Student-Athletes’ Organization of Activism at the University of Missouri: Resource Mobilization on Twitter
Student-Athletes’ Organization of Activism at the University of Missouri: Resource Mobilization on Twitter
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密苏里大学学生运动员激进主义组织：Twitter 上的资源动员
DOI：
10.1123/jsm.2017-0031
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发表时间：
2018
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
N. Watanabe
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作者：
Grace Yan;Ann Pegoraro;N. Watanabe
虽然社交媒体越来越被视为运动员公开解决社会问题的一个渠道，但对社交媒体的组织能力却很少进行系统的研究。为了解决这个问题，我们的研究旨在关注2015年密苏里州大学足球运动员通过Twitter组织的罢工。具体而言，本文采用了资源动员的理论框架，并进行了由两部分组成的综合分析。首先，通过确定#ConcernedStudent1950的地理特征和参与者群体，它试图揭示动员范围和影响。其次，社会网络分析是用来描绘球员的抗议网络的组织动态。研究结果对运动员在数字时代参与社会活动产生了理论和实践意义。
Although social media has been increasingly noted as an outlet for athletes to openly address social issues, there has been very little systematic examination on the organizational capacity of social media. To address this, our study seeks to focus on the strike organized by the football players through Twitter at the University of Missouri in 2015. Specifically, it adopts the theoretical framework of resource mobilization and conducts a comprehensive analysis composed of two parts. First, by identifying geographic characteristics and participant groups for #ConcernedStudent1950, it seeks to reveal the mobilization scope and impact. Second, a social network analysis is used to delineate the organizational dynamics of the players’ protest networks. The results yield both theoretical and practical implications for athletes’ engagement in social activism in the digital era.