MediaSport

doi:10.4324/9780203014059

Cited by 34 publications

(38 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Given their prevalence in literature, the key variables were first, the level of the sport's commercialization (Wenner 1998, Wright 1999, Westerbeek and Smith 2003, Stewart et al 2004, Millar 2005) and second, the sport's cultural foundations (Stoddart 1986, Mckay 1991, Smith and Stewart 1995, Lalor 2003, Smith and Shilbury 2004. The additional 'discovered' sample criterion 'performance level' was subsequently included based on emergent data, and an even split of gender was sought.…”

Section: Samplementioning

confidence: 99%

Player and athlete attitudes to drugs in Australian sport: implications for policy development

Stewart

Smith

2010

International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This article reports on 12 case histories with a view to 1) uncovering the attitudes of players and athletes to drugs in sport, and 2) exploring the implications of these attitudes for the formulation of effective anti-doping policy. The theoretical approach of the research was informed by Zinberg's (1984) model which assumes that the relationship between the drug, individual characteristics and context are pivotal to choices about drug use. A theoretical sampling frame was derived using two key discriminators based on their empirical prevalence as important variables: i) the level of a sport's commercial involvement, and ii) a sport's masculine values as determined by aggressiveness, contact and propensity for risk-taking. The additional 'discovered' sample criterion 'performance level' was subsequently included based on emergent data. A narrative-based case-history was utilized as the analytical method employing Gee's (1986) coding approach. Results suggested that attitudes are contingent upon first, the legality of the substance, second, its performance impact, and finally, its social impact. If a substance is not illegal, provides performance support, expedites recovery, or makes the user feel better, then it is considered legitimate. Unlike previous analysis, these results demonstrate that substance use in sport is neither a matter of linear and logical decision-making nor one of fundamental morality for players and athletes. The results suggest that drug-management policies which are underpinned by punitive models of moral certitude and deterrence do not match with prevailing attitudes, and are therefore unlikely to be successful in eradicating drug use from sport in the future.Este artículo analiza doce casos diferentes con el objetivo de (1) descubrir las actitudes de los deportistas ante el uso de sustancias dopantes en el deporte y (2) explorar las consecuencias de dichas actitudes para el dearrollo de una política anti-dopaje efectiva. El marco teórico de esta investigación se basa en el modelo creado por Zinberg (198), según el cual se supone que la relación entre sustancias dopantes, características del individuo y el contexto son de extrema importancia en la decisión de las personas sobre el uso de las drogas. La muestra para este estudio fue escogida siguiendo dos variables discriminatorias que se consideran clave: i) el nivel de desarrollo comercial del deporte y ii) los valores de masculinidad del deporte determinados por su agresividad, contacto y propensión al riesgo. De manera adicional, también se añadió el nivel en la práctica del deporte como criterio para elegir la muestra una vez que se descubrió su importancia en las primeras etapas del estudio. Para analizar los datos obtenidos se ha usado la metodología del estudio de caso y del análisis de contenido del discurso narrativo de los deportistas, usando la codificación sugerida por Gee (1986). Los resultados sugieren que las actitudes de los deportistas dependen primero de la legalidad de la sustancia, segundo de su impacto en el rendimien...

show abstract

Section: Samplementioning

confidence: 99%

Player and athlete attitudes to drugs in Australian sport: implications for policy development

Stewart

Smith

2010

International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Perhaps it is no surprise that, in an effort to 'escape' from the pressure cooker existence of professional sport, some athletes have resorted to illicit drugs such as cannabis, cocaine and ecstasy. Other research has revealed a linear causality between competitive pressures and psychological, social and economic returns (Wenner 1998;Wilson 1990;Wright 1999). According to Waddington (2000, p.4), "sport is played for higher, sometimes much higher stakes, whether these be economic, political-national, personal or a combination of all three."…”

Section: Athlete Vulnerability In Sportmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring the wicked problem of athlete and consumer vulnerability in sport

Westberg

Stavros

Smith

et al. 2017

JSOCM

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Abstract• Purpose: This paper extends the literature on wicked problems in consumer research by exploring athlete and consumer vulnerability in sport and the potential role that social marketing can play in addressing this problem.• Design/methodology/approach: This paper conceptualises the wicked problem of athlete and consumer vulnerability in sport, proposing a multi-theoretical approach to social marketing, incorporating insights from stakeholder theory, systems theory and cocreation to tackle this complex problem.• Findings: Sport provides a rich context for exploring a social marketing approach to a wicked problem as it operates in a complex ecosystem with multiple stakeholders with differing, and sometimes conflicting, objectives. It is proposed that consumers, particularly those that are highly identified fans, are key stakeholders that have both facilitated the problematic nature of the sport system and been rendered vulnerable as a result. Further, a form of consumer vulnerability also extends to athletes as the evolution of the sport system has led them to engage in harmful consumption behaviours. Social marketing, with its strategic and multi-faceted focus on facilitating social good, is an apt approach to tackle behavioural change at multiple levels within the sport system.• Practical implications: Sport managers, public health practitioners and policymakers are given insight into the key drivers of a growing wicked problem as well as the potential for social marketing to mitigate harm.• Originality/value: This paper is the first to identify and explicate a wicked problem in sport. More generally it extends insight into wicked problems in consumer research by 2 examining a case whereby the consumer is both complicit in, and made vulnerable by, the creation of a wicked problem. This paper is the first to explore the use of social marketing in managing wicked problems in sport.

show abstract

“…They offer concrete, if transitory, versions of symbolic and participatory community (2000, p. 7). Since the establishment of broadcast media, sporting spectacles have consistently provided the largest audiences ever assembled (Wenner, 2002). The symbolic power of these events is amplified by the fact that more than any other popular genre, sports has demonstrated the capacity to assemble publics that approach the totality of the public.…”

Section: Integration and Redemption-a Civic Alliance For New Nationalismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Producing the German Civic Nation: Immigrant Patriotism in Berlin's World Cup Flag Fight

Zambon

2014

Popular Communication

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

MediaSport

Cited by 34 publications

References 0 publications

Player and athlete attitudes to drugs in Australian sport: implications for policy development

Player and athlete attitudes to drugs in Australian sport: implications for policy development

Exploring the wicked problem of athlete and consumer vulnerability in sport

Producing the German Civic Nation: Immigrant Patriotism in Berlin's World Cup Flag Fight

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About