Mediated messages flood our daily lives, through virtually endless choices of media
channels, genres, and content. However, selectivity determines what media messages we …

Although girls and women in many societies avidly participate in sports, they have been
traditionally underrepresented compared with boys and men. In this review, we address the …

Sports, and the fans that follow them, are everywhere. Sport Fans: The Psychology and
Social Impact of Fandom examines the affective, behavioral, and cognitive reactions of fans …

Television is no longer the only screen delivering footage and news to people about sport.
Computers, the Internet, Web, mobile and other digital media are increasingly important …

Contemporary digital technologies have facilitated practices related to games whereby
users often produce and consume content for free. To date, research into consumer …

An essential introduction to a rapidly growing field of study, The Fan Fiction Studies Reader
gathers in one place the key foundational texts of the fan studies corpus, with a focus on fan …

Understanding and promoting sport consumer well-being are essential for legitimizing sport
in the policy sector and for building long-term relationships with sport consumers. To better …

For a large portion of its history, broadcasting has been stagnant when it comes to
incorporating new and innovative technologies. However, due to declining viewership and …

This study puts both esports gameplay and spectatorship into consideration and pinpoints
how individual and structural factors explain why people play and watch esports to better …

Purpose Notwithstanding the dynamics of digital transformation and its relevance for
revenue generation in the entertainment industry, empirical research that focused on …