Showing papers in "Sport in Society in 2021"
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a framework to aid understanding athlete brand life cycle and how to extend it, a thorough review of the literature was conducted to create the proposed framework.
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to present a framework to aid understanding athlete brand life cycle and how to extend it. A thorough review of the literature was conducted to create the proposed fra...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the relationships between sport spectator motivation, involvement, and loyalty, and validated a comprehensive motivation scale and test the interrelationships among the sport fans.
Abstract: This study examines the relationships between sport spectator motivation, involvement, and loyalty. It sought to validate a comprehensive motivation scale and test the interrelationships among thes...
23 citations
TL;DR: Light is shed on the unique motivations of users of mHealth technologies and possible design strategies than could be utilized within fitness tracking applications are revealed.
Abstract: Fitness tracking applications have demonstrated to be viable tools to help people meet the recommended guidelines of physical activity. Nevertheless, attrition rates of these applications are high....
21 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors account for the allure of sports spectatorship in late capitalism by theorizing spectatorial communities as imagined communities, based on the work of Benedict Anderson and others.
Abstract: This article accounts for the allure of sports spectatorship in late capitalism by theorizing spectatorial communities as imagined communities. Building on the work of Benedict Anderson and others,...
17 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a study aimed to provide insight into the experiences of and attitudes to sport and physical activity for disabled people, through semi-structured interviews with eight facil...
Abstract: This study aimed to provide insight into the experiences of and attitudes to sport and physical activity for disabled people. Data were generated through semi-structured interviews with eight facil...
16 citations
TL;DR: In the women's sport, sport administrators have insisted on various mechanisms to assess "femaleness" for the purpose of competition in women's sports as mentioned in this paper, and the criterion has turned to testostost...
Abstract: Since the 1930s, sports administrators have insisted on various mechanisms to assess ‘femaleness’ for the purpose of competition in women’s sport. Most recently, the criterion has turned to testost...
15 citations
Abstract: Five States of an otherwise politically turbulent, strategically sensitive and socio-ethnically divided region – India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan – constitute the essence of S...
15 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that officiating is a complex and fundamentally human activity that demands authentic investigations considering the vital reciprocity between the official, their environment, and their dynamic role.
Abstract: Officials are undeniably key figures in high performance sport, providing some order and regulation within complex and generally unpredictable sport contests. Despite their importance and centrality, a largely incomplete picture exists of their pressurized and complex work. Specifically, the limited existing research has tended to be framed by the ‘seen but not heard’ view of officialdom whereby they are considered to be rather benign rule-appliers. The result has been a somewhat valuable, yet largely narrow and constrained research agenda that often ‘misses the mark’ by emphasising largely decontextualized accounts of fitness, decision-making, and stress. The purpose of this deliberatively polemic paper is to stimulate debate about the important concepts in high-performance officiating, including how they learn their craft. In doing so, we propose that officiating is a complex and fundamentally human activity that demands authentic investigations considering the vital reciprocity between the official, their environment, and their dynamic role.
15 citations
TL;DR: The South African sport science curriculum is presented to students with content that foregrounds sport achievement but neglects institutional dilemmas as mentioned in this paper, and this study intervened by exposing it's racis...
Abstract: The South African sport science curriculum is presented to students with content that foregrounds sport achievement but neglects institutional dilemmas. This study intervened by exposing it’s racis...
15 citations
TL;DR: Ozil as discussed by the authors stated that "I am German when we win, but I am an immigrant when we lose" and then he resigned from Germany's national football team in 2016.
Abstract: ‘I am German when we win, but I am an immigrant when we lose’. With this powerful statement Mesut Ozil resigned from Germany’s national football team. His resignation act not only highlights growin...
14 citations
TL;DR: This paper investigated the contested nature of nationalism expressed through sport in the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea, and provided useful episodes where I can investigate a differ...
Abstract: This article is concerned with the contested nature of nationalism expressed through sport. The 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang offers some useful episodes where I can investigate a differ...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine how elite athletes perceive their own responsibilities and possibilities to be compliant with the anti-doping regulations, and draw conclusions about what these perceptions mean in relation to the legitimacy of the system.
