کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
894376 1472131 2012 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
A media analysis of a sport celebrity: Understanding an informal “team cancer” role as a socio-cultural construction
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی ارتوپدی، پزشکی ورزشی و توانبخشی
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A media analysis of a sport celebrity: Understanding an informal “team cancer” role as a socio-cultural construction
چکیده انگلیسی

ObjectivesNegative informal roles in sport such as a “team cancer” warrant further attention because of the association with athletes’ negative psychological experiences, impaired team processes, and reduced performance. The purpose of the current study is to extend understandings of the team cancer role by analyzing the socio-cultural context (i.e., sport media narratives surrounding a sport celebrity and key media incident) within which one “team cancer” was constituted in a professional sport context.MethodNational Hockey League (NHL) star Sean Avery was the sport celebrity of interest. The key media incident was the “sloppy seconds” comment made by Avery regarding his former girlfriend. The comment was an attack towards the opposing team’s defenseman, who was dating her. Newspaper representations of the comment (n = 62) were explored via ethnographic content analysis (see Altheide, 1996).ResultsIt was found that the depiction of the team cancer emerged differently depending on two paradoxical discourses found within the media: a hockey moral code as truth vs. a hockey moral code as hypocrisy. This paradox surrounding the morality of sport was exemplified within the two hockey moral code discourses surrounding the personification of Avery’s team cancer identity and the “sloppy seconds incident”.ConclusionsThis study adds to our understanding regarding how the media influences the construction of an informal team cancer role from one professional sport incident. This focus opens up a window of new understandings and possibilities for research and application beyond current theories and understandings of negative informal team roles in sport psychology.


► We extend understanding of the informal team cancer role via media analysis of a sport celebrity.
► We explore newspaper representations of a team cancer identity via ethnographic content analysis.
► Media influences the construction and meaning of an informal team cancer role.
► A team cancer emerged differently depending on two paradoxical sport moral code discourses.
► New possibilities for conceptualization and management of an informal cancer role are gained.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Psychology of Sport and Exercise - Volume 13, Issue 1, January 2012, Pages 26–35
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