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Athlete perceptions of social media benefits and challenges during major sport events
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posted on 2020-02-26, 15:00 authored by Michelle Hayes, Kevin Filo, Caroline Riot, Andrea GeurinAndrea GeurinNumerous studies have focused on athletes’ use of social media by examining the content posted on social media sites, revealing an opportunity to gather firsthand experiences from athletes. Using uses-and-gratifications theory as a theoretical framework to inform an open-ended questionnaire, the authors examined athlete attitudes toward their social media use during a major sport event, as well as the gratifications they received and the challenges they experienced from this use. The study assessed a sample of 57 athletes and their social media use across 20 international major sport events. Findings revealed that social media enabled athletes to communicate with family and friends. Having a connection to home through social media can make athletes feel relaxed in a high-pressure environment. The results reveal uses and gratifications not previously found in research on athlete social media, while also underscoring opportunities for sport organizations to enhance social-media-education programs they provide to athletes.
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- Loughborough University London
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International Journal of Sport CommunicationVolume
12Issue
4Pages
449 - 481Publisher
Human KineticsVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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© Human Kinetics, Inc.Publisher statement
Accepted author manuscript version reprinted, by permission, from International Journal of Sport Communication, 2019, 12 (4): pp449-pp481, https://doi.org/10.1123/ijsc.2019-0026. © Human Kinetics, Inc.Publication date
2019-12-01Copyright date
2019ISSN
1936-3915eISSN
1936-3907Publisher version
Language
- en
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Dr Andrea Geurin. Deposit date: 25 February 2020Usage metrics
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