Sport Fans

The Psychology and Social Impact of Spectators

Daniel L. Wann, Merrill J. Melnick, Gordon W. Russell, Dale G. Pease (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

2001
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-92463-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Sport Fans is a thorough introduction to social and behavioural methods and applications as applied to sports fandom

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Have you ever wondered why people spend hours watching sports? Memorizing statistics? Driving for hours to attend away games? Painting their bodies with team colours? Screaming directions and encouragement as if their team can hear them? Sport Fans answers these questions and more. This captivating book provides an overview and analysis of sport fans, examining the role played by and the impact of sport in the lives of sport fans and spectators, and the importance of sport for society at large.

Inhalt

Part I. The Desire to Follow Sport, Teams and Athletes 2. Becoming a Sports Fan 3. Becoming a Sport Spectator 4. Sport fans and Their Heroes Part II. Spectator Aggression 5. An Introduction to Spectator Aggression 6. Psychological and Sociological Causes of Aggression 7. Sport Spectator Riots Part III. The Function of Sport Fandom for Individuals and Society 8. The Psychological Consequences of Sport Fandom 9. The Societal Consequences of Sport Fandom

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.2.2001
• Zusatzinfo: 20 line drawings, 10 b&w photographs
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 156 x 234 mm
• Gewicht: 408 g
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
• ISBN-10: 0-415-92463-4 / 0415924634
• ISBN-13: 978-0-415-92463-4 / 9780415924634
• Zustand: Neuware