Sport Fan Motivation: Are You Going To The Game?

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes A. Wiid ◽  
Michael C. Cant
Keyword(s):  
Fan Motivation ◽  
Sport Fan

SOCCER FANS' MOTIVATION AS A PREDICTOR OF PARTICIPATION IN SOCCER-RELATED ACTIVITIES: AN EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION IN ISRAEL

2005 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 419-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron Cohen ◽  
Anat Avrahami
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
School Students ◽  
Empirical Examination ◽  
The North ◽  
Fan Motivation ◽  
Sport Fan ◽  
Soccer Fans

This study tested the applicability of the Sport Fan Motivation Scale (SFMS) developed by Wann (1995) in the Israeli soccer setting. The study examined whether the scale can be applied to soccer specifically, not just to sport in general. It also tested the predictive validity of the SFMS by developing a scale of participation in soccer activities and examined several hypotheses regarding its relationship to the SFMS. The sample consisted of 327 high school students in the north of Israel (an 86% response rate). The findings showed that the SFMS predicted a significant amount of variance of participation in soccer activities. Results of regression analyses showed that eustress (positive stress), self-esteem, group, and aesthetic motivations were strongly related to active participation in soccer activities. Entertainment, self-esteem, and economic motivations were strongly related to passive participation in soccer activities. The findings are discussed in terms of their conceptual and practical contributions.

Family Status, Preference for Sport Aggressiveness, and Sport Fan Motivation

1998 ◽  
Vol 86 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1419-1422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel L. Wann ◽  
Tina M. Lane ◽  
Lisa E. Duncan ◽  
Stephanie L. Goodson
Keyword(s):  
Family Status ◽  
Sport Fans ◽  
Fan Motivation ◽  
Sport Fan ◽  
Sport Analysis

This study tested two hypotheses involving the use of sport spectating as an opportunity to spend time with one's family. First, it was hypothesized that scores on Family Motivation would be higher for fans who were married or had children than for unmarried fans without children. Second, it was predicted that among sport fans who were married or had children, those preferring a Nonaggressive sport would report higher scores on Family Motivation than those preferring an Aggressive sport. Analysis confirmed the first hypothesis while refuting the second.

Further Validation of the Economic Subscale of the Sport Fan Motivation Scale

1999 ◽  
Vol 88 (2) ◽  
pp. 659-660
Author(s):  
Daniel L. Wann ◽  
Christi L. Ensor
Keyword(s):  
Fan Motivation ◽  
Sport Fan ◽  
Motivation Scale

A Magic “Bullet”: Exploring Sport Fan Usage of On-Screen, Ephemeral Posts During Live Stream Sessions

2021 ◽  
pp. 216747952110389
Author(s):  
Bo Li ◽  
Michael L. Naraine ◽  
Liang Zhao ◽  
Chenyang Li
Keyword(s):  
Magic Bullet ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Sports Fans ◽  
Sport Fans ◽  
Sports Events ◽  
Critical Commentary ◽  
Information Interaction ◽  
Sport Fan ◽  
Over The Top ◽  
Practical Implications

The bullet-screen function is an augmented comment feature that has been adopted by the majority of Over-the-Top (OTT) services to foster users’ interaction and watching experience. This feature empowers sports customers to post and view numerous, short, and fast-moving comments that overlap over the screen while watching live stream sports events in real time. This research aims to investigate how sports fans embrace the bullet-screen feature while watching live stream sports. Through a combination of thematic analyzing bullet-screen comments from a National Basketball Association Finals game, and semi-structured interviews among bullet-screen users ( N = 15), the results indicate that sport fans’ bullet-screen messages could be classified into five categories: critical commentary, socialization, supportive interactions, random messages, and trash talk. Four motives for sports fans to engage with bullet-screen posting were identified: entertainment, gathering information, interaction, and finding belonging. The study also showed that the inappropriateness of comments and too much overlay on the screen could prevent sports fans from utilizing the service. Theoretical and practical implications have also been discussed.

Exploring the Relationship Between Sport Fan Identification and Addiction to Digital Sports Media

2019 ◽  
pp. 282-294
Author(s):  
John S. Clark ◽  
Jill K. Maher
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Sport Organizations ◽  
Sports Media ◽  
Fan Identification ◽  
Sport Fans ◽  
Sport Fan ◽  
Digital Sports ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Constant Source ◽  
Source Of Information

Social media has proved to be a constant source of information and entertainment for sport fans. These social media sites allow sport organizations to provide news about the organizations and the athletes that play for them, as well as serving as a means of communication between the organization and fans, or between the fans themselves. Smartphones have enabled this communication to be nearly constant, allowing sport fans to access information around the clock. Anecdotal evidence suggests this on-demand access to information about a fan's favorite team will increase the avidity by which the fan consumes the sport product. In a parallel development, researchers have investigated the detrimental effects devoting too much time to social media has on consumers. This research bridges these lines of inquiry and examines the relationship between social media addiction and highly identified and committed sport fans. Data were collected from college students, and a multiple regression analysis was performed which resulted in no statistically significant relationship between addiction to social media and high levels of sport identification and commitment. The results suggest that for sport organizations, social media is not a one-size-fits-all approach to reaching a segmented (based on identification and commitment) market.

Sport Fan Consumption

2020 ◽  
pp. 149-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren Michele Johnson ◽  
Wen-Hao Winston Chou ◽  
Brandon Mastromartino ◽  
James Jianhui Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Sports Fans ◽  
Sports Teams ◽  
Developmental Trends ◽  
Contemporary Research ◽  
Sports Fandom ◽  
Sport Fan ◽  
Or Team

Sports fans are individuals who are interested in and follow one or more sports, teams, and/or athletes. These fans reinforce their identity as a fan by engaging in supportive and repetitive consumption behaviors that relate to the sport or team they are so passionate about. This chapter will provide an overview of the history and cultural heritage of sports fandom, discuss the significance and functions of fandom, underline what motivates individuals to consume sports, examine the consequences and results of fandom, and highlight contemporary research and developmental trends. This chapter would allow for a good understanding of where research on sports fandom is headed and the important issues affecting sports fans.

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