Cricket obsession in India: through the lens of identity theory

Nair, Nisha

doi:10.1080/17430437.2011.574351

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“…59 It commands an ethnic consciousness, pride Journal of New Zealand Studies NS21 (2015), 37-52 and unity among the participants transcending the usual domain of entertainment to embody ethnic/cultural identity. 60 On social media the participants, therefore, interpreted and defined one another's behaviour and it was these interpretations and definitions that formed the social bond between and among them that was reflected and embodied in a shared cultural identity.…”

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Identity Production on Social Media: The Narrative of Second-generation Youth of Sinhalese Sri Lankan Origin in New Zealand

Handapangoda¹

2015

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This qualitative study examines the identity claims of second-generation youth of Sri Lankan origin in New Zealand on social media, a social terrain that transcends the boundaries of traditional social worlds. Research participants’ represented themselves online by three main strategies: visual (graphic), textual (narrative) and group. Participants simultaneously travelled back and forth between two virtual cultural identities, Kiwi and Sri Lankan, thus [re]constructing identity performances, in which “definition of the situation” played a key role. Their virtual identities represented only a snapshot of the self, where different versions of the self were performed and [re]produced, thus defying the essentialist or foundationalist notion of identity.

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Identity Production on Social Media: The Narrative of Second-generation Youth of Sinhalese Sri Lankan Origin in New Zealand

Handapangoda¹

2015

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“…In sports fandom, the dynamics of group identity are at play for all to see with players, managers, and sports fans exhibiting hostility towards rival players, managers, and sports fans (Murrell & Dietz, 2016). The news media play a fundamental part not only in the formation of national identity but also in differentiating it (Li et al, 2016; Maguire, 2011; Nair, 2011; Vincent et al, 2010). News media creates an “us vs them” narrative that is one of the driving factors behind a notion of national identity.…”

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Construction of Mediated National Identity Through Sports Journalists Twitter Feed

Humayun

2021

Communication & Sport

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This study analyzed how Pakistani and Indian national identity was portrayed in selected Pakistani and Indian journalists’ tweets about the 2017 International Cricket Council (ICC) champions trophy final. There is an extensive body of literature that has documented the triad between sports, media, and national identity. However, most of the sports communication literature related to mediated construction of national identity has focused on western countries. Through the lens of Elias’s habitus thesis and employing textual analysis, Pakistani and Indian journalists’ 641 tweets during the game were analyzed. Results suggest that there are potential national variations in sports journalism and the type of media platform used when it comes to mediated construction of national identity and that journalistic styles and practices across old and new media influence each other.

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“…Cricket according to evidence has its origins in 1611 in England, with its rules written officially in 1744. It is one of the oldest sports to exist and came to India through British rule in the 1700s (Ayres, 2015;Nair, 2011). The sport was disseminated around the world through British colonial rule and is still popular in Commonwealth countries such as Australia, South Africa and the Caribbean West Indies.…”

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Governance in Indian cricket: Examining the Board of Control for Cricket in India through the good governance framework

Ghai

Zipp

2020

Sport in Society

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is one of the biggest, wealthiest and most influential sport governing bodies in the world. The BCCI has overseen traditional Test cricket in India since 1928. In 2008, the Indian cricket landscape shifted with the development of the Indian Premier League (IPL), a Tweny20 cricket league that has exploded in popularity since its launch. The BCCI also governs over the IPL, which generates extensive income and has raised the profile of Indian cricket around the world.However, recent controversies and corruption scandals have brought increasing scrutiny to the BCCI. In this study, the good governance framework from UK sport is applied to examine the BCCI. The good governance framework is used to examine five elements of the BCCI: structure, people, communication, standards and conduct, and policies and process.Through interviews with expert journalists and researchers (n=6), it is clear that the BCCI needs to make significant reforms to better align with good governance principles. Namely, the BCCI must address concerns over transparency, accountability, managing conflicts of interests, structural problems and revise their policies and processes. On the other hand, participants applauded the BCCI's contributions to enhancing cricket globally.

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Cricket obsession in India: through the lens of identity theory

Cited by 15 publications

References 12 publications

Identity Production on Social Media: The Narrative of Second-generation Youth of Sinhalese Sri Lankan Origin in New Zealand

Identity Production on Social Media: The Narrative of Second-generation Youth of Sinhalese Sri Lankan Origin in New Zealand

Construction of Mediated National Identity Through Sports Journalists Twitter Feed

Governance in Indian cricket: Examining the Board of Control for Cricket in India through the good governance framework

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