My view

      In order to accept this whole idea, it needs to be understood. The media does a great job when it comes to gaining attention, and spreading messages around, but could it be done better in sports than it is? The question was answered in previous blog entries, but to have a proper answer, let´s have a recap.

Although media is an important tool for sports, it can also overlook certain things that might be interesting to see, but are overlooked for the reason of being affraid of numbers. That means the media is affraid of not getting enough attention and readers. Also, media is dangerous in terms of spreading a message, since it can negatively effect the sports easily (Ma, 2018, par. 3).

It was mentioned previously that interesting stories can even be told when they are from more "unknown" people, as long as it makes it interesting and readable. The thing that should change is the goal of the media, the purpose of why they are writing about sports. So far, the purpose is to get attention and money, while they are willing to do nearly everything for that (Zbigniew, Krzysztof, Michal, Julia & PioZbignitr, 2012, p. 293). That should change, it should be to show the real good side of sports, show all the great stories of sports from all people, which might actually make the fans of the sport choose their idol based on personality and how well he/she gets the strong points of sports.

The point is not to hide all the successful athletes, or to not make them stand out, it is just that stories should not be made up, or more dramatized just for the attention. The point is to show the world the real stories, not overdramatize just to make content. It is also needed to realize the effects that media have, since if they make articles focused on successful or famous people, making an article about something "horrible" they have done (or what they think they have done), the negative news only creates negative effects (Pinker, 2018, par. 10). For sure, media gain much more attention, and more money, but is this what people truly want? Or is it joy that needs to be the goal of reading articles? Neither really, people want to know the truth and want to be entertained, or get inspired. On the contrary, there are many people who seek out the drama, get attracted by the titles of famous people.

There are both bright and dark sides in sports, but it seems like the dark sides are being more exaggerated, and the bright sides are more biased. What this means is that the dark sides are dramatized to gain more attention and curiosity, and the bright sides are being mostly shown and biased towards "the best of the best". We have to be careful and filter all the media that is read, and rarely we can find media that is very objective and contains only the truthful stories that are also interesting to read, portrayed in the right way.



(Malcolm, n.d.)

The image above sums up the struggles of people interested in sports, but being affected by the media coverage of the sports.

References

Malcolm X. (n.d.). [If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.]. Retrieved April 28, 2019, from https://www.azquotes.com/quote/415761?ref=media

Ma, C. (2018, November 27). The Impact of Social Media in Sports. Retrieved April 28, 2019, from   http://thesportdigest.com/2018/11/the-impact-of-social-media-in-sports/

Pinker, S. (2018, February 17). The media exaggerates negative news. This distortion has   consequences | Steven Pinker. Retrieved April 28, 2019, from   https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/17/steven-pinker-media-negative-news

Zbigniew, D., Krzysztof, J. W., Michal, L., Julia, M., & PioZbignitr, R. (2012). Mass media and   professional     sport. Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity, 4(4), 284.   doi:http://dx.doi.org.unyp.idm.oclc.org/10.2478/v10131-012-0028-6