Tag: Zeitschrift für Fußball und Gesellschaft

This special issue invites contributions that examin how sports betting has become embedded within contemporary sports cultures, institutions, and economies. We are especially interested in comparative perspectives on the development andlegalization of sports betting in the United States of America and Germany, including analyses of how and when legal frameworks changed and the broader consequences of these developments. We welcome interdisciplinary contributions from sociology, media studies, economics, law, history, political science, cultural studies, sport management, public health, and related fields.

Digitalisation is a megatrend that brings about extensive changes in many areas of society. In general, one can speak of digitalisation “when an analogue service is replaced in whole or in part by a service in a digital model that can be managed by a computer”. Not only do established phenomena affect the field of football, but completely new phenomena are also developing in this domain. This special issue aims to develop a more comprehensive understanding of digitalisation in football, taking a multi- and interdisciplinary approach.