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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2017.15.6.505

A Study on the Sentence Length of Sports News in the Era of the Convergency  

Yoo, Byong Cher (Korea National Sport University)
Lee, Jong Young (Korea National Sport University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.15, no.6, 2017 , pp. 505-511 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to identify the characteristic of the length of sentence of sports news articles compared with other sections, other newspaper and sports events. In order to achieve this purpose, 4 daily newspapers(Chosun Ilbo, Dong-A Ilbo, Kyunghyang Shinmun and MKsports) were selected as research sources. The length of sentence of collected articles was analyzed by One way ANOVA and Scheffe as post-hoc. The results of these analyses are summarized into three as follows: First, the length of sentence of news articles has significant difference by sections. To put it concretely, the sentences in politics section were the longest, and then economy, editorials comes. The sports section has the shortest sentences. Second, the length of sports articles has significant difference by newspapers. In particular, MK sports which is a sports-oriented newspaper has the shortest in the length of sentence of sports articles than other newspapers such as Chosun, Dong-A and Kyunghyang. Third, the length of sentence of sports articles has significant differences by the sports events. More specifically golf is the longest, and then basketball, soccer and baseball follows.
Keywords
Sports news; Sentence Length; Section; Newspaper; Sports event; Convergency;
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