Spectator sports fan behavior is vast and represents one of society’s most universal leisure activities. While event attendance and media consumption received a great deal of attention from scholars, there is a growing understanding that sports fans interact, both physically and digitally, with their favorite teams in numerous other ways (Dwyer et al., 2018). At the same time, research also demonstrated a positive relationship between fan identification and self-esteem. Thus, the aim of this Research Topic is to explore fans behaviors in many different areas, involving sports media and the (ever changing) digital environment.
We welcome international submissions featuring case-based, opinions, conceptual analysis or empirical papers presenting new insights into the following (but not limited to) topics:
• Psychological insight of identity and new media spectatorship;
• The changing face of global online sport-consuming audiences;
• The convergence of traditional and new media and fan experiences;
• Fans second screen multitasking;
• E-Sports viewership and following;
• Fan-athlete interaction in the digital environment;
• Social media and mediated participation in online platforms;
• Imagined communities and fantasy sports;
• The rhetorical investigation into sport online texts;
• Gender perspectives in online sports consumption.
Spectator sports fan behavior is vast and represents one of society’s most universal leisure activities. While event attendance and media consumption received a great deal of attention from scholars, there is a growing understanding that sports fans interact, both physically and digitally, with their favorite teams in numerous other ways (Dwyer et al., 2018). At the same time, research also demonstrated a positive relationship between fan identification and self-esteem. Thus, the aim of this Research Topic is to explore fans behaviors in many different areas, involving sports media and the (ever changing) digital environment.
We welcome international submissions featuring case-based, opinions, conceptual analysis or empirical papers presenting new insights into the following (but not limited to) topics:
• Psychological insight of identity and new media spectatorship;
• The changing face of global online sport-consuming audiences;
• The convergence of traditional and new media and fan experiences;
• Fans second screen multitasking;
• E-Sports viewership and following;
• Fan-athlete interaction in the digital environment;
• Social media and mediated participation in online platforms;
• Imagined communities and fantasy sports;
• The rhetorical investigation into sport online texts;
• Gender perspectives in online sports consumption.
