Title
Examining Perceived Violence In And Enjoyment Of Televised Rivalry Sports Contests
Abstract
The scholarly attention paid to the ways in which television viewers perceive sports action as violent, how perceptions may differ across games, and how perceptions might impact enjoyment is limited. The current project extends the literature by investigating perceived violence and enjoyment across different intercollegiate (American) football contests between two heated rivals. A total of 568 individuals viewed one of four televised contests featuring the same hometown team: two against heated rivals, two against nonrivals. Results reveal that viewers clearly perceived rivalry games to be more violent than nonrivalry games. Moreover, games won by the hometeam were seen as more violent than those lost. Also, those perceiving high levels of violence reported greater enjoyment than those who perceived low levels of violence in all games. Finally, hierarchical regression analyses revealed that perceived violence contributes differently to the enjoyment of games won than to games lost. Possible explanations for and implication of the findings are offered. © Mass Communication & Society Division.
Publication Date
7-1-2009
Publication Title
Mass Communication and Society
Volume
12
Issue
3
Number of Pages
311-331
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1080/15205430802468744
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
75349114597 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/75349114597
STARS Citation
Raney, Arthur A. and Kinnally, William, "Examining Perceived Violence In And Enjoyment Of Televised Rivalry Sports Contests" (2009). Scopus Export 2000s. 11766.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2000/11766