived injustice, (b) social identification, and (c) beliefs about group efficacy. These models are extremely useful but have rarely incorporated ideological factors—despite the fact that protests occur in societal contexts in which some people are motivated to defend and bolster the status quo whereas others are motivated to challenge and oppose it. We adopt a system-justification perspective to specify when individuals and groups will—and will not—experience moral outrage and whether such outrage will be directed at defenders versus critics of the status quo. We describe evidence that epistemic, existential, and relational needs for certainty, security, and affiliation undermine support for system-challenging protests by increasing system-defensive motivation. We also discuss system-based emotions and backlash against protestors and propose an integrated model of collective action that paves the way for more comprehensive research on the psychological antecedents of social change.

Reflections on extracting moral foundations from media content

2021 ◽  
Vol 88 (3) ◽  
pp. 371-379
Author(s):  
Frederic R. Hopp ◽  
René Weber
Keyword(s):  
Media Content ◽  
Moral Foundations

scholarly journals Taking it from the team: Assessments of bias and credibility in team-operated sports media

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 481-495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Mirer ◽  
Megan A. Duncan ◽  
Michael W. Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Analysis ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Sports Journalism ◽  
Sports Media ◽  
Media System ◽  
Traditional Sports ◽  
Independent Media

Team- and league-operated media play a growing role in the sports media system. Few have looked at how audiences perceive the credibility of in-house content, which regularly mimics traditional sports journalism. An experimental analysis finds that even among fans, independent media content is rated more credible than that produced in-house. Fans view stories accusing their team of wrongdoing as biased even as they find them credible.

scholarly journals Innovation in Sports Media Content Production

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 680-705
Author(s):  
Renata Soares Netto ◽  
Egle Müller Spinelli
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Media Industry ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Sports Media ◽  
Media Ecosystem ◽  
The Media ◽  
Medios De Comunicacion

ABSTRACT – This article investigates the innovation in sports content production by ESPN Brasil over the last decade as it makes changes to its media ecosystem. Qualitative research is the chosen methodology for this paper. Three criteria were established based on theoretical-conceptual perspectives on innovation in journalism: contextualization, engagement, and digital technologies. The data was collected from semi-structured interviews with professionals related to the case under study. It appears that experiments in content production are not separate from other issues in the media industry, such as the crisis in business models and the need for strategic leadership for innovation. The uncontainable pursuit of innovation is just as risky as remaining stagnant, and innovation must be in line with the media company’s main goal. RESUMO – Este artigo investiga a implementação de inovações na produção de conteúdo esportivo feitas pela ESPN do Brasil, durante a última década, realizadas como reflexo das mudanças em seu ecossistema midiático. A abordagem metodológica é qualitativa e, com base em perspectivas teórico-conceituais sobre inovação no jornalismo, foram estabelecidos três critérios de análise: contextualização, engajamento e tecnologias digitais. Os dados foram coletados por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas com profissionais relacionados ao caso estudado. Constata-se que as experimentações na produção de conteúdo não se isolam de outras questões da indústria de mídia, como a crise nos modelos de negócios e a necessidade de uma liderança estratégica para a inovação. A busca desenfreada pela inovação é tão arriscada quanto se manter estagnado e a inovação tem de ser conectada com o propósito da empresa de mídia. RESUMEN – Este artículo investiga la implementación de innovaciones en la producción de contenido deportivo realizadas por ESPN do Brasil, durante la última década. El enfoque metodológico es cualitativo y, basado en perspectivas teóricas y conceptuales sobre la innovación en el periodismo, se establecieron tres criterios de análisis: contextualización, engagement y tecnologías digitales. Los datos fueron recolectados a través de entrevistas semiestructuradas con profesionales relacionados con el caso estudiado. Parece que los experimentos en la producción de contenidos no están aislados de otros temas de la industria de los medios, como la crisis de los modelos de negocio y la necesidad de liderazgo estratégico para la innovación. La principal conclusión es que la búsqueda desesperada de innovación es a menudo tan arriesgada como permanecer estancada y que la innovación tiene que estar conectada con el propósito de los medios de comunicación.

