Sociological study on newspaper coverage of "Around the Kyushu Ekiden" : Contents of message and its interpretation process of the reader

本研究的目的是将体育相关的媒体文本视为叙事，并分析其结构。为了实现这一目标，对2002年11月1日至10日举行的第51届九州环行长跑比赛的报道进行了内容分析。经确认，《西日本新闻》在报道第51届九州一带的文章中，出现了“团队之间的竞争”、“个人之间的竞争或英雄成就”、“九州的性格”、“家庭关系”、“复兴”、“复仇”、“对家乡的爱”、“代际关系”、“对队友的感激”、“九州一带一带的传统”等主题。据媒体报道，《九州周围》的叙事结构是这样的：中心主题“团队之间的竞争”与各种关于竞争的主题联系在一起，例如“个人之间的竞争，或英雄的成就”，以这种方式进一步主张其作为其他主题的一部分的地位。

The objective of this research was to treat media texts regarding sports as narratives, and then analyze the structure. In order to pursue this objective, a content analysis was performed of articles appearing in The Nishinippon Shimbun that reported on the 51st Around the Kyushu Ekiden (long distance relay race) event held from November 1st to 10^<th> in 2002.It was confirmed that in the articles in The Nishinippon Shimbun reporting on the 51st Around the Kyushu Ekiden, various themes appear, such as "Competition Between Teams", "Competition Between Individuals, or Heroes' Achievements", "The Character' of Kyushu", "Family' Relationships", "Revival", "Revenge", "Love of Home Town", "The Relationship Between Generations", "Gratitude Toward One's Teammates", "The Tradition of Around the Kyushu Ekiden", and so on.The Around the Kyushu Ekiden narratives according to the media are structured such that the central theme "Competition Between Teams" is connected with various themes concerning competition, such as "Competition Between Individuals, or Heroes' Achievements", in this way further asserting its position as part of other themes.