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Three Times in One: Leisure, Fandom, and Sacred.

2011

This paper aims to address the issue of Fandom and, in particular, activities connected with it and derived from it, which are one of the possible practices through which at present (but not only) the leisure time is spent. Among the objects that often generate fandom there are the so-called cultural products, such as TV series, manga, online role-playing games etc. Those who have a big passion for these products (people named fans) often choose to allocate a non-negligible part of their leisure time using the product itself or carrying out activities connected with it (these include: meetings, market-exhibitions, conventions, cosplay, collecting, fanart, fanfiction, and so on). Then, throu…

Settore SPS/08 - Sociologia Dei Processi Culturali E ComunicativiLeisure fandom sacred
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Etnografo e fan: un connubio possibile?

2011

L’articolo affronta alcune questioni di carattere etico e metodologico circa il ruolo di fan-ricercatore, con particolare riferimento alla posizione di chi decida di intraprendere uno studio di tipo etnografico all’interno di una comunità di fan alla quale il ricercatore stesso appartenga già per motivi che esulano del tutto dall’ambito accademico. A una panoramica dei principali contributi relativi ai Fandom studies segue una trattazione di alcune questioni connesse a tale duplicità di ruolo (fan e ricercatore): dal noto «dilemma coinvolgimento/distacco» fino a dubbi di natura etica riguardanti l’approccio iniziale e la differenza tra l’affrontare uno studio da ricercatore o da ricercatore…

Settore SPS/08 - Sociologia Dei Processi Culturali E ComunicativiSettore SPS/07 - Sociologia GeneraleEtnografo etnografia fan fandom studies ricercatore
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Sport and Quality of Life

2022

Negli ultimi trent’anni lo sport ha assunto un significato molto rilevante nella vita delle persone e, seppure con notevoli differenze, sia nei paesi a sviluppo economico avanzato, sia in quelli in via di sviluppo. A livello individuale, esso ha costituito un’area di investimento identitario quando ha assunto la forma di sport spettacolo del quale fruire, alimentando la pratica del tifo e il fandom o costituendo il modello di uno stile di vita vincente; ma anche quando ha assunto la forma di pratica del tempo libero attraverso la quale tenersi in forma, facendo crescere, in questo caso, la diffusione di una cultura della salute e del benessere. Si tratta di due modalità di approcciare al co…

but also when he took the form of free time practice through which to keep fit making grow in this case the diffusion of a culture of health and well-being. These are two ways of approaching the consumption of sports by spectators and actorIn the last thirty years sport has taken on a very significant meaning in people's lives and albeit with considerable differences both in advanced economic development countries and in developing countries. On an individual level it constituted an area of identity investment when it assumed the shape of “sport spectacle” to be enjoyed fueling the practice of cheering and fandom or constituting the model of a winning lifestyleand the two ways of use can be strongly related to the perception and assessment of the quality of life. The “semantic universes” which however connote sport and “free time sports” have often appeared polarized. Commercial sport and sports professionalism are intertwined with the institutions of economics politics and culture which above all stress its “spectacularity” in order to capture first and foremost the audience. But also the sport of leisure time is intertwined with the actions of the institutions of economics politics and culture with the difference that these stress above all its “healthy value” aimed at the “healthy and rational” investment of time in an activity which improves the quality of life in the short medium and long period. This polarization between the consumption of sport entertainment - commercial sport - and the consumption of sport as a leisure activity - sport for all - has become increasingly interconnected precisely because of the increased collective identity demand via sport. In other words we have witnessed the spread of shape of sports entertainment that recall the importance of sports for psychophysical well-being for integration and social participation for the reduction of social inequalities ethnic and cultural differences and in which the importance assumed was weakened in the show from agonism from competition from the physical confrontation between two contenders or two teams. A sport in which we act with competitors as well as against competitors. And on the other hand we have gradually witnessed the spectacularization of sports in our free time to the point that the sharing of the results obtained through the declination of a competitive spirit that presents itself as directed no longer against other contenders but against its own performance limits it has become the way in which each person makes part of his or her own life spectacular the one he often considers most authentic. The aim of this work is to describe how the intertwining between the commercial/professional dimension of the sports show and the playful/recreational dimension of sports practice are fueled by a demand and an offer of social identity that characterizes these two “semantic universes”.Settore SPS/07 - Sociologia Generale
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"The woman that we all need" : Kate Bush in the eyes of American fans

2015

Populaarimusiikin fanittaminen on yksi jokapäiväisistä ilmiöistä länsimaisessa kulttuurissa ja yhteiskunnassa. Kate Bush, brittiläinen muusikko, jonka ura on kestänyt yli kolme vuosikymmentä, on saavuttanut vankan fanipohjan ympäri maailmaa. Yhdysvaltalaisten Kate Bush -fanien ajatellaan kuitenkin olevan harvinaisia, sillä Bush ei ole saavuttanut Yhdysvalloissa musiikillisesti samanlaista asemaa kuten vaikkapa Euroopassa. Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena on tuoda esiin Kate Bushin amerikkalaisia faneja, ja tutkia, kuinka he näkevät Kate Bushin artistina. Tutkimuksessa tarkastellaan Kate Bushin statusta osallistujien elämässä ja heidän emotionaalista suhtautumistaan Bushiin ja hänen musiikkii…

content analysispopular music fandomnarrativesmedia cultureKate Bush
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Sport sponsorship in Finland: the case study of FC JJK Jyväskylä

2013

This paper seeks to analyse sport sponsorship in Finland via using the case study of Football Club JJK Jyväskylä from the Finnish Premier League. The results of a master’s thesis conducted on FC JJK fans’ sponsor awareness and sponsor orientation is presented. This research has provided implications to the management of the club, such as how to increase sponsorship efficiency, how to benefit from applying sponsorship alignment as well as relationship marketing. In order to successfully implement the study, an on­line survey, interviews, and participant observation was utilised. In addition, statistical data were obtained from the club. It has been concluded that JJK fans’ sponsor awareness …

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