impacts on society over the past two decades, it has brought both opportunities and challenges. This leads to a pertinent scholarly question: To what extent have academic publications explored the realm of sport on social media and the impacts of social media on sport industry? How have such studies
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Social Media and Sport Studies (2014–2023): A Critical Review
Gashaw Abeza
Consumer Engagement on Weibo in a Professional Sport Context: The Case of the Chinese Super League
Yuanyuan Cao, Ziyuan Xu, and Hirotaka Matsuoka
team, some sport fans posted negative comments. They questioned the professionalism of the coaches and players, posting comments such as shame on the Chinese team for not winning the gold medal, which were shared and disseminated. These types of behavior on social media are referred to as consumer
Theory and Social Media in Sport Studies
Gashaw Abeza and Jimmy Sanderson
Over the past 2 decades, the use of social media has expanded rapidly in the sport industry. Platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube are an integral part of today’s sporting culture. The reach and scope of social media has particularly impacted various aspects of the
Assessing the Social Media Landscape in Sport: Evaluating the Present and Identifying Future Opportunities
Gashaw Abeza and Jimmy Sanderson
Social media has become a significant element of modern communication in sport, presenting both opportunities and challenges for scholars and practitioners. As such, we are pleased to introduce this special issue of the International Journal of Sport Communication , which focuses on insightful
Critiquing the Social Media Scholarship in Sport Studies: Looking Beyond Content and Adopting Critical Approaches
Jimmy Sanderson
Social media technologies have steadily become a dominant force in sport over the past decade plus ( Abeza & Sanderson, 2022 ; Naraine & Bakhsh, 2022 ). As social media platforms have evolved and become significant in multiple areas of the sport industry, there has been a corresponding growth in
Off the Court: Examining Social Media Activity and Engagement in Women’s Professional Sport
Megan C. Piché and Michael L. Naraine
continuously rises above 186 million on Twitter ( Twitter, 2021 ), whereas Facebook records an average of 1.78 billion users daily ( Facebook, 2021 ). Concurrently, the global sport industry has an estimated worth of U.S. $471 billion in 2018 and will grow to U.S. $625 billion by 2023 ( McDonald, 2019 ). This
“In Soccer, We Have the Opportunity to Call Attention to Certain Things”: An Examination of Media Framing of Activism for Human Rights in German Sport
Yannick Kluch, Evan L. Frederick, and Nina Siegfried
Scholars have increasingly examined how sport can serve as a platform for activist purposes given the permeation of the institution of sport by social justice movements across cultural contexts ( Cooper et al., 2019 ; Kaufman & Wolff, 2010 ; Kluch, 2020a ; Spencer et al., 2016 ). However, most
The Anticorruption Effects of Information and Communication Technology in Sport Organizations: The Role of Organizational Health Mediation and Organizational Transparency
Sajjad Pashaie and Popi Sotiriadou
steam. He argued that despite ICT being increasingly used in the context of anticorruption, there is surprisingly little knowledge about how effective these new tactics are. Sport integrity and anticorruption is undoubtedly a critical issue in global sport and an emerging important field for managers
Erratum. Mediated Sports Money: An Analysis of the Relationship Between Sports Media Consumption and College Students’ Perceived Financial Understanding
International Journal of Sport Communication
. International Journal of Sport Communication . Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1123/ijsc.2024-0015 In the second paragraph of the article it was stated that “Jon Rahm’s contract with upstart LIV Golf is worth a reported $500,” when it should have said “$500 million.” The article was corrected
Social Media and Sport Research: Empirical Examinations Showcasing Diversity in Methods and Topics
Jimmy Sanderson and Gashaw Abeza
Welcome to the second of two special issues on social media and sport in the International Journal of Sport Communication ( IJSC ). In the first volume, IJSC 16 (3), September 2023, scholars provided commentaries on various research streams within social media and sport. These commentaries
