TY - JOUR
T1 - Imagined communities, the online sphere, and sport
T2 - The Internet and Hapoel Tel Aviv Football Club fans as a case study
AU - Levental, Orr
AU - Galily, Yair
AU - Yarchi, Moran
AU - Tamir, Ilan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2016.
PY - 2016/9/1
Y1 - 2016/9/1
N2 - The Internet, particularly social media, has enhanced civic movements’ ability to communicate and organize their activities. This study addresses this issue in the realm of sports and examines fans’ online interaction while analyzing different platforms Hapoel Tel Aviv FC fans use (websites, forums, Twitter, and Facebook), especially during their 2011–2012 protest against the team’s owner. Findings indicate that technology enables fans to create and distribute information and organize beyond just official team activities and platforms. These trends are more salient in times of a protest.
AB - The Internet, particularly social media, has enhanced civic movements’ ability to communicate and organize their activities. This study addresses this issue in the realm of sports and examines fans’ online interaction while analyzing different platforms Hapoel Tel Aviv FC fans use (websites, forums, Twitter, and Facebook), especially during their 2011–2012 protest against the team’s owner. Findings indicate that technology enables fans to create and distribute information and organize beyond just official team activities and platforms. These trends are more salient in times of a protest.
KW - Civic movements
KW - fans
KW - social media
KW - sport
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85064547657&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/2057047316668364
DO - 10.1177/2057047316668364
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AN - SCOPUS:85064547657
SN - 2057-0481
VL - 1
SP - 323
EP - 338
JO - Communication and the Public
JF - Communication and the Public
IS - 3
ER -