Investigation of affected the academic sport development dimension by mass media (The case study: Iran's payam noor universities)

The purpose of this research was investigation of the academic sport development dimension with affected by mass media in the Iran's Payam Noor Universities. Methodology of the research was descriptive- correlation. Population of the research was composed of all referees, coaches and athletes participating at students' sports Olympiad of Iran's Payam Noor Universities in year 2015. Statistical sample of research was chosen randomly and consisted of 176 persons. Data gathering tool was a researcher made questionnaire; its superficial and content validity was approved by academic professors and media experts; also the stability of research tool was reported to be at an acceptable level. SPSS 23 software was used to analyze research data and also AMOS 24 software was used to analyze structure validity.