Sports Media Decision Making in France: How They Choose What We Get to See and Read

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 321-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bridget L. Gee ◽  
Sarah I. Leberman
Keyword(s):  
Decision Makers ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Women's Sport ◽  
Sports Media ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Dominant Ideologies ◽  
Sports Coverage ◽  
Female Sports ◽  
Media Data

This qualitative exploratory case study redresses the deficit of sports media research in France by undertaking a study of those responsible for the production of sports media content. The central question was, What role do sports media producers play in perpetuating dominant ideologies in sport? Participants were experienced male and female sports content decision makers from major French national television and print media. Data were collected through 9 individual semistructured interviews. The findings highlight how sports are selected for coverage, why women’s sport receives less coverage, and who is responsible. There is an indication that women’s sport is subject to much harsher editorial selection criteria than men’s. The similarities and differences between France and other countries are also discussed. Conclusions were drawn on what role the makers of sports media content have in reproducing this hegemonic masculinity so inherent in sports coverage.

scholarly journals Moral Foundations Theory and Attitudes Towards the Punishment and Criminalisation of Drug Offenders

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Campbell Fargher
Keyword(s):  
Population Sample ◽  
Sexual Practices ◽  
Moral Foundations ◽  
Moral Reasons ◽  
Moral Outrage ◽  
Moral Foundations Theory ◽  
General Population Sample ◽  
Sexual Offences ◽  
Punitive Attitudes ◽  
Drug Offenders

<p>Research on punitive attitudes has generally found some level of consensus on the relative seriousness of different offence types. However, how to approach the issue of drug offending is often a heavily debated issue, with some portions of society supporting harsh punishments for drug offenders, and others arguing for no sanctions at all. The current study, using both a student and general population sample, aimed to identify the underlying moral reasons behind these attitudes. Participants completed the Moral Foundations Questionnaire, a scale measuring the factors that influence a person’s moral judgment, as well as numerous other scales that measured their punishment responses towards a variety of drug, harm, and ‘taboo’ sexual offences and practices. The endorsement of binding moral foundations, those relating to group-based moral concerns, was found to be a predictor of increased overall levels of punitiveness, while the endorsement of the foundation of purity was found to predict punitive attitudes towards drug offences and ‘taboo’ sexual practices, but not harm offences. Additionally, there were significant links between participants’ levels of moral outrage, their preference for punishment, and their support for the criminalisation of the various offences. The results of this study suggest that punishment responses towards both drug offences and ‘taboo’ sexual practices rely on a similar moral reasoning process, one that relies on perceptions of impurity to inform the wrongfulness of an offence.</p>

The Influence of Media Exposure on the Accessibility of Moral Intuitions and Associated Affect

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ron Tamborini ◽  
Sujay Prabhu ◽  
Robert J. Lewis ◽  
Matthew Grizzard ◽  
Allison Eden
Keyword(s):  
Media Exposure ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Current Paper ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Moral Foundations ◽  
Moral Decision ◽  
Moral Decision Making ◽  
Moral Intuitions ◽  
Affect Misattribution Procedure

Abstract. The model of intuitive morality and exemplars (MIME) predicts that media content can increase the accessibility of preconscious moral intuitions, which shape subsequent moral decision making. To date, attempts to demonstrate evidence of this intuitive, preconscious process with self-report measures have met with little success. The current paper presents results from a study designed to test the MIME’s predictions, measuring the accessibility of moral intuitions with a moral foundations–affect misattribution procedure (MF-AMP) argued in the current paper to be more capable of detecting the aforementioned effect. An experiment manipulated exposure to media content that focused on care and fairness to test the proposition that media content can increase the accessibility of these moral intuitions. The findings offer preliminary evidence supporting the MIME’s proposition that media content featuring behaviors relevant to specific moral intuitions can increase (temporarily at least) the accessibility of those specific moral intuitions in the audiences.

scholarly journals Why moral advocacy leads to polarization and proselytization: The role of self-persuasion

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 473-503
Author(s):  
Ravini S. Abeywickrama ◽  
Joshua J. Rhee ◽  
Damien L. Crone ◽  
Simon M. Laham
Keyword(s):  
Social Conflict ◽  
Moral Foundations ◽  
Moral Outrage ◽  
Attitude Polarization ◽  
Moral Systems

This research is the first to examine the effects of moral versus practical pro-attitudinal advocacy in the context of self-persuasion. We validate a novel advocacy paradigm aimed at uncovering why moral advocacy leads to polarization and proselytization. We investigate four distinct possibilities: (1) expression of moral foundational values (harm, fairness, loyalty, authority, purity), (2) reliance on moral systems (deontology and consequentialism), (3) expression of moral outrage, (4) increased confidence in one’s advocacy attempt. In Study 1 (N = 255) we find differences between moral and practical advocacy on the five moral foundations, deontology, and moral outrage. In Study 2 (N = 218) we replicate these differences, but find that only the expression of moral foundations is consequential in predicting attitude polarization. In Study 3 (N = 115) we replicate the effect of moral foundations on proselytization. Our findings suggest that practical compared to moral advocacy may attenuate polarization and proselytization. This carries implications for how advocacy can be re-framed in ways which minimize social conflict.

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