“This Is Who We Are!” National Identity Construction and the 2014 FIFA World Cup

Seate, Anita Atwell; Ma, Rong; Ileş, Irina A.; McCloskey, Thomas; Parry‐Giles, Shawn J.

doi:10.1177/2167479516636638

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“…A study conducted by Atwell-Seate et al (2016) [38] examined the prominent emotional and violent influences during the aftermath of sporting events, finding that emotional factors play an important role on the feelings of spectators. In this way, they are able to participate in the successes and failures of their teams, generating a feeling of shared social identity, which can lead to nationalistic feelings [24,26,43,47,51].…”

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Impact of Sports Mass Media on the Behavior and Health of Society. A Systematic Review

Puertas-Molero

Rafael

Zurita-Ortega

et al. 2019

IJERPH

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The presence of sport in the media has grown exponentially over the last few decades. As a result, the influence of the media on the concept of physical activity within society and the collective and individual values it purports is indisputable. The mass media tends to follow a specific pattern when representing sport, this includes broadcasting of sport competitions and presentation of elite athletes as contemporary legends. A broad range of teaching and research opportunities are available in the field of media education. For this reason, we conducted a systematic review of international studies (Web of Science and Scopus) published between 2007 and 2018, focusing on the effects and influence of sports content on the audience. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement provided a framework for the analysis of included papers. The study incorporated an initial sample of 313 research articles that discussed the importance of emotional factors with regards to perceptual processes. Furthermore, links with various behavioral indicators were identified, such as competitiveness, violence, self-improvement linked to effort, stereotypes of beauty and health care.

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Impact of Sports Mass Media on the Behavior and Health of Society. A Systematic Review

Puertas-Molero

Rafael

Zurita-Ortega

et al. 2019

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“…Scholars have frequently used social identity theory (SIT) and social categorization theory (SCT) to understand different types of identification among sports fans (Atwell Seate, Ma, lles, McCloskey, & Parry-Giles, 2017). SIT is credited to Tajfel and Turner (1979) who isolated general assumptions of social identity.…”

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Twitter-Based BIRGing: Big Data Analysis of English National Team Fans During the 2018 FIFA World Cup

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Zhu

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Communication & Sport

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Sports fans tend to associate themselves with a successful team (BIRGing), while disassociating themselves with unsuccessful teams (CORFing). This premise was applied to social media commentary within England’s matches against Croatia and Colombia during the 2018 Fédération Internationale de Football Association World Cup, uncovering that English fans tended to perform Basking in Reflected Glory (BIRG) when England was leading or victorious and tended to engage in Cutting Off Reflected Failure (CORF) when England was trailing or defeated. In Method 1, team identification, national identification with England, and sentiment were significantly higher when England was leading or victorious than when they were trailing or defeated. In Method 2, machine learning generated trending graphs to detect that English fans BIRGed when they scored against Colombia; they also BIRGed more frequently during the match with Croatia, peaking several times when they scored a goal, saved a goal, or took a free kick. However, even though CORFing (i.e., lower team identification, lower national identification, and lower sentiment) occurred when the opposing team scored, English fans still BIRGed when they were finally defeated by Croatia, likely a function of the stage the game took place (World Cup semifinal), indicating that England had nonetheless succeeded in the World Cup as a whole.

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“…Fans' intentions to follow one-day cricket advertisements with nationalistic rhetoric themes enhances the patriotic attitudes through which fans seeks to gratify social identity-based needs among them (Atwell Seate et al, 2017). Therefore, adding patriotism in advertising can be used by sports marketers to convince fans to follow one-day cricket.…”

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Blinded by the sand of its burrowing? Examining fans’ intentions to follow one-day cricket on TV with a moderating effect of social influence

Kashif

Fernando

Wijenayake

2019

IJSMS

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of patriotism, nostalgia, drama and excitement of the game, and interest in star players to predict fans’ intentions to follow one-day cricket in near future. Furthermore, social influence is positioned as a moderator to enrich the understanding of fans’ motives to follow one-day cricket. Design/methodology/approach The data are collected by means of a cross-sectional survey conducted among 609 university students enroled in Pakistani and Sri Lankan universities. The collected data are analysed by employing a structural equation modelling procedures to reach meaningful conclusions. Findings The variables of patriotism, nostalgic associations, excitement and drama of the game, and interest in star players are found to positively relate to the fans’ intentions to follow one-day cricket in near future. However, the moderating effects of social influence only moderated with interest in star players, which has practical and theoretical implications. Originality/value The study is an original contribution to the field of sports marketing. The proposed relationships are based on social identity theory paradigm. Furthermore, the moderating effects of social influence and a multi-country data are unique to this study. Finally, in previous studies, football fans’ motivation and test-match cricket fans’ motivations are studied, hence one-day cricket as a context is also unique to this study.

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“This Is Who We Are!” National Identity Construction and the 2014 FIFA World Cup

Cited by 21 publications

References 22 publications

Impact of Sports Mass Media on the Behavior and Health of Society. A Systematic Review

Impact of Sports Mass Media on the Behavior and Health of Society. A Systematic Review

Twitter-Based BIRGing: Big Data Analysis of English National Team Fans During the 2018 FIFA World Cup

Blinded by the sand of its burrowing? Examining fans’ intentions to follow one-day cricket on TV with a moderating effect of social influence

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