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- Title
An Examination of NFL Fans' Computer Mediated BIRGing.
- Authors
End, Christian M.
- Abstract
This investigation examined how sport fans use the World Wide Web (WWW) to publicly display their associations with sport teams and manage these identities during their teams' victories and defeats. Two types of WWW usage were examined: WWW home pages and message boards. Fans did use their home pages to publicly associate with sport teams via linking, but the number of home pages that linked to the pages of successful teams did not differ significantly from the number of home pages linked to unsuccessful teams' pages. Analysis of the messages posted on the Sporting News' National Football League message boards during the last five weeks of the 1997-1998 regular season and playoffs suggest that fans use the WWW to bask in the rejected glory of their team as well as to "blast" their opponents and fans of their opponents. The implications of these findings are discussed in regards to sport fans' management of their social identities.
- Publication
Journal of Sport Behavior, 2001, Vol 24, Issue 2, p162
- ISSN
0162-7341
- Publication type
Academic Journal