‘Bigger than football’ : Racist talk on and off the soccer
pitch

J 2023

‘Bigger than football’ : Racist talk on and off the soccer pitch

CHOVANEC, Jan

Basic information

Original name

‘Bigger than football’ : Racist talk on and off the soccer pitch

Authors

CHOVANEC, Jan (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Soccer and Society, Taylor and Francis, 2023, 1466-0970

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

60203 Linguistics

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 1.400 in 2022

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/23:00129954

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14660970.2023.2250660

UT WoS

001071528200001

Keywords (in Czech)

fotbal; sportovní diskurz; pragmatika; sociolingvistika; rasismus; online journalism; online comments

Keywords in English

football; sports discourse; pragmatics; sociolinguistics; racism; online žurnalistika; online komentáře

Abstract

V originále

Racism is a major social and cultural problem that has, in various forms, plagued football for a long time. Despite the attempts of official bodies to root it out, racist talk and behaviour are still rife among players as well as in fan communities. The present paper provides a case study of online users’ comments on the media coverage of a series of controversial incidents during a recent UEFA Europa League matchinvolving an alleged verbal act of racial abuse between two players. Adopting a discourse analytical perspective, the paper contrasts how the match controversies were reflected in the users’ public online discourses in two different cultural communities, namely the UK and the Czech Republic, and identifies some of the similarities and differences between the two. The analysis shows how the users reframe the underlying racist issue, trivialize it through humour and relativize its seriousness. The data indicate that such discourses surrounding football are important for understanding how fans construct various group identities and how specific socio-cultural contexts influence the perception of race-related controversies.

Links

MUNI/A/1053/2022, interní kód MU

Name: Paradigms, strategies and developments - English linguistics and translation III

Investor: Masaryk University, Paradigms, strategies and developments - English linguistics and translation III

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CHOVANEC, Jan. ‘Bigger than football’ : Racist talk on and off the soccer pitch. Soccer and Society. Taylor and Francis, 2023, vol. 24, No 7, p. 942-957. ISSN 1466-0970. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14660970.2023.2250660.

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CHOVANEC, Jan. ‘Bigger than football’ : Racist talk on and off the soccer pitch. \textit{Soccer and Society}. Taylor and Francis, 2023, vol.~24, No~7, p.~942-957. ISSN~1466-0970. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14660970.2023.2250660.

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