Visual Analytics of Twitter Conversations about Corporate Sponsors of FC Barcelona and Juventus at the 2015 UEFA Final

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 3-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricard W Jensen ◽  
Yam B Limbu ◽  
Yasha Spong
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Visual Analytics ◽  
Sports Fans ◽  
Corporate Sponsor ◽  
Football Clubs ◽  
Corporate Sponsors

Until now, little research has been conducted to analyse Twitter conversations about the corporate sponsors of football clubs. The conventional and most widely used method has been to use content analysis to assess the sentiment of the tweets that were sent. However, this approach may be inadequate because sports fans may be unlikely to mention a corporate sponsor in the text they tweet. This study demonstrates the use of visual analytics to assess conversations about corporate sponsors by examining the images people tweet.

Studying the income sources of Isfahan football clubs with entrepreneurial approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 42-46
Author(s):  
Bahram Salehnia ◽  
Hosein Hamami Nasrabadi
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Sports Management ◽  
Income Generation ◽  
Friedman Test ◽  
Statistical Population ◽  
Isfahan Province ◽  
Income Sources ◽  
Football Clubs ◽  
Ticket Prices

The present study investigated the income sources of Isfahan soccer clubs with an entrepreneurial approach. This research is applied in terms of purpose and nature and uses the qualitative method and content analysis. The statistical population of this research includes all experts and experts on the requirements and methods of income generation of football clubs (including football club managers, sports management professors and economists and management professors), of which 30 are goal-oriented and the snowball method was selected as a sample, and interviews were used to collect the data. For this purpose, a researcher-made questionnaire was prepared, and the Friedman test and correlation analysis of variance–covariance matrix were used. The research showed that all three research hypotheses were approved. The revenues from football clubs in Isfahan province with the entrepreneurial approach of various aspects were determined, and ticket prices on the income of football clubs of the entrepreneurial approach are effective and broadcast on the income of football clubs of the entrepreneurial approach is effective. Keywords: Income sources, football clubs, Isfahan province, entrepreneurship.

scholarly journals Corporate brand building from the corporate stories perspective: a Brazilian football teams study

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edson Roberto Scharf ◽  
Francisco Giovanni David Vieira ◽  
Richard Perassi Luiz de Sousa ◽  
Edimar Russi
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Corporate Brand ◽  
Brand Building ◽  
Corporate Websites ◽  
Football Clubs ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Corporate Brands ◽  
Positive Results

Abstract The study aims to investigate the content of corporate stories of the Brazilian’s football clubs and how these stories are used to build their corporate brands. The stories were collected from the corporate websites of football clubs in Brazil belonging to series A, B and C. A qualitative analysis of the corporate stories was carried on by means of content analysis of the corpus resulting from them. The results showed that emotion is a key element and is most strongly represented in the websites. The findings also revealed that although the clubs work with human talent, and positive results of the teams in the pitch are dependent on talent, this important aspect is practically forgotten on the websites. Academic and managerial implications, as well as limitations of the study are presented at the end.

scholarly journals Dimensions of Football Stadium and Museum Tour Experiences: The Case of Europe’s Most Valuable Brands

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 6602
Author(s):  
Ana Brochado ◽  
Carlos Brito ◽  
Adrien Bouchet ◽  
Fernando Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Supply Side ◽  
Economic Sustainability ◽  
Phase Content ◽  
Football Clubs ◽  
And Function ◽  
Museum Tour ◽  
Annual Turnover ◽  
Football Stadium

In the context of football’s globalisation, some of the most important football clubs (FCs) can currently be classified as ‘entertainment multinationals’. Sport hospitality provides opportunities to maximise club stadiums’ use so that they can increase clubs’ annual turnover and function as branding platforms. This study sought to identify the main narratives shared online about—and the dimensions of—visitors’ experiences with top football brands in stadium tours. The data collected for this research comprised 400 text reviews for 10 European FCs’ stadiums (i.e., 4000 reviews) written by visitors in the post-experience phase. Content analysis of these Web reviews was conducted using Leximancer software. The results confirm the existence of 15 themes: fan, tour, stadium, team, museum, room, staff, game, (best) place, ticket, seating, recommend(ation), food, shop and attraction. Most researchers have examined stadium tours from a supply-side perspective. The present study’s aim was, therefore, to contribute to the existing literature by analysing stadium tours’ dimensions from the visitors’ point of view. Stadium tours and museum visits are important sources of revenue that contribute to FCs’ economic sustainability. Offering outstanding customer experiences is thus of utmost importance to maximise club stadiums’ usage and strengthen fans’ engagement.

