Footballers' citizenship during COVID-19: A case study of Premier League players' community support.

IF 2.5 3区教育学 Q2 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM

International Review for the Sociology of Sport Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI:10.1177/10126902211045679

Dr Charlie V L Smith

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Abstract

This paper demonstrates the community support of Premier League football players during the first COVID-19 national lockdown in the United Kingdom (March to May 2020). Given the global popularity and influence of footballers' behaviour, it shows that they play an important role as citizens in supporting wider communities during circumstances such as the COVID-19 pandemic. A content analysis of 376 Premier League football players (80% of those registered) comprising 3877 posts on Instagram and Twitter is presented. The findings show 12 athlete citizenship roles during the pandemic which collectively illustrates players fostering support for fans and citizen's public health compliance, wellbeing and lives. Players also conveyed how they coped with the pandemic with their athlete mindset and were hopeful for a better future. The discussion and conclusion suggest that COVID-19 has presented an opportune time to renegotiate the complex social systems of which athletes are a part, identifying how they can engage in citizenship and future community support embracing the fullest range of their sporting profession.

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新冠肺炎期间足球运动员的公民意识:以英超球员社区支持为例

本文展示了英超球员在英国第一次COVID-19全国封锁期间(2020年3月至5月)的社区支持。鉴于足球运动员的行为在全球的知名度和影响力，这表明他们在COVID-19大流行等情况下，作为公民在支持更广泛的社区方面发挥着重要作用。本文对376名英超球员(占注册球员的80%)在Instagram和Twitter上发布的3877条帖子进行了内容分析。调查结果显示，在疫情期间，运动员扮演了12个公民角色，这些角色共同说明了运动员为球迷和公民的公共卫生合规、福祉和生活提供支持。运动员们还表达了他们如何以运动员的心态应对疫情，并对更美好的未来充满希望。讨论和结论表明，2019冠状病毒病为重新谈判运动员所处的复杂社会系统提供了一个时机，确定他们如何参与公民身份和未来的社区支持，充分利用他们的体育职业。

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期刊介绍： The International Review for the Sociology of Sport is a peer reviewed academic journal that is indexed on ISI. Eight issues are now published each year. The main purpose of the IRSS is to disseminate research and scholarship on sport throughout the international academic community. The journal publishes research articles of varying lengths, from standard length research papers to shorter reports and commentary, as well as book and media reviews. The International Review for the Sociology of Sport is not restricted to any theoretical or methodological perspective and brings together contributions from anthropology, cultural studies, geography, gender studies, media studies, history, political economy, semiotics, sociology, as well as interdisciplinary research.