Headlining the head-butt: Zinedine Zidane/Marco Materazzi portrayals in prominent English, Irish and Scottish newspapers

Denham, Bryan E.; Desormeaux, Melissa

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“…Similarly, Denham and Duke (2010) studied US and international press coverage of cyclist Lance Armstrong amid reports in 2005 that he had failed a drug test in 1999. Although differences in news coverage did not appear as dramatic as they did in the Lewis story, US media outlets, in general, did not criticize Armstrong to the extent that international news organizations did (see, additionally, Billings and Tambosi, 2004;Delgado, 2003;Denham and Desormeaux, 2008).…”

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Correlates of pride in the performance success of United States athletes competing on an international stage

Denham

2010

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

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Grounded in social-identity and self-categorization theories and drawing on data gathered in the US General Social Survey (N = 2528), this research examines how demographic and mediause measures associate with national pride, as experienced through the success of US athletes competing internationally. Bivariate tests and analysis of covariance models indicated greater levels of national pride among black males, older respondents, those who classified themselves as republicans and those with lower levels of formal education. Exposure to newspapers and television did not prove statistically significant in multivariate analyses, although bivariate tests revealed that those exposed most frequently to television tended to agree in significantly higher numbers with the statement 'When my country does well in international sports, it makes me proud to be an American.' Limitations and recommendations for future research are offered.As a framework guiding analyses of group attitudes and behavior, social-identity theory (Tajfel and Turner, 1986) suggests that a human tendency to categorize, coupled with a need to maintain positive self-esteem, leads individuals to perceive themselves as members of certain social groups. In the context of sport sociology, the social-identity model is useful insofar as sport is inherently competitive, and with competition may come perceived threats. According to the model, amid such threats, members of in-groups will stress their similarities relative to out-groups, with perceptions of belongingness helping to neutralize insecurity and bolster esteem. Thus, when a nation sends its best athletes to Article

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Correlates of pride in the performance success of United States athletes competing on an international stage

Denham

2010

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

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“…A wellknown case is cyclist Lance Armstrong (Hambrick et al 2015;Zurloni et al 2015) who was accused of doping. Other transgressions in this category relate to violent or unfair behaviour: For example, Mike Tyson biting Evander Holyfield's ear at a boxing match for the WBA Heavyweight Championship in 1997 (Hoffer 1998) or Zinedine Zidane's head-butt in the World Cup Final 2006 (Denham and Desormeaux 2008). Like doping, these offences also violate values of sportsmanship.…”

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More than a marginal phenomenon: Relevance and content-related aspects of mediated sport scandals

Ludwig

Oelrichs

2020

Sport Und Gesellschaft

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SummaryThe salience of mediated scandals today is deeply linked with the formation of norms and values in our society. This is a particular challenge for the field of sport as the compliance with norms and values is of particular relevance in this social area. The paper shows the extent of scandalization in sport reporting and discusses possible implications for sport. Therefore, it offers a definition and typology for sport scandals. It indicates why sport scandals might have a fundamental share of overall scandal reporting today in comparison to other fields of society. The paper further emphasizes content-related aspects such as celebrity status, sport discipline and type of sport scandal. In the empirical portion, a quantitative content analysis of all reported scandals in three German newspapers over a period of one year is provided. Implications of the findings for athletes, organizations, and society are discussed.

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“…Specifically, with regard to deviance, studies have examined how such behavior on the field is purportedly justified/normalized (see Denham & Desormeaux, 2008). However, off-field deviance is rightly denounced, yet with discourses that indicate such indiscretions are indirectly a result of racialized cultures and backgrounds.…”

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Changing the Image Repair Equation

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Mastro

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Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

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Utilizing a 2 (race) × 2 (sex) × 3 (response strategy) factorial experiment, this study interrogates the extent to which an athlete's race and gender impacts the image repair process, specifically within the hypermediated realm of athlete transgressions. Using a national sample of 287 participants, results supported for the effectiveness of the mortification strategy above reducing offensiveness and evading responsibility strategies. Moreover, regardless of the transgression response, Black athletes were consistently rated more positively than their White athletic counterparts, deviating from the majority of prior research. Discussion of the role of the Black athlete is offered in light of the unexpected findings, with explanations postulated based on expectancy violation theory and the principle of covariance.

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Headlining the head-butt: Zinedine Zidane/Marco Materazzi portrayals in prominent English, Irish and Scottish newspapers

Cited by 19 publications

References 16 publications

Correlates of pride in the performance success of United States athletes competing on an international stage

Correlates of pride in the performance success of United States athletes competing on an international stage

More than a marginal phenomenon: Relevance and content-related aspects of mediated sport scandals

Changing the Image Repair Equation

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