Determinants of visual analytics adoption in organizations

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 668-695 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Kamel Daradkeh
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Visual Analytics ◽  
Diffusion Of Innovations ◽  
Online Reviews ◽  
Integrative Model ◽  
Diffusion Of Innovations Theory ◽  
Business Professionals ◽  
Specific Nature ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Online Evaluation

Purpose Visual analytics is increasingly becoming a prominent technology for organizations seeking to gain knowledge and actionable insights from heterogeneous and big data to support decision-making. Whilst a broad range of visual analytics platforms exists, limited research has been conducted to explore the specific factors that influence their adoption in organizations. The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework for visual analytics adoption that synthesizes the factors related to the specific nature and characteristics of visual analytics technology. Design/methodology/approach This study applies a directed content analysis approach to online evaluation reviews of visual analytics platforms to identify the salient determinants of visual analytics adoption in organizations from the standpoint of practitioners. The online reviews were gathered from Gartner.com, and included a sample of 1,320 reviews for six widely adopted visual analytics platforms. Findings Based on the content analysis of online reviews, 34 factors emerged as key predictors of visual analytics adoption in organizations. These factors were synthesized into a conceptual framework of visual analytics adoption based on the diffusion of innovations theory and technology–organization–environment framework. The findings of this study demonstrated that the decision to adopt visual analytics technologies is not merely based on the technological factors. Various organizational and environmental factors have also significant influences on visual analytics adoption in organizations. Research limitations/implications This study extends the previous work on technology adoption by developing an adoption framework that is aligned with the specific nature and characteristics of visual analytics technology and the factors involved to increase the utilization and business value of visual analytics in organizations. Practical implications This study highlights several factors that organizations should consider to facilitate the broad adoption of visual analytics technologies among IT and business professionals. Originality/value This study is among the first to use the online evaluation reviews to systematically explore the main factors involved in the acceptance and adoption of visual analytics technologies in organizations. Thus, it has potential to provide theoretical foundations for further research in this important and emerging field. The development of an integrative model synthesizing the salient determinants of visual analytics adoption in enterprises should ultimately allow both information systems researchers and practitioners to better understand how and why users form perceptions to accept and engage in the adoption of visual analytics tools and applications.

scholarly journals LEGAL STATUS OF SPORTS FANS IN UKRAINE

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (9) ◽  
pp. 38-43
Author(s):  
Svitlana Poliarush ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Sports Fans ◽  
Historical Aspect ◽  
Sports Organizations ◽  
Football Clubs ◽  
Football Fans ◽  
The Status ◽  
Fruitful Cooperation

The article attempts to characterize the legal status of sports fans in Ukraine using the experience of foreign countries. Attention is paid to the historical aspect of the formation of sports fans in the world. The author dwelled on the movement of football fans in the twentieth century. Based on modern research by Ukrainian scientists, a classification of certain categories of football fans is presented. The article argues that sports fans are a kind of challenge to government agencies, and sometimes to society as a whole, so the ability to work with such informal entities, where the composition is dominated by young people, is a key task of government agencies. Examples of fruitful cooperation between the state, local governments and volunteers in the form of fan projects with football fans in Germany and Belgium are given. It was stated that cooperation in Ukraine is still carried out at the level of the football club and fans. The introduction of the position of the Officer for work with football fans in football clubs is positively assessed. The specifics of the Ukrainian fan football movement are pointed out - it is strongly influenced by politics. It is emphasized that in Ukraine, so far, there is no law that would regulate the legal status of sports fans. A number of international agreements, acts of international sports organizations and Ukrainian legislative, by-laws and local regulations are analyzed in the context of clarifying the set of rights and obligations of sports fans (mostly football). It is established that the status of sports fans is determined only within the limits of achieving the goal of ensuring the safety of sports competitions. It is proposed to develop a special law in the future, which would establish the legal status of sports fans and the fan movement in general. Particular attention is paid to the clear wording of the rights of sports fans.

