The Internet as a site of decreasing cultural homophobia in Association Football: An online response by fans to the coming out of Thomas Hitzlsperger

This article analyses 5,128 comments from 35 prominent football fan online message boards located across the United Kingdom and 978 online comments in response to a Guardian newspaper article regarding the decision by former German international footballer, Thomas Hitzlsperger, to publicly come out...

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Main Authors: Jamie Cleland, R. Magrath, T. Kian
Format: Default Article
Published: 2017
Subjects:
Sociology not elsewhere classified
Other human society not elsewhere classified
Other language, communication and culture not elsewhere classified
Fans
Football
Homophobia
Internet
Masculinity
sexuality
Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified
Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified
Sociology
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/21495
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