Exploring sense of community in a relocated sports fan group
| Autor: | Preston Tanner, Aubrey Newland, Eric Legg, Jeff Rose |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Cultural Studies
Root (linguistics) Current residence Group (mathematics) media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Sense of community Gender studies Loneliness Feeling 0502 economics and business medicine Isolation (psychology) 050211 marketing Sociology medicine.symptom Relocation Social psychology 050212 sport leisure & tourism media_common |
| Zdroj: | Sport in Society. 21:1319-1336 |
| ISSN: | 1743-0445 1743-0437 |
| Popis: | Geographical relocation may create a number of adjustment issues for individuals including isolation and loneliness. For some, cheering for a team and being part of a fan group may be one way to address these issues and development a sense of community (SOC). The development of SOC, however, may be complicated when individuals no longer live near the team they root for. Though sport fan groups often exist outside of the area of the team, it is unclear if and how SOC develops in these groups, and further, how participation in the group influences views of the current residence. This paper addresses this gap by exploring SOC in one such ‘relocated’ sports fan group. Findings suggest elements of two prominent theories of SOC, and also extend that research by showing the process through which SOC develops, and how group participation impacts feelings towards the current residence. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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