Tag: social media

The aim of this special issue isto provide a holistic overview on where sport and social media research has been (reflections) and where it may be headed in the future. Specifically, what has social media and sport scholarship contributed in the past decade+, and what are the implications for sport and social media in coming years? For this special issue on social media, we also welcome papers that examine gaming and virtual-reality platforms.

This issue welcomes examinations of sport events with particular attention to the role of media and platforms in processes of production of events and/or in related fan strategies and practices – this may include discussions of global and local interests surrounding sport events, and of fan activist movements emerging from or using sport events to promote specific debates

The interdisciplinary field of study ‘Cycling and Society’ represents a part of mobility studies. Cycling studies start from a critique of ‘automobility’, the dominant paradigm of contemporary mobility. They try to outline post-car mobility scenarios and focus on ’velomobility’. With the aim of contributing to this field of study, this call for papers invites articles focusing on the increasing mediatization and platformization of the experience of cycling.

Aurélien Daudi is a Ph.D. student at Malmö University. The subject of his research is the thriving domain of social media, particularly the digital culture surrounding fitness which, through the advent of social media, has grown immensely in popularity and appeal, recruiting into its midst young people from all over the world. He posits a dialectical synergy between fitness as a social practice and the governing values at the heart of social media.

This call asks sport-focused scholars to contribute short essays and analyses of how this unfortunate life-altering pandemic has affected the sport industry. For the most part this special issue will be devoted to scholarly commentaries (e.g., perspectives, essays, overviews, analyses, opinions, observations, recommendations, cases, interviews) of how the sport industry has been affected by this pandemic.

Har du forskning inom det här området? Är du intresserad av att bidra till detta läromedel? Vi har i dagarna börjat planera den tredje volymen i serien om sport management på svenska, och söker nu relevanta ämnesområden och möjliga artiklar för Del III, som vi avser att ägna åt idrottens marknader och idrott som livsstil och konsumtionskultur. Vi hoppas höra av dig under de närmaste veckorna.

This special issue is about contemporary qualitative digital research in fields researching sport, exercise and health. The focus is on the concepts, paradigms, and/or techniques relevant to the digital, and better understanding how qualitative research can/will be effective in the complex and vast digital landscape, that is developing at an unprecedented pace.

Under senare år har frågor om hästens välfärd debatterats på sociala medier. Det kan handla om nosgrimmor, vilket bett som ska användas eller hästars sjukdomar. Många av oss söker information på internet, men hur gör vi? Hur påverkar det vår egen och hästens vardag? Den här studiens syfte är att forma en bättre miljö för häst och människa.

This special issue seeks to advance scholarship as it relates to the advancement of reputation in sports management contexts, specifically as it relates to crisis communication, image repair, and methods of modern apologia. Intersections of sport, reputation, and society are all welcome, whether mediated, organizational, or interpersonal in nature.

This event seeks to take stock of current developments in the field of sport and media and critically assess new theoretical and methodological approaches. Of particular interest will be current debates around mediatization in understanding contemporary trends in the domain of sport. We welcome papers from post-graduate as well as established researchers.