THE NEEDS OF SPORTS ACTIVITIES RECREATIONAL PURSUITS AND DIGITAL TOOLS USING FOR EXERCISE AMONG SPORTS JOURNALISTS
Keywords:
Needs, Sports activities, Recreational activities, Digital tools, Sports journalistsAbstract
The purposes of this research were: (1) to investigate the needs for sports activities, recreational activities, and the use of digital tools for exercise among sports journalists; and (2) to compare these needs according to gender, age, and professional association membership. The sample consisted of 230 sports journalists who were members of the Sports Journalists Association of Thailand, the Thailand Sports Writers Association, and the Online Sports Journalists Association. The participants were selected through stratified random sampling. The research instrument was a researcher-developed questionnaire consisting of 54 items. The Index of Item-Objective Congruence (IOC) was 1.00, and the reliability coefficient was 0.971. The data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, independent samples t-test, one-way analysis of variance (One-way ANOVA), and Fisher's Least Significant Difference (LSD) test for pairwise comparisons. The results of the study were as follows 1) The overall need for sports activities, recreational activities, and the use of digital tools for exercise among sports journalists was at a high level ( = 3.50, SD = 0.20). 2) Sports journalists with different genders, ages, and professional association memberships showed no significant differences in their overall needs for sports activities, recreational activities, and the use of digital tools for exercise. 3) When each aspect was considered separately, sports journalists of different age groups demonstrated statistically significant differences in their needs for sports activities and recreational activities at the .05 level. Sports journalists aged 31–45 years reported significantly higher needs for sports activities (
= 3.53, SD = 0.28) than those aged 46years and above (
= 3.41, SD = 0.30). Likewise, sports journalists aged 31–45 years exhibited significantly higher needs for recreational activities (
= 3.56, SD = 0.31) than those aged below 31 years (
= 3.42, SD = 0.28).
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