Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization

Adam C. Earnheardt; Paul Haridakis; Barbara Hugenberg

doi:10.5771/9780739146224

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Copyright year: 2011
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7391-4623-1
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7391-4622-4
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 302
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. Foreword No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 6
1. 1 Remaining Rooted in a Sea of Red: Agrarianism, PlaceAttachment, and Nebraska Cornhusker Football Fans No access
2. 2 The Dynamics of Identity in the Communities of LocalProfessional Wrestling No access
3. 3 The 13th Man: Constructions of Fandom at the 2008Ryder Cup No access
4. 4 Farewell to the Chief: Fan Identification and theSports Mascot as Postmodern Image No access
1. 5 The Social Dimension of Sports Fanship No access
2. 6 The Importance of Team Identification in Perceptionsof Trust of Fellow and Rival Sport Fans No access
3. 7 No Limits: Sensation Seeking and Fandom in the SportCulture of the X Games No access
4. 8 Sport Fans, Athletes, and Communication: ApplyingTheory to Understanding if Fans Impact Athletes’Cognitive and Physical Performance No access
5. 9 “Pronger You Ignorant Ape…I Hope You Fall OffSpace Mountain!”: A Study of the Institutional Work ofSport Fans No access
1. 10 “Brett Favre is a God”: Sports Fans’ Perpetuation ofMythology on Newspaper Websites No access
2. 11 Communicating Organizational History to Sports Fans No access
3. 12 The Many Faces of “Fans”: How the NBA Reaches Outto Its Different Audience Segments No access
4. 13 From Good ol’ Boys to National Spectacle: Motivesand Identification among Young NASCAR Fans No access
5. 14 Why Hispanic Fans Are the Lifeblood of Major LeagueSoccer No access
1. 15 From Football Widow to Fan: Web Narratives ofWomen and Sports Spectatorship No access
2. 16 Football Fans Do Wear Pink: Game Day Broadcasts,Female Football Fans and Their NFL No access
3. 17 Great Expectations: An Analysis of the Fan Base forWNBA’s 2008 Expect Great No access
1. 18 Fantasy Sports and Sports Fandom: Implications forMass Media Research No access
2. 19 Show Me the Numbers!: Media Dependency andFantasy Game Participants No access
Index No access Pages 292 - 293
About the Contributors No access Pages 294 - 301
About the Editors No access Pages 302 - 302