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How Soccer Becomes Politics: A Case Study on the Communication of a Transnational Popular Media Event

Jochem Kotthaus, Matthias Schäfer, Nikola Stankovic, and Gerrit Weitzel

culture “with the authority to preempt our time and attention” (p. 32). Media events work on the basis of “proclaimed historicity,” an almost Archimedean point in time and space essentially forming a cosmological reference. Cosmological here must be understood in a Bergerian way at the cross-point of

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Push and Pull Factors in E-Sports Livestreaming: A Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling Approach

Tyreal Yizhou Qian, Jerred Junqi Wang, and James Jianhui Zhang

-sports games will mediate the impact of (a) push and (b) pull factors on behavioral outcomes associated with playing e-sports. Method We employed a cross-sectional, nonexperimental survey design. The data were previously used in two studies investigating e-sports online viewership. A total of 1

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A Social Media Analysis of the Gendered Representations of Female and Male Athletes During the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Elaine Chiao Ling Yang, Michelle Hayes, Jinyan Chen, Caroline Riot, and Catheryn Khoo-Lattimore

and frames in social movement research . Mobilization: An International Quarterly, 5 ( 1 ), 37 – 54 . doi:10.17813/maiq.5.1.g54k222086346251 10.17813/maiq.5.1.g54k222086346251 Petca , A.R. , Bivolaru , E. , & Graf , T.A. ( 2013 ). Gender stereotypes in the Olympic Games media? A cross

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Impact of Social Media on Intention to Purchase Pay-Per-View and Event Attendance: The Case of the Ultimate Fighting Championship

Andrew Kim, Minhong Kim, Steven Salaga, and James J. Zhang

explore unique themes of motivational reasons to use social media by UFC fans. Then, similar codes were categorized and classified, and the emergent themes were identified. Finally, the investigators conducted a cross-checking procedure to ensure the accuracy of the emergent themes. Phase 2: Quantitative

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Exploring the Influence of Match Fixing on Consumer Motivations to Watch Esports: Perspectives From Brand Producers

Michael L. Williamson, Kevin Filo, Jason Doyle, and Brooke Harris-Reeves

impacted the data collected and themes generated, where three of the four resultant themes describe how brand producers perceived consumer motivations to spectate esports to be negatively influenced by match fixing. To address this limitation, future quantitative research could collect cross-cultural data

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Managing Organizational and Media Stress: The Case of Elite Norwegian Skiers

Elsa Kristiansen, Barrie Houlihan, and Hans Anton Stubberud

. Before introducing the theoretical framework of coping with stress, we will briefly outline the context of the conflict. Context: The Conflict At the center of this conflict was the relationship between the NSF ski jumping sports director and the NSF. The NSF, which is responsible for the cross

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International Media Coverage of the Pakistan Super League

David Cassilo and Danielle Sarver Coombs

” ( Lavalette, 2019 ). Ultimately, this research demonstrates the importance of cross-cultural and international examinations of media coverage of the same topic. Developing an understanding of the emergent frames present in material and then comparing those frames across nations allow scholars to better

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Content Analysis as a Research Method: A Content Analysis of Content Analyses in Sport Communication

Markus Schäfer and Catharina Vögele

digital journalism scholars . Digital Journalism, 4 ( 1 ), 8 – 23 . https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2015.1096598 10.1080/21670811.2015.1096598 Buysse , J.A.M. , & Borcherding , B. ( 2010 ). Framing gender and disability: A cross-cultural analysis of photographs from the 2008 Paralympic Games

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Professional Team Sports Organizations’ Corporate Social Responsibility Activities: Corporate Image and Chosen Communication Outlets’ Influence on Consumers’ Reactions

Cindy Lee, Hyejin Bang, and David J. Shonk

beverages). On the other hand, consumer-specific factors include different personality traits, social orientation, cross-cultural differences, consumers’ own service expertise and capabilities, and congruence between consumer and a PTSO’s CSR values as reflected in their initiatives ( Smith & Langford, 2009

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“You Had One Job!” A Case Study of Maladaptive Parasocial Interaction and Athlete Maltreatment in Virtual Spaces

Jimmy Sanderson, Matthew Zimmerman, Sarah Stokowski, and Alison Fridley

was cross-sectional, and it would be fruitful to examine athletes over the course of an entire season or other prolonged period (e.g., playoffs) to determine how maladaptive PSI facilitates abuse over time. It also would be useful to isolate content by time periods within games to see if certain types