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Sport Mass Media Influence on Promoting Sports in Order to Improve Public Health
Ali Alshamli, Homoud M. Al Anazi and Majdy Ahmed Shawqi
Corresponding Author: Ali Alshamli
Submitted: December 27, 2011
Accepted: January 21, 2012
Published: March 20, 2012 |
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Mass media could be one of the tools used to promote a physically active lifestyle. It is a direct and
potentially effective tool for reaching public with means, knowledge and information and helping them to
understand the importance of a physically active lifestyle. The main purpose of the study was to discover the
influence of mass media in promoting sports activities in order to improve health in Sultanate of Oman, and
attempt to determine the effect of the mass media in promoting sports activities to improve health. The study
sample consisted of 470 participants divide to five age groups (15-20, 21-25, 26-30, 31-35, 36-40, and over 40
years, respectively). The study used a mass mediasurvey to answer the main questions of the study. The results
showed a weakness of mass media to encourage sports culture and exercise within different segments of society
in order to improve health. Furthermore, it was a good signal that highlights the importance of mass media in
promoting exercise in sport in order to improve health. In addition, the results of the study provide professionals
in sports an adequate informationas to what mass media should be done to promote sports in order to improve
health of the people of Oman. It recommend that mass media should embrace national projects to promote and
encourage sport for health.
Key words: Physical activity benefits, sport mass media, , , , ,
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Ali Alshamli, Homoud M. Al Anazi and Majdy Ahmed Shawqi, . Sport Mass Media Influence on Promoting Sports in Order to Improve Public Health. Current Research Journal of Social Sciences, (2): 153-158.
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ISSN (Online): 2041-3246
ISSN (Print): 2041-3238 |
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