How has social media changed your life? Are you able to figure how to use social media? Do you catch yourself constantly checking it when an update is received or when a notification appears? Are you too much into social media that it is affecting other parts of your life? All are legitimate questions to ask yourself with the way social and sports media have been evolving over the last few years. Information is easily accessible and at the click of the mouse or press of the button. When is too much information, too much?
Updated sport information is sent out to viewers via email, on phone applications, over television casts and test messages. What did our grandparents do when they had to read a newspaper for sports information or better yet, actually went to a game?! Over the years, going to a game simply isn’t relevant anymore. You can watch the game on your smart phone and have just as great as a view as someone sitting behind the home plate or at the 50 yard line. “The traditional communication model in which the media had a monopoly and could dictate the what, when and how of distributing sports began to change with the Home Box Office began airing boxing matches in the 1970’s” (Newman, et al. 2013. pg 25).
Are you one of those people who wants nothing to do with the updates and keeps it old school? Or are you a person that is up to date and getting ESPN notifications every hour about who is hurt and what player just got fined for breaking another rule? The up to date technology and sports media has been a great way for my family to stay in touch with watching my younger brother play all around the world. Being a part of the All Ohio AAU Basketball team, he had the opportunity to play in places such as Italy, Washington DC and Germany. My family and I was able to watch and receive live updates on scores and how he was playing since we were unable to be there in the gym.
Going into his Junior year season at the University of Toledo, I can now watch my brother occasionally on my tablet on ESPN3 when I am unable to make the game. The evolution of social sports media has provided that enjoyment of watching him weekly when living 600 plus miles away makes it difficult. Last year his team played one of the top ranked teams in the nation, the Duke Blue Devils. It was really awesome to watch players and fans from all around the United States comment and Tweet about how well my brother and his teammates played that night.
To answer all of my initial questions, YES I am an extreme sports media fan. I am that crazy sister that hypes up every basketball game, regardless of who their opponent is. I am that sports fan that gets daily updates on what players are playing this week and the top ten plays from last night’s sporting events. I AM truly amazed in the evolution of sports social media.
Newman, T., Peck, J. F., Harris, C., & Wilhide, B. (2013). Social media in sport marketing. Scottsdale, AZ: Holcomb Hathaway, Publishers, Inc
Updated sport information is sent out to viewers via email, on phone applications, over television casts and test messages. What did our grandparents do when they had to read a newspaper for sports information or better yet, actually went to a game?! Over the years, going to a game simply isn’t relevant anymore. You can watch the game on your smart phone and have just as great as a view as someone sitting behind the home plate or at the 50 yard line. “The traditional communication model in which the media had a monopoly and could dictate the what, when and how of distributing sports began to change with the Home Box Office began airing boxing matches in the 1970’s” (Newman, et al. 2013. pg 25).
Are you one of those people who wants nothing to do with the updates and keeps it old school? Or are you a person that is up to date and getting ESPN notifications every hour about who is hurt and what player just got fined for breaking another rule? The up to date technology and sports media has been a great way for my family to stay in touch with watching my younger brother play all around the world. Being a part of the All Ohio AAU Basketball team, he had the opportunity to play in places such as Italy, Washington DC and Germany. My family and I was able to watch and receive live updates on scores and how he was playing since we were unable to be there in the gym.
Going into his Junior year season at the University of Toledo, I can now watch my brother occasionally on my tablet on ESPN3 when I am unable to make the game. The evolution of social sports media has provided that enjoyment of watching him weekly when living 600 plus miles away makes it difficult. Last year his team played one of the top ranked teams in the nation, the Duke Blue Devils. It was really awesome to watch players and fans from all around the United States comment and Tweet about how well my brother and his teammates played that night.
To answer all of my initial questions, YES I am an extreme sports media fan. I am that crazy sister that hypes up every basketball game, regardless of who their opponent is. I am that sports fan that gets daily updates on what players are playing this week and the top ten plays from last night’s sporting events. I AM truly amazed in the evolution of sports social media.
Newman, T., Peck, J. F., Harris, C., & Wilhide, B. (2013). Social media in sport marketing. Scottsdale, AZ: Holcomb Hathaway, Publishers, Inc