Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization
Exploring the Fandemonium- Herausgeber:innen:
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- Verlag:
- 2011
Zusammenfassung
Once deemed an unworthy research endeavor, the study of sports fandom has garnered the attention of seasoned scholars from a variety of academic disciplines. Identity and socialization among sports fans are particular burgeoning areas of study among a growing cadre of specialists in the social sciences. Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization, edited by Adam C. Earnheardt, Paul Haridakis, and Barbara Hugenberg, captures an eclectic collection of new studies from accomplished scholars in the fields such as communication, business, geography, kinesiology, media, and sports management and administration, using a wide range of methodologies including quantitative, qualitative, and critical analyses.
In the communication revolution of the twenty-first century, the study of mediated sports is critical. As fans use all media at their disposal to consume sports and carry their sports-viewing experience online, they are seizing the initiative and asserting themselves into the mediated sports-dissemination process. They are occupying traditional roles of consumers/receivers of sports, but also as sharers and sports content creators. Fans are becoming pseudo sports journalists. They are interpreting mediated sports content for other fans. They are making their voice heard by sports organizations and athletes. Mediated sports, in essence, provide a context for studying and understanding where and how the communication revolution of the twenty-first century is being waged.
With their collection of studies by scholars from North America and Europe, Earnheardt, Haridakis, and Hugenberg illuminate the symbiotic relationship among and between sports organizations, the media, and their audiences. Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization spurs both the researcher and the interested fan to consider what the study of sports tells us about ourselves and the society in which we live.
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Bibliographische Angaben
- Auflage
- 1/2011
- Copyrightjahr
- 2011
- ISBN-Print
- 978-0-7391-4623-1
- ISBN-Online
- 978-0-7391-4622-4
- Verlag
- Lexington, Lanham
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Seiten
- 302
- Produkttyp
- Sammelband
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Contents Kein Zugriff
- Foreword Kein Zugriff
- Introduction Kein Zugriff Seiten 1 - 6
- 1 Remaining Rooted in a Sea of Red: Agrarianism, PlaceAttachment, and Nebraska Cornhusker Football Fans Kein Zugriff
- 2 The Dynamics of Identity in the Communities of LocalProfessional Wrestling Kein Zugriff
- 3 The 13th Man: Constructions of Fandom at the 2008Ryder Cup Kein Zugriff
- 4 Farewell to the Chief: Fan Identification and theSports Mascot as Postmodern Image Kein Zugriff
- 5 The Social Dimension of Sports Fanship Kein Zugriff
- 6 The Importance of Team Identification in Perceptionsof Trust of Fellow and Rival Sport Fans Kein Zugriff
- 7 No Limits: Sensation Seeking and Fandom in the SportCulture of the X Games Kein Zugriff
- 8 Sport Fans, Athletes, and Communication: ApplyingTheory to Understanding if Fans Impact Athletes’Cognitive and Physical Performance Kein Zugriff
- 9 “Pronger You Ignorant Ape…I Hope You Fall OffSpace Mountain!”: A Study of the Institutional Work ofSport Fans Kein Zugriff
- 10 “Brett Favre is a God”: Sports Fans’ Perpetuation ofMythology on Newspaper Websites Kein Zugriff
- 11 Communicating Organizational History to Sports Fans Kein Zugriff
- 12 The Many Faces of “Fans”: How the NBA Reaches Outto Its Different Audience Segments Kein Zugriff
- 13 From Good ol’ Boys to National Spectacle: Motivesand Identification among Young NASCAR Fans Kein Zugriff
- 14 Why Hispanic Fans Are the Lifeblood of Major LeagueSoccer Kein Zugriff
- 15 From Football Widow to Fan: Web Narratives ofWomen and Sports Spectatorship Kein Zugriff
- 16 Football Fans Do Wear Pink: Game Day Broadcasts,Female Football Fans and Their NFL Kein Zugriff
- 17 Great Expectations: An Analysis of the Fan Base forWNBA’s 2008 Expect Great Kein Zugriff
- 18 Fantasy Sports and Sports Fandom: Implications forMass Media Research Kein Zugriff
- 19 Show Me the Numbers!: Media Dependency andFantasy Game Participants Kein Zugriff
- Index Kein Zugriff Seiten 292 - 293
- About the Contributors Kein Zugriff Seiten 294 - 301
- About the Editors Kein Zugriff Seiten 302 - 302
