A Meta-analysis of Ten Articles and Dissertations on Sports and Media

This article offers a meta-analysis of ten articles and dissertations that their subject is sport and media. Many researchers have tried to study sports with a sociological approach, but these researchers have not obeyed any specific methodology and mostly followed their own interest. Hence, this meta-analysis is an attempt to re-analyze, mostly methodologically, some of the researches done on the media and sport in Iran, and to evaluate their strengths and weaknesses. Also, the present article is aimed to provide an opportunity to the professionals in the field of sociology of sports to know about researches on this field. The meta-analysis of ten articles and dissertation on media and sports demonstrates that most of the researches have used quantitative methods and have not paid attention to the qualitative methodologies and the intentions of communicators and cultural dimensions of media and sports are overlooked.