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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Fan Identity"”.
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A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF NASCAR FAN IDENTITY
… (National Association of Stock Car Racing) fan. Specifically, the researcher examined how NASCAR fans create their sport fan identity, how being a NASCAR fan influences their overall identity, and the social and cultural aspects associated with being a NASCAR fan. The participants consisted …
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Laugh out loud in real life : women's humor and fan identity
The emerging field of fan studies has, until recently, been defined only by the research that has taken place within it. Almost universally, this research focuses on self-identified fans. However, scholars are beginning to examine and debate what the limits of the field should be. This study argues …
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The play-element of football fandom: reframing the fluidity of fan identity projects within the post-fandom era
… a number of original contributions to football fandom and fan identity projects by exploring the construction and development of fan identity, within the dynamic environment of what is conceptualized as post-fandom. The performative-dimension of football fandom allows fans to satisfy a number of …
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Uses and Gratification of Sports Media Audiences
With the exposure of mass media, sports fans are able to enjoy games in real time in their homes (Beck & Bosshart, 2003; Phua, 2010). While just watching sports broadcasts, fans are likely to share the game experience with family, friends, and other fans who are following the same team (Gantz & …
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WATCHING YOU, WATCHING ME: REPRESENTATIONS OF FEMALE FANS AND FANDOM IN ACADEMIA, NEWS MEDIA AND POPULAR CULTURE
… of the representation of female participatory fandom, including scholarly work on fandom from the 1980s to the present, recent news media coverage of fan fiction, and a case study of fan responses to their own representation on the television series Supernatural. I will argue that outsider …
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Consumption outside the market: an ethnography of consumer resistance among football fans
This study analysed football fandom utilising an ethnographic approach. Football fandom was selected as a research site for the study because it offered scope to explore for the presence of non-traditional forms of cultural capital (Bourdieu 1984). It also offered scope to explore the extent to …