This paper has examined the attitudes and perceptions of sport journalists in covering handball primer league sports that have received very little or no attention in academic studies in Ethiopia. Qualitative cross-sectional design was applied, both available and purposive sampling for data collection. Samples taken for this study were all managers n=10, coaches n= 10, Ethiopian handball federation experts n=7, Sport journals n=7, Total participants N=34, both primary and secondary data sources were used, document analysis secondary data, semi structured interviews and focus group discussion (FGD). Qualitative data were analyzed by the researcher based on research questions. Data was tape recorded and fully transcribed by verbatim. Transcripts were coded, categorized and analyzed using thematic analysis based on the research questions. Quantitative analysis of Descriptive statistics with SPSS version 20 was used for participants’ bio data. According to the semi structured interview results sport journalists tend to write stories, which were exposed to incline on the athletics and football sport, the group response shows that lack of cooperation, continuous pressure and relationship with handball federation and sport’s Medias, handball experts, officials and government made in depth reporting difficult for TV sports journalists. And the document analysis result depicts that even though the hand ball federation has smart national sport policy for handball premier league clubs and projects through the country there is serious limitations in terms of practice and Government and stalk holders have to fulfill adequate and quality sport facilities for EHBP sport clubs expansion.
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DOI | 10.11648/j.ijsspe.20220701.13 |
Page(s) | 16-21 |
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Attitudes, Perceptions, Sport Journalists, FGD, Document Analysis
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Meaza Arficho, Hirko Taye. (2022). Attitudes and Perceptions of Media Towards Hand Ball Sport in the Case of Ethiopian Handball Premier League. International Journal of Sports Science and Physical Education, 7(1), 16-21. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijsspe.20220701.13
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Meaza Arficho, Hirko Taye. Attitudes and Perceptions of Media Towards Hand Ball Sport in the Case of Ethiopian Handball Premier League. Int J Sports Sci Phys Educ. 2022;7(1):16-21. doi: 10.11648/j.ijsspe.20220701.13
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