The extent of compliance with the media ethics in Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting ‘s sports programs

Considering that the most popular world radio and TV programs are sports programs and  due to the extensive and special impact of sports media on their audience, the present study aims to investigate the extent of compliance with media ethics in the sports programs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting  (sports programs of Channel 3, Sports TV and Sports Radio). The statistical population of this research was the students of different grades of physical education at Payam Noor University in Tehran. This research was carried out based on random-stratified sampling and the number of samples was 125 students based on Morgan’s table. The research tool was a researcher-made questionnaire. In order to analyze the data obtained from the questionnaire, using SPSS statistical software, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, t-test, analysis of variance (ANOVA), Levin and Tukey Tests, were used in accordance with the research hypotheses. The status of three variables of honesty, justice, responsibility of media ethics in sports programs was evaluated at a favorable level. According to the demographic variable of age, a significant difference was observed between students’ views on the component of media ethics and justice in sports programs. There was no significant difference between the groups of men and women in the variables of honesty, justice, responsibility and media ethics. Based on the findings of the research, it seems that maintaining and boosting motivation of people working in sports radio programs, factors such as increasing the financial and moral supports, is necessary in order to maintain compliance with media ethics.