Epl Understanding English Premier League (Epl) Football Dissertation

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Understanding English Premier League (EPL) football in India in terms of media commentaries and how they determine image of English football in this country

India is a cricket crazy country but for the last few years football has become a popular game. Particularly EPL has established its clubs and academies at different parts of India. EPL has been popular in India and there is significant increase in the viewership of EPL matches among Indian since 2006. In this study the author has tried to understand EPL football in India in terms of media commentaries and how they determine its image. The author used coverage of EPL football by Indian media particularly print media as well as conducted interviews with journalists and personnel related to local football to explore how much influence media has on popularizing EPL in India and whether there is difference in the coverage of local and international teams. One significant finding of the study is that EPL has a rising fan base and media is just a medium of reaching the fans and not has much influence on image construction of EPL team. Four main themes emerged from the results of the study; (1) there is no significant difference in the coverage of EPL and Indian local football by media; (2) Football has become popular and there are predictions of its becoming more popular in future.

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(3) EPL has its viewership which is rising day by day. Seeing its popularity in India, Indian sponsors are purchasing the teams and tournaments' rights. EPL has established clubs and academies in India. And there is scope of its becoming more popular. (4) Though at present local football teams are not able to compete with the international or EPL teams yet, AIFF is trying its best to achieve this standard through training and marketing.(5) Cricket is the top sport in the country and football may not reach its level in popularity but there is scope for it to be second famous game.

Table of Contents

Chapter-1 Introduction 5

Introduction 5

Background of the Study 6

Purpose of the Study 7

Chapter-II Literature Review 9

Theoretical Foundation 9

Sports journalism 13

Game coverage and story construction 14

Frame construction in journalism 16

Frame construction in sports journalism 19

Narrative and interpretive processes in sports writing 22

Chapter-3-Methodology 24

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