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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Sports fans"”.
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Cultural study of Attributions of Sports Fans
Cultural differences in the attributions of sports fans in the US have not been sufficiently explored. Studies have shown that individualists have the tendency to make more internal attributions compared to collectivists (Kashima & Triandis, 1986; Al-Zahrani & Kaplowitz, 1993; Cha & Nam, 1985; …
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Motivational Differences in Why Sports Fans Attend Minor League Baseball and Roller Derby Events
… League baseball) and atypical (roller derby) fans. Eighty-one fans (40 Minor League baseball and 41 roller derby) completed an 8 question demographic survey, a 26-item Sport Fan Motivation Scale, a 7-item Sport Spectator Identification Scale, and a 10-item Sport Fan Exploratory Curiosity …
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The Relationship between Superstitious Behaviors of Sports Fans, Team Identification, Team Location, and Game Outcome
… Results indicated that highly identified fans reported wanting to perform more superstitious behaviors than low identified fans. However, no main effect was found for game outcome or team location, and there were no interactions. This finding reiterated the importance of team …
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An Examination of Working Memory, Spatial Awareness and Expertise in Athletes, Non-Athletes and Sports-Fans
… young athletes' sport performance. However, in sports that are more heavily reliant on open skills, cognitive factors, such as working memory (WM), attention, and spatial awareness, are more likely to become a barrier for proficiency than form or physical prowess. Nevertheless, the intricacies …
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“I Pledge Allegiance”: Examining Motivations for Sport Fanship and Fandom in the American South
… that exist in the formation of collegiate fanship and fandom. Through a mixed-method approach, this dissertation provides an in-depth examination into the motivations individuals have when establishing allegiances for collegiate sports teams. Through a qualitative investigation of 20 …
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An Analysis of Sports -Oriented Development Discourse in St. Louis, Missouri
Sports oriented development has been an important political economic topic in urban studies for many years. Most researchers studying sports oriented development however fail to comprehend the powerful discourse, to legitimate this development. This research analyzes the production of a sports …
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Analysing International Sports Fan Motivations and Constraints: The Case of Japanese International Sports Fan Tourists and Rugby World Cup Fan Tourists
The scale of professional sports leagues and mega sports events has expanded recently. Many sports fans travel to foreign countries to watch international events featuring the world’s top athletes or players. The number of international sports fan tourists has increased, and understanding their …
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Television viewership and rivalry in the National Football League
… therefore investigates the effect of rivalry on sports viewership of out-of-market games to shed light on how sports fans may act when rival teams are involved.
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Effect of Fandom on Sports Gambling
… fandom and betting. The hypothesis was that sports fans who gambled on their favorite teams would be more likely to make irrational decisions based more closely on emotional attachment than logical thinking. A total of 191 fans of the Chicago Bears (n = 80), Green Bay Packers (n = 57), and …
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Hysteresis in visual search.
… fastballs. Drivers weave through traffic and sports fans skillfully track the movements of their favorite team. These are examples of visual search, the process of looking for something. Classic experiments have provided much information about characteristics affecting search efficiency (i.e., …
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Investigating Daily Fantasy Baseball: An Approach to Automated Lineup Generation
<p>A recent trend among sports fans along both sides of the letterman jacket is that of Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS). The DFS industry has been under legal scrutiny recently, due to the view that daily sports data is too random to make its prediction skillful. Therefore, a common view is that it …
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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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Social media & sports: an evaluation of the influence of Twitter and mobile apps on brand-related consequences
The goal of the sports brand is to create meaningful associations with fans that connect with their core values. A strong sports brand allows the consumer to incorporate the team into their day-to-day activities (Couvelaere & Richelieu, 2005, p. 25). Arvidsson (2006) suggests that consumers create …
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Implicit Religion and the Highly-Identified Sports Fan: An Ethnography of Cleveland Sports Fandom
… satisfying this ongoing work, professional sports can act as a conduit of both personal and collective self understanding for highly identified fans, subsequently operating as an invisible religion within their lives. This study investigates the nature of fandom among a sample of Cleveland …
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The impact of leisure-sport facility design on customer satisfaction
… to repatronize the facility. In team based sports, fans will often frequent a venue due to their loyalty to the team; even if they do not like the facility. Therefore, having a choice of different venues is important, and is the main distinguishing feature of this thesis when compared to …