Impact of Sports Television The mass media, particularly television, heavily influences the way in which sports are experienced in American society. For every person who is physically present at a major professional sporting event for example, as many as a thousand may be watching it at home. However, television is only the most recent medium of mass communication that has influenced sports. By the mid-19th century, Americans were already experiencing sporting events indirectly. At …showed first 75 words of 1153 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1153 total…move from network television to expanding cable systems, including numerous pay-per-view channels, may be just as important to the future of the sporting experience for the average person. Sports have played a big part in bringing dramatic attention to new forms of mass media, particularly television. With this in mind, those forms have brought new sporting experiences to the public. The tight relationship of sport and television has allowed each of the two to flourish.