Abstract: The main purpose of this article is to examine how elite athletes perceive their own responsibilities and possibilities to be compliant with the anti-doping regulations, and to draw conclusions about what these perceptions mean in relation to the legitimacy of the anti-doping system. A qualitative research design, with interviews conducted with athletes globally, was employed to capture elite sportspersons’ views on anti-doping policy and procedures. The analysis was based on a theoretical framework on legitimacy. The findings show that athletes’ situation is characterized by limited information and a lack of leeway. At the same time, athletes find themselves obliged to be dutiful. We discuss the complex situation of simultaneously facing perceived limitations and duties, and consider the limits that athletes experience in relation to compliance, which may place the legitimacy of the anti-doping system at risk.
TL;DR: In this article, football fan participation within the context of the English Premier League (EPL) has diversified through the rise of fan channels hosted on YouTube, and soccer fan participation in the EPL has become a participatory new medium.
Abstract: Football fan participation within the context of the English Premier League (EPL) has diversified through the rise of fan channels hosted on YouTube. As a pioneer within this participatory new medi...
TL;DR: In this article, the formation of sports heroes is shaped by established notions of national identity and longstanding mythological archetypes rather than heroes' personal traits or deeds, and universal hero myths provide recognised narratives that frame the emergence of new heroes in otherwise very different societies.
Abstract: This paper discusses sports hero formation in relation to national identity, arguing that it can be a critical component of the development of a hero. A netnographic approach, that encompassed a number of virtual spaces and methods of analyses, was utilised to examine the formation of sports heroes within the setting of a new professional sports team. Drawing upon the work of Joseph Campbell and Orrin E. Klapp, it contextualises the sporting hero in the wider narratives of hero typologies. It argues that the formation of sports heroes is shaped by established notions of national identity and longstanding mythological archetypes rather than heroes’ personal traits or deeds. Universal hero myths, furthermore, provide recognised narratives that frame the emergence of new heroes in otherwise very different societies.
TL;DR: In view of the current migratory movement of refugees to Europe, voluntary sports clubs (VSCs) are often regarded as important drivers in ensuring refugees' participation in social life as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: In view of the current migratory movement of refugees to Europe, voluntary sports clubs (VSCs) are often regarded as important drivers in ensuring refugees’ participation in social life. As interes...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the relationship between media and the growth of disc golf, using the 50 United States as units of analysis, four indicators of disc-golf activity are measured.
Abstract: This study examines relationships between media and the growth of disc golf. Using the 50 United States as units of analysis, four indicators of disc golf activity are measured. The volume of cover...
TL;DR: This paper examined how NBA clubs used Twitter as a communication tool to build relationships with their public through a content analysis of 5,561 tweets on their Twitter sites and found that the majority of the tweets were from NBA teams.
Abstract: This study examined how NBA clubs used Twitter as a communication tool to build relationships with their public through a content analysis of 5,561 tweets on their Twitter sites. This study found t...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined how spaces of fandom in the English Premier League (EPL) have developed over the last decade in light of globalization processes and technological advancements, and argued that these under-explored spaces have been enacted by broader, powerful processes and the two spaces -the fan zone (offline) and the independent Fan TV (online) do now comprise two important spaces that add vibrancy, meaning and socio-cultural elements to the practice of being a fan.
Abstract: This article examines how spaces of fandom in the English Premier League (EPL) have developed over the last decade in light of globalization processes and technological advancements. This conceptual paper thus utilizes the existing literature and frames these insights to outline emerging ‘offline’ and ‘online’ spaces of fandom in the English football’s top-tier. It is argued that these under-explored spaces have been enacted by broader, powerful processes and the two spaces – the fan zone (‘offline’ space) and the independent Fan TV (‘online’) do now comprise two important spaces that add vibrancy, meaning and socio-cultural elements to the practice of ‘being’ a fan. Crucially, the article ties into and extend current debates around the technology-fandom pair. It sustains that, in order to understand contemporary fan culture in the EPL, these spaces must, increasingly, be considered as sites for collective and individual identification, the performance of fandom and social interaction.
