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 At present, the importance of sports news has increased a lot. Daily newspapers are trying to present sports news in a more interesting and important way than before. The importance of sports news is increasing day by day due to various reasons like an increase in reader interest or increase in the number of newspaper advertisements, advertisement trade, or an increase in corporate importance. Due to the increasing importance of sports news, different newspapers and magazines are adopting different approaches. The present study has shown how the news published on the sports page of the Daily Prothom Alo for a total period of 31 days from 1 January to 31 January 2020 has received distribution and treatment. It also shows what the published news was like in nature, the headlines of the news, and the distribution and presentation of the news published in the newspapers. In addition to this, the rate of various news published on the sports page of the newspaper has been searched and the coverage of sports news has been analyzed. Both qualitative and quantitative methods of the content analysis method have been used in the analysis of the contents of the present study. The concepts of Agenda Setting Theory of Media have been used in the analysis of contents and coverage.

In this study, we have tried to analyse how the newspapers dealt with the pandemic situation. Due to COVID-19, sports events (both international and national levels) were stopped for a long time. In those days, it was a challenge for the daily newspapers to continue sports pages with regular trends. The policies and new trends that have been taken by the national dailies to cope with this situation have been analysed here. To conduct the research, we used the content analysis method. In this research, we have observed a significant decline in the number of news items and news areas on the sports pages. Cricket and football were the main sources of news, and most of the news items were male-centred. During the pandemic, using colours in headlines decreased. The Prothom Alo experienced a scarcity of advertisements though The Daily Observer did not experience it. The trend of using photos (with news) increased a little during the pandemic. Overall, many challenges were faced during this period by the newspaper industry, especially by the sports desk.

Social Science Review, Vol. 40(2), December 2023 Page: 23-38

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3329/ssr.v40i2.72126

In this study, the nature and representation of
news published in two Bangladeshi newspapers have been analysed using the ideas of the peace journalism model given by the Norwegian social scientist Johan Galtung. Here the coding frames are prepared in light of the peace journalism model for framing analysis; besides this, the
content analysis method is used. Considering the overall results of the research, it is found that the Bangladeshi media are still dependent on the traditional style of journalism in reporting war and conflicts. Peace journalism practice has not been found on a large scale till now. Except
for some events, the Bangladeshi media are practicing war journalism on a large scale in almost every case. The journalism practice of Bangladesh doesn’t show any evidence of coming out the conventional trends; rather, it
shows the trends of sustaining the conflicts and contributing to shaping the problem to a greater degree. However, it has been proven in peace journalism practice that the media can play a vital role in resolving conflicts and establishing
peace.

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