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An Analysis On Symbols And Rituals Of Football Fan Culture

Posted on:2017-07-18Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X J HuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2347330503971396Subject:Journalism
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Football fans' culture is a case of cultural research due to its fast-spreading,widely influence and numerous audience. These features define football fans' culture outside the sport fans' culture range and add it some elements of massive culture.Therefore, football fans' culture can be seen as a typical cultural research case.With the development of information and media technology, economic and cultural globalization, the influence of football is growing. As one of biggest sport fans groups, football fans show their living culture both in and out of stadia.Today, football is not only a physical sport anymore. Every country and region tries to show its national and regional culture on this kind of stage, as well as make it as a supporter of their culture. It is the reason why the importance of football fans as culture owners and the searching of football fans culture should be noted.This dissertation will adopt the view of pan-media, combining several fields of study which including communication, sociology, anthropology and religious study.Through the supporter of symbol and ritual, discuss the way football fans' culture spread and understand the causation behind it.Firstly, this dissertation will sort out the history of football fans' culture. Secondly, the research will base on two kind of media:in and outside of studia and discuss the ways of football fans culture's transmission.Thirdly, analyze rituals of football fan culture and its engendering and function.Last but not the least, find the change of football fan culture's spreading under the backgroud of globalization.
Keywords/Search Tags:Football Fan Culture, Symbol, Ritual, Globalization
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