Olympics During the Pandemic: Predictors of Olympics Viewing Across Platforms During the Tokyo Games

School of Media and Journalism, School of Peace and Conflict Studies
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  2. Kent State University COVID-19 research and funded grants
  3. Olympics During the Pandemic: Predictors of Olympics Viewing Across Platforms During the Tokyo Games
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Abstract

This research empirically tested the Dynamic Model of Exposure by examining users’ multiplatform exposure during the Tokyo Olympic Games. Findings supported the model, suggesting that Olympics viewing was a dynamic process involving individual preferences and structures. Various preferences and structures combined to explain 37.7% of the variance in viewing the Olympics on television and 48.7% of Olympics viewing via digital streaming. Overall, endogenous preferences provided the largest predictive value, suggesting that pre-Olympic media routines had the most powerful influence on viewing this mega-event on both television and via digital streaming. Variables related to the COVID-19 pandemic showed no significant impact on those who watched the Tokyo Games.
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Article
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10.1177/21674795211073811
Publication Date
2022-03-07
Publication Title
Communication and Sport
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18
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Tang, T., & Cooper, R. (2022). Olympics During the Pandemic: Predictors of Olympics Viewing Across Platforms During the Tokyo Games (1–). Communication and Sport. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795211073811
Tang, T., and R. Cooper. 2022. Olympics During the Pandemic: Predictors of Olympics Viewing Across Platforms During the Tokyo Games. Communication and Sport. https://oaks.kent.edu/node/17225.
Tang, Tang, and Roger Cooper. Olympics During the Pandemic: Predictors of Olympics Viewing Across Platforms During the Tokyo Games. Communication and Sport, 7 Mar. 2022, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795211073811.