TY - JOUR
T1 - Discursive expression of football fandom in China
T2 - language, creativity and digital community
AU - Sullivan, Jonathan
AU - Zuser, Tobias
AU - Bi, William
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2025/1/6
Y1 - 2025/1/6
N2 - The central role of the state and its partners in business as authors of football development in China has led scholars to foreground institutions, policy, political motivations and outcomes. Grassroot expressions of football culture have generally been sidelined in favour of analyses of the politics-business nexus, governance, public health etc, creating the impression that football culture in China is a top-down enterprise driven exclusively by political and politically connected commercial interests. In this article, we recentre grassroots engagement with football by examining aspects of the digital involvement and contribution of audiences and fans to Chinese football culture. Specifically, we investigate discursive components of online football fan culture and demonstrate through an analysis of language and practices how such communities engage with the game creatively.
AB - The central role of the state and its partners in business as authors of football development in China has led scholars to foreground institutions, policy, political motivations and outcomes. Grassroot expressions of football culture have generally been sidelined in favour of analyses of the politics-business nexus, governance, public health etc, creating the impression that football culture in China is a top-down enterprise driven exclusively by political and politically connected commercial interests. In this article, we recentre grassroots engagement with football by examining aspects of the digital involvement and contribution of audiences and fans to Chinese football culture. Specifically, we investigate discursive components of online football fan culture and demonstrate through an analysis of language and practices how such communities engage with the game creatively.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85214410726&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/14660970.2024.2446856
DO - 10.1080/14660970.2024.2446856
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85214410726
SN - 1466-0970
SP - 1
EP - 13
JO - Soccer and Society
JF - Soccer and Society
ER -