Effects of media on sports coverage

Raise hope

Raise awareness of sport

Motivate people to take part

Intrude on performers' privacy

Reduce spectator attendance at live events

Explanation:

Effects of media on sports coverage can have both a positive and negative effect on sport.

Raise hope: let look into the inspiring images from the Paralympic Games and how they change and affect people's perception of people with disabilities in our society. Compare that to the media coverage of athletes who are considered to have 'failed' in some way, This inturn raise raise hope of those that are or about to give up on something.

Raise awareness of sport : Sport coverage help raise awareness on sport and make people to know or be aware of things they ordinarily wouldn't have known or aware of.

Motivate people to take part: Sport coverage motivate people to take part due to the growing interest derived from watching the sport.

Intrude on performers' privacy: Sport coverage intrude the privacy of the performer because there are performer who don't really like to show off or fancy a private life.

Reduce spectator attendance at live events: This occur because many people who would have visited the venue of the sporting event to watch it live always settle for viewing it on media platforms.