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For
my next blog post I will be creating a podcast about an autoethnography that
focuses and elaborates the culture and actions of sports fans. This upcoming podcast required some research
on this particular group that I have chosen to explore, so the main topic of
this blog is to inform you, the reader, about my recent discoveries. After an endless amount of time searching the
internet, I have come to know that there is more to being a sports fan than
just tailgating and spending countless dollars at sports bars. Studies have been conducted that have found
that being an avid sports fan is both physical and psychological. People come to identify with this group
because there are benefits to being a sports fan that have been shown to make
one live a happier and healthier life.
These benefits include being a part of a built-in community, having a
common language with others, having a “safe place”, and being able to have the opportunity
to succeed vicariously through sports teams.
It is these benefits and one’s other personal characteristics that make
up their sports fan identity, but this combination can create both positive and
negative identities. I have also
discovered research that focuses its main topic on the negative aspects that
can arise from being a passionate sports fan like lack of sportsmanship and
becoming addicted to watching/cheering for a particular team or player. In my upcoming podcast I will use the
research I have discovered and relate it to my own personal identification and
knowledge of this group to hopefully create both an informative and entertaining
podcast that you will find amusing.
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