Essays about: "football"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 372 essays containing the word football.
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11. “It’s not like I can stop consuming football” - How consumers through moral decoupling support a sports event conducting unethical behavior
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : Using the case of the 2022 Fifa World Cup, this study develops the notion of moral decoupling, a reasoning process that separates moral judgment and performance judgment. This separation allows consumers to condemn unethical behavior performed by companies and public figures while simultaneously continuing to offer them support. READ MORE
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12. Social Media Platforms - The Most Valuable Player? - The role of social media platforms in fostering football fans’ team loyalty
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : With football as an increasing business, alongside the rise and importance of user-generated content on social media, this mixed methodological paper analyzes which roles Twitter, podcasts and e-zines usage have for Swedish football fans’ loyalty towards their favorite teams, by utilizing surveys and semi-structured interviews. This paper provides support for positive relationships between social media usage and behavioral fan loyalty, since social media platforms keep fans updated and generate information, especially when there is a geographical distance between the fans and the team. READ MORE
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13. What new practices emerged following VAR in football among spectators, and how do these practices relate to potential value co-creation and co-destruction?
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : Technological tools are widely used in all industries. In football, Video Assistant Referee (VAR) has been implemented and is becoming more common in nearly all domestic leagues and international organizations. Previous research has shown how VAR affected the game objectively, as well as people's perspectives toward this new technology. READ MORE
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14. Modeling Stoppage Time as a Convolution of Negative Binomials
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för systemteknikAbstract : This thesis develops and evaluates a probabilistic model that estimates the stoppage time in football. Stoppage time represents the additional minutes of play given after the original matchtime is over. It is crucial in determining the course of events during the remainder of a match, thereby affecting the odds of live sports betting. READ MORE
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15. Do Football Players Give Female Coaches the Red Card?
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : In Swedish elite football, the skewed gender distribution between coaches is conspicuous, and this thesis aims to investigate one channel as to why there are so few female coaches in this environment. Previous research has found that students evaluate female teachers more critically than male teachers, even in components that they cannot control; might this be the case in Swedish elite football as well? We have conducted a framed field experiment on the teams in the highest football division for players 19 years or under in Sweden. READ MORE
