Rage against the machine: investigating conspiracy theories about the video assistant referee on Twitter during the 2018 FIFA World Cup

Autor:	Paul Bertin, Sylvain Delouvée, Kathleen McColl, Jan-Willem van Prooijen
Přispěvatelé:	RS: FdR Institute MICS, Criminal Law and Criminology
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2023
Předmět:	Marketing identity management strategies Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management basking Strategy and Management social identity fans Management Science and Operations Research reflected glory team coping conspiracy theories video assistant referee Tourism Leisure and Hospitality Management strategies 2018 FIFA World Cup identification narcissism Business and International Management twitter content analysis belief management
Zdroj:	Sport Management Review, 26(4), 495-516. Elsevier BV
ISSN:	1441-3523
Popis:	Conspiracy theories arise during important societal and political events, with negative consequences. Yet, conspiracy theories remain to be investigated in the context of sporting tournaments, in spite of the importance of such events in contemporary societies. During the 2018 FIFA World Cup, conspiracy theories alleging that the newly introduced video Assistant Referee (VAR) was used with malevolent motives gained popularity online. In this paper, we used a Twitter content analysis to explore VAR conspiracy theories during the World Cup (N = 2,768 tweets). Conspiracy tweets peaked after eliminations of some teams and were strongly associated with labels referring to self-categorization at the group-level, supporting the notion that conspiracy beliefs are triggered by contexts threatening one's social identity. Conspiracy tweets were also correlated with tweets expressing skepticism or defiance against the VAR, suggesting that conspiracy beliefs might be related to sport fans' other identity management strategies. Finally, we drew an intergroup typology of VAR conspiracy beliefs' recurrent figures, highlighting that higher ordered categorization helped conspiracy narratives and content to adapt throughout the tournament. We discuss the identity management strategy status of sport fans' conspiracy beliefs.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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