Tag: fans

While event attendance and media consumption received a great deal of attention from scholars, there is a growing understanding that sports fans interact, both physically and digitally, with their favorite teams in numerous other ways. At the same time, research also demonstrated a positive relationship between fan identification and self-esteem. Thus, the aim of this Research Topic is to explore fan behaviors in many different areas, involving sports media and the (ever-changing) digital environment.

With a strong understanding of what causes and influences rivalry, and how it impacts sport fans, this book seeks to answer additional questions regarding the phenomenon while presenting new areas of research that can help guide inquiry into the subject.  We seek high- quality original research and academic commentary chapters that will reach this end.

Journal of Sport and Social Issues (JSSI) brings you the latest research, discussion and analysis on contemporary sport issues. Using an international, interdisciplinary perspective, JSSI examines today's most pressing and far-reaching questions about sport. Special Issue: Focus on New Media & Sport (Part 2)

This year’s European Football Fans Congress (#EFFC) of Football Supporters Europe (FSE) at the Mondiali Antirazzisti in Bosco Albergati in Italy from 3-6 July 2014 will again be...

2nd Global Conference Friday 7th  November – Sunday 10th November 2014 Prague, Czech Republic Call for Presentations The words ‘fan’ and ‘fandom’ often conjure up images of screaming groupies,...