The evolution of social media has been significant to businesses across the world, playing an important role in the marketing strategy of advertising their product/service to the online masses and this has been no different for sports teams across the world. TikTok is excellent for cross-platform sharing, even if you don’t have the app you... Continue Reading →
Video Podcast – The power of media upon the Past, Present and Future of the Olympic Games.
Welcome back to the latest part of the series, where things are being presented in a different format today to give you guys a different viewing experience! Today’s episode is an video podcast hosted by myself. The video podcast will be centered around the past, present and future of the Olympic Games and highlighting the media's power... Continue Reading →
Audio Podcast – A game between the Three Lions and the Lionesses beyond the football pitch.
If you join me today after following me through my journey of previous blogs, thank you. If not, please feel free to scroll back and check out previous posts of mine about this topic. The blogs contain an insight to the past relationship between media and broadcasted sports. Current digital media interaction within sport and... Continue Reading →
The future role of social media in relations to football
The English Premier League is the most interacted league within the UK, Europe, and the world (Pilger, 2014). Research shows that the international dominance of the Premier League is reliant on the world’s best players playing for the world’s best teams. Bringing in natural consumer engagement and therefore excessive media coverage. Media broadcasters adore reporting... Continue Reading →
Present sports broadcasting difference between male and female sports.
Despite the improvements towards reaching gender equality in sports, female athletes still face numerous obstacles. The media, for example still present sports with an underlying male and female split. Sports such as football and rugby are masculine with gymnastics and netball being grouped as female sports, aligning with the traditional ideology that men and women... Continue Reading →
PRESENT Media Ecology in Women’s Football – What is media convergence? (4)
In this blog post, the current media ecology of women's football (in England) will be analysed, as we discuss media convergence that we have seen in the present day. If you would like to know more about the history of women's football and the media, be sure to check out the last blog post in... Continue Reading →
eSports and Women: Why women are underrepresented in the gaming industry
At the beginning of this century, the eSports industry was not yet a significant player, although it already existed as a niche of video and computer games. The importance and interest only began to increase with the rise of the internet and its infrastructure. Especially among the younger generation, eSports today have a significant meaning.... Continue Reading →
How Augmented Reality can help in the fan experience and engagement transformation in Sports
Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Mixed Reality are all concepts that always amaze an average day-to-day consumer of media in any form. From the transformation of the telephone to a classic phone and then to a smartphone, the technological revolution in the industry has been nothing but spellbinding. Now moving onto a phase wherein one... Continue Reading →
Meet the Team – Gregg Johnson
Welcome to my WordPress account! My name is Gregg Johnson, I’m a 22 year old MSc Strategic Sport Marketing student at Leeds Beckett University. Leeds Beckett University is where I also completed my undergraduate degree in Sport Marketing, in which I achieved a first class honours. I’m looking forward to further exploring the world of... Continue Reading →
Is YouTube taking over TV in sport? Digital transformations in the sports media industry
The traditional dominance of TV as the primary medium for sports broadcasting is now challenged by digital platforms like YouTube. An academic paper discusses how the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is using YouTube as a complementary platform for the Olympics broadcast. It highlights YouTube's digital advantages such as real-time access, user-driven content co-production, and versatility of communication. The paper also points out the IOC's increasing dependency on the YouTube algorithm for audience engagement and its selective focus on key user markets. While YouTube has not yet overtaken TV for live broadcasts, its role in sports consumption is undeniable.
Media and Digital Transformation in Sport 