COMPETITION BETWEEN SPORTS ON THE BATTLEFIELD OF PUBLIC VISIBILITY
COMPETITION BETWEEN SPORTS ON THE BATTLEFIELD OF PUBLIC VISIBILITY
Author(s): Diana-Luiza DumitriuSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Editura Universitatii din Oradea
Keywords: contamination effect; symbolic competition; media exposure; sport culture
Summary/Abstract: The aim of this study is to analyze the competitive dynamics between sports in terms of public visibility and to build up a symbolic map of Romanian sports‘ visibility. Using a quantitative approach, the study is based on a sample of 403 middle school and high school students. The results show a clear dominance of sport teams over individual ones and a strong masculinization tendency in referring to the most prominent Romanian sport disciplines and actors. Moreover, the visibility of a sport influences students‘ perception over its performance level, which generates an overestimation of the achievements related to the most popular sports.
Journal: Analele Universităţii din Oradea. Relaţii Internationale şi Studii Europene (RISE)
- Issue Year: 5/2013
- Issue No: Suppl.
- Page Range: 333-342
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
