Social media and sport studies (2014–2023): A critical review

G Abeza - International Journal of Sport …, 2023 - journals.humankinetics.com
Building on the foundational study conducted by Abeza et al., this work extends the
investigation by critically reviewing social media research in sport studies published from …

Elite athlete activism, advocacy, and protest: A scoping review

F O'Neill, G Dickson, T Ströbel… - European Sport …, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
Research question: The purpose of this scoping review is to explore the extant literature
devoted to elite athlete activism, advocacy, and protest. Three research questions guided …

Experience is all you need: a large language model application of fine-tuned GPT-3.5 and RoBERTa for aspect-based sentiment analysis of college football stadium …

TY Qian, W Li, H Gong, C Seifried… - Sport Management …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Despite extensive research in service industries, fine-grained explorations of customer
experience within spectator sports remain limited. This study pioneers a transfer learning …

Machine learning in sport social media research: practical uses and opportunities

J Du, YZ Mamo, C Floyd… - … Journal of Sport …, 2023 - journals.humankinetics.com
In tandem with the burgeoning popularity of social media research in the field of sport
communication and marketing, we are witnessing a concomitant rise in its epistemological …

Exploring oppositionality and support of Counter-Strike redditors for the World ESports Association

H Heidenreich, G Dickson, N Strohfuß… - Leisure Studies, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study explores sentiments towards the World ESports Association (WESA) within a
Counter-Strike Reddit community. Esports communities have not embraced the various self …

Tweets, triumphs, and tensions: A machine learning approach to decoding multi-tier thematic framing of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics on social media

C Xu, TY Qian, L Yang, D Liu - Communication & Sport, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The current study explored the thematic framing of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics on X
(Twitter), examining how these thematic frames and audience engagement varied across …

It's okay to be not okay: An analysis of Twitter responses to Naomi Osaka's withdrawal due to mental health concerns

Z Chen, DH Kwak - Communication & Sport, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
An increasing number of athletes are speaking out on different social issues. There is also a
growing acceptance and expectations of athletes utilizing their influence to push for social …

“I Feel Qatari Today […] I Feel Disabled Today,[…] I Feel Like a Migrant Worker Today…”: On Sport, Leadership, and Moral Legitimacy

YZ Mamo, C Anagnostopoulos… - Communication & …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This study examines the public's perceptions of a speech delivered by FIFA's president in a
press conference one day before the Qatar 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup. In total, 34,714 …

Athlete activism, human rights, and the 2020 Olympic Games: a Twitter analysis of Raven Saunders' activism

J Koenigstorfer, O Kolbinger, D Gillivray - Event Management, 2023 - ingentaconnect.com
The study considers Raven Saunders' protest at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics (creating an X
with raised arms on the podium of the medal award ceremony as a symbol of support for …

Polish martial law of 1981 as seen on Facebook. A comparative analysis between the Facebook posts of political parties

J Krupa, A Jezierski - East European Politics, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This research focused on better understanding how social media are used in politics in the
context of dividing historical event such as the Martial Law in Poland in 1981. A mixed …