TL;DR: In this article, the similarities and differences between live spectatorship and mediated sports consumption are examined, based on this premise, and the similarities between the two types of consumption practices are examined.
Abstract: Live spectatorship and mediated sports consumption are two distinct, although intertwined, types of consumption practices. Based on this premise, this study examined the similarities and difference...
TL;DR: In the United Kingdom, recent research documents an overrepresentation of white participants, coaches, and decision makers within sporting contexts as discussed by the authors, in contrast to Black, Asian and minority ethnic (B...
Abstract: In the United Kingdom, recent research documents an over-representation of White participants, coaches, and decision makers within sporting contexts. In contrast Black, Asian and minority ethnic (B...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reviewed CLR James' Beyond a Boundary, where he opined: "What do they know of cricket who only men's cricket know?" and added: "Men's cricket knows more than women's cricket."
Abstract: In CLR James’ Beyond a Boundary he opined: ‘What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?’ One might add: ‘What do they know of cricket who only men’s cricket know?’ This article reviews the ...
TL;DR: In this paper, the social construction of integrity takes place within the context of football in the Netherlands, and the authors combine a contextual approach to sports integrity with the analytic approach to sport integrity.
Abstract: This study analyses how the social construction of integrity takes place within the context of football in the Netherlands Combining a contextual approach to sports integrity with the analytic len
TL;DR: In this article, the impact of political pressures on sport and athletes in Montenegro is discussed, as these pressures impact the legal and the policy framework as well as the institutional settings in the country.
Abstract: This paper addresses the impact of political pressures on sport and athletes in Montenegro, as these pressures impact the legal and the policy framework as well as the institutional settings in spo...
TL;DR: A self-completed assessment tool was devised that can be used to evaluate the promotion of social inclusion within sport teams and the wider community and opens research opportunities into the relationship between this measure of inclusion and outcomes for both the coaches and for the players.
Abstract: Including people with intellectual disability in sport is a challenge for coaches and particularly the inclusion of these players alongside non-disabled peers. Drawing initially on the experiences ...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe and analyse how a pro-doping online community called Flashback describes and analyzes how a person can be tested for a drug using interview material and data from various postings.
Abstract: On the basis of qualitatively gathered interview material and data from various postings on a pro-doping online community called Flashback, the aim of this article is to describe and analyse how fe...
TL;DR: The sport has traditionally been a hostile environment for lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people as discussed by the authors, however, research on a range of British sports has documented a considerable shift towa...
Abstract: Sport has traditionally been a hostile environment for lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people. More recently, however, research on a range of British sports has documented a considerable shift towa...
TL;DR: In the sport mega-events are often accompanied by allegations of bribery and corruption, with concerns around corruption opportunities expected to continue into the 2020s as mentioned in this paper. But the authors of this paper focus on anti-corruption arou...
Abstract: Sport mega-events are often accompanied by allegations of bribery and corruption, with concerns around corruption opportunities expected to continue into the 2020s. Research on anti-corruption arou...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that public investments in high performance sport are booming which requires policy makers to justify the expenses, thus, governments predominantly argue that elite sport should be supported.
Abstract: Since the turn of the century, public investments in high performance sport are booming which requires policy makers to justify the expenses. Thus, governments predominantly argue that elite sport ...
TL;DR: In this article, 11 parents in the Canadian Maritimes involved with Midget Triple A teams, the highest possible league before Major Junior (i.e., the Canadian Hockey League), were interviewed to explore the var...
Abstract: Eleven parents in the Canadian Maritimes involved with Midget Triple A teams, the highest possible league before Major Junior (i.e., the Canadian Hockey League), were interviewed to explore the var...
TL;DR: In this article, the concept of the "drag effect" is used to explore the complexities of the relationship between national identity and sport, and it is argued that Elias's distinct sociolo...
Abstract: In this paper Norbert Elias’s concept of the ‘drag-effect’ is argued to be important for exploring the complexities of the relationship between national identity and sport. Elias’s distinct sociolo...