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Discussing homosexuality on association football fan message boards: A changing cultural context
journal contribution
posted on 2013-04-12, 11:44 authored by Jamie ClelandThis article presents the findings of a discourse analysis carried out on 48 association football (soccer) message boards from across the United Kingdom concerning fans’ views towards the presence of gay footballers. It draws on over 3000 anonymous posts to examine whether hegemonic or more inclusive forms of masculinity existed. The overall findings are that, despite evidence of heteronormativity and some orthodox views towards homosexuality, a majority of supporters demonstrate more inclusivity through the rejection of posts that they feel have pernicious homophobic intent. Rather than avoiding any contestation of these orthodox posts, fans frequently challenge them and suggest that on-the-field performance is what is valued the most.
History
School
- Social Sciences
Department
- Communication, Media, Social and Policy Studies
Citation
CLELAND, J., 2013. Discussing homosexuality on association football fan message boards: A changing cultural context. International Review for the Sociology of Sport. Published online before print February 18, 2013, doi: 10.1177/1012690213475437 16pp.Publisher
SAGE Publications © The AuthorVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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2013Notes
This article was published in the International Review for the Sociology of Sport [SAGE Publications © The Author] and the definitive version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1012690213475437ISSN
1012-6902Publisher version
Language
- en