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Sports mania : essays on fandom and the media in the 21st century / edited by Lawrence W. Hugenberg, Paul M. Haridakis, and Adam C. Earnheardt.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mass media and sports.
- Sports spectators--Social aspects.
- Sports spectators.
- Sports spectators--Psychology.
- Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 287 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2008]
- Summary:
- "In these essays, leading scholars tackle a wide range of subjects, including the ways in which people root for their teams and the uses of technology to cultivate fan communities. Taking an interdisciplinary approach through the fields of communication, psychology and telecommunications, this collection explores modern fans, their motives, culture, and their identification with sports and individual teams"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Sports Media Content
- Playing Dirty: On Reading Media Texts and Studying Sports Fans in Commercialized Settings / Lawrence A. Wenner 13
- Patriots and Saints: How the NFL Helped America Cope with Terrorists and Natural Disasters / Steven E. Martin, Amanda Breitenfeldt 33
- Two Nations, Two Networks, One Game: An Analysis of the ESPN and Univision Telecasts of the 2002 Mexico-United States World Cup Match / John P. McGuire, Greg G. Armfield 45
- The Sports Fan
- Exploring the Roots of Sports Fanship / Walter Gantz, Brian Wilson, Hyangsun Lee, David Fingerhut 63
- The Coping Strategies of Highly Identified Sports Fans: The Importance of Team Success on Tendencies to Utilize Proactive Pessimism / Daniel L. Wann, Frederick G. Grieve 78
- Understanding the Voice of the Fan: Apologia, Antapologia, and the 2006 World Cup Controversy / Paul D. Turman, Kevin A. Stein, Matthew H. Barton 86
- Fan Identification
- The Consequences of Sports Fan Identification / Beth Dietz-Uhler, Jason R. Lanter 103
- I Am Yao Ming: Identification and Internet Fan Discussion / Katherine L. Lavelle 114
- Fan Motives
- Advances in Theories of Sports Fans' Motives: Fan Personal Motives and the Emotional Impacts of Games and Their Outcomes / Lloyd Reynolds Sloan, Debbie Van Camp 129
- Exploring Fandom and Motives for Viewing Televised Sports / Adam C. Earnheardt, Paul M. Haridakis 158
- NASCAR Fans in Their Own Words: Motivation Expressed in Narratives / Lawrence W. Hugenberg, Barbara Hugenberg 172
- Exploring the Motives of Fantasy Sports: A Uses-and-Gratifications Approach / John S.W. Spinda, Paul M. Haridakis 187
- Fan-Produced Content
- "Let the Domination Begin": Sports Fans' Construction of Identity in Online Message Boards / Kelly A. Berg, Allison Harthcock 203
- "It's (Not) in the Game": The Quest for Quantitative Realism and the Madden Football Fan / Andrew Baerg 218
- Virtual Sports Consumption, Authentic Brotherhood: The Reality of Fantasy Football / Michael Serazio 229
- The Florida Gator Nation Online / Rebecca B. Watts 243.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-278) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786437269
- 078643726X
- OCLC:
- 213775584
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