scholarly journals Keep the Ball Rolling: Information Diffusion within Large Sports-Related Networks through Social Mediators

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 803-824
Author(s):  
S. A. M. (Susan) Vermeer ◽  
T. B. (Theo) Araujo
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Information Flow ◽  
Information Diffusion ◽  
Professional Football ◽  
Sports Fans ◽  
Online Engagement ◽  
Ball Rolling ◽  
Football Clubs ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Potential Impact

Social media have enabled sports fans to interact with their favourite clubs, players, and fellow fans. By using a sample of over 4.5 million tweets, we applied a social networks approach to examine whether and, if so, how different types of users influence online engagement and patterns of information flow of professional football clubs on Twitter. We focus on five types of social mediators (i.e., key users who connect organizations with their publics): (1) organizational (e.g., teams or players), (2) industry (e.g., competitors or associations), (3) media (e.g., journalists), (4) individual (e.g., fans), and (5) celebrities. Our results indicate that the power of media social mediators—the most traditional mediators—has declined over recent years, and they were negatively associated with engagement on Twitter. Instead, relationships between football clubs and publics were primarily mediated by individual social mediators, for top division clubs in particular. Taken together, scholars and practitioners should recognize the potential impact of social mediators, given that even individuals can function as powerful users in the information diffusion process.

What fuses sports fans?

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitris Xygalatas
Keyword(s):  
Sports Fans

AbstractExtreme self-sacrifice in the context of phenomena, such as sports hooliganism, combines aspects of local and extended fusion. How can we best account for such phenomena in the light of the theory presented here, and how can we make a tangible distinction between the two types? I propose ways to explore and operationalize this distinction and the concept of fusion more generally.

Of Frames and Cultures - A Cross-Cultural Comparison of TV Newscasts

2006 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 160-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Senokozlieva ◽  
Oliver Fischer ◽  
Gary Bente ◽  
Nicole Krämer
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Comparison ◽  
Explorative Study ◽  
Cross Cultural Comparison ◽  
Tv News ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract. TV news are essentially cultural phenomena. Previous research suggests that the often-overlooked formal and implicit characteristics of newscasts may be systematically related to culture-specific characteristics. Investigating these characteristics by means of a frame-by-frame content analysis is identified as a particularly promising methodological approach. To examine the relationship between culture and selected formal characteristics of newscasts, we present an explorative study that compares material from the USA, the Arab world, and Germany. Results indicate that there are many significant differences, some of which are in line with expectations derived from cultural specifics. Specifically, we argue that the number of persons presented as well as the context in which they are presented can be interpreted as indicators of Individualism/Collectivism. The conclusions underline the validity of the chosen methodological approach, but also demonstrate the need for more comprehensive and theory-driven category schemes.

Searching Online for Methods of Suicide

Crisis ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Christian Ulrich Eriksen ◽  
Flemming Konradsen ◽  
Thilde Vildekilde
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
English Language ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Online Content ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Search Terms ◽  
Methods Of Suicide

Abstract. Background: Information on methods of suicide is available online, and access to information on methods of suicide appears to contribute to a small but significant proportion of suicides. There is limited documentation of how methods of suicide are being profiled, as well as what content exists in other languages than English. Aim: We aimed to analyze and compare how methods of suicide are profiled on Danish and English-language websites. Method: We applied a categorization and content analysis of websites describing methods of suicide. Sites were retrieved by applying widely used Danish and English-language search terms. Results: A total of 136 English-language websites and 106 Danish-language websites were included for analysis. Websites were more often categorized as prevention or support sites, academic or policy sites, and against suicide sites than dedicated suicide sites (i.e., pro-suicide sites), or information sites. However, information on methods of suicide was available, and 20.1% and 8.9% of the English and Danish-language sites, respectively, suggested that a particular method of suicide was quick, easy, painless, or certain to result in death. Limitations: Only one author coded and analyzed all websites. A further operationalization of the content analysis checklist is warranted to increase reliability. Conclusion: The websites primarily had a prevention or anti-suicide focus, but information on methods of suicide was available, requiring an increased focus on how to diminish the negative effects of harmful online content.

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