Citizen, consumer, citimer: The interplay of market and political identities within contemporary football fan cultures

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/1469540517744692" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1177/1469540517744692</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1469540517744692" target="_blank" >10.1177/1469540517744692</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Citizen, consumer, citimer: The interplay of market and political identities within contemporary football fan cultures

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This article examines how football, sport and other cultural fields are characterized by complex interrelations between citizen&apos; and consumer&apos; identities. Our analysis centres specifically on critically examining and developing the concept of citimer&apos; (citizen-consumer) with respect to activist supporter groups within European professional men&apos;s football. First, to establish the structural and cultural context for our analysis, we argue that the emergence of citizen-consumer identities in football has been driven by five underlying processes: globalization, commodification, securitization, mediatization and postmodernization. Critical football fan movements have responded to these changes through greater reflexivization and politicization. Second, drawing on the broad academic literature, we develop the concept of the citizen-consumer (or citimer&apos;) and introduce its relevance to football. Third, to provide a more nuanced understanding of the citizen-consumer, we explore how this citimer&apos; identity is constructed in two ways: from below&apos; (by fan groups themselves at everyday level) and from above&apos; (by clubs, governing bodies, media and other powerful forces within the football system). In both instances, we find that the citizen and consumer aspects of the citimer identity are interrelated in complex ways. Fourth, we conclude by highlighting the political reflexivity of citimers and areas for future research. Our analysis draws on extensive data collection: with football supporters and officials in the Czech Republic, England and Italy and at the wider European level, and through access to diverse primary and secondary documents (e.g. policy papers, fanzines and online forums). Our findings may be applied to examine citimer identities, practices and social relations not just within football and sport but in many other cultural fields, such as art, communication, drama, fashion, film and music.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Citizen, consumer, citimer: The interplay of market and political identities within contemporary football fan cultures

Popis výsledku anglicky

This article examines how football, sport and other cultural fields are characterized by complex interrelations between citizen&apos; and consumer&apos; identities. Our analysis centres specifically on critically examining and developing the concept of citimer&apos; (citizen-consumer) with respect to activist supporter groups within European professional men&apos;s football. First, to establish the structural and cultural context for our analysis, we argue that the emergence of citizen-consumer identities in football has been driven by five underlying processes: globalization, commodification, securitization, mediatization and postmodernization. Critical football fan movements have responded to these changes through greater reflexivization and politicization. Second, drawing on the broad academic literature, we develop the concept of the citizen-consumer (or citimer&apos;) and introduce its relevance to football. Third, to provide a more nuanced understanding of the citizen-consumer, we explore how this citimer&apos; identity is constructed in two ways: from below&apos; (by fan groups themselves at everyday level) and from above&apos; (by clubs, governing bodies, media and other powerful forces within the football system). In both instances, we find that the citizen and consumer aspects of the citimer identity are interrelated in complex ways. Fourth, we conclude by highlighting the political reflexivity of citimers and areas for future research. Our analysis draws on extensive data collection: with football supporters and officials in the Czech Republic, England and Italy and at the wider European level, and through access to diverse primary and secondary documents (e.g. policy papers, fanzines and online forums). Our findings may be applied to examine citimer identities, practices and social relations not just within football and sport but in many other cultural fields, such as art, communication, drama, fashion, film and music.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

50401 - Sociology

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2018

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of Consumer Culture

ISSN

1469-5405

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

18

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

20

Strana od-do

336-355

Kód UT WoS článku

000432087600007

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85046817115