A Social Influence Perspective on Uses of Online Football Forums: The Case with Turkish Football Fans

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Author(s): Anıl Sayan (Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey), Vehbi Gorgulu (Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey), Itır Erhart (Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey)and Yonca Aslanbay (Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey)
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 18
Source title: Research Anthology on Business Strategies, Health Factors, and Ethical Implications in Sports and eSports
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7707-3.ch021

Keywords: Business & Management / Business & Organizational Research / Business and Organizational Research / Business Science Reference

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This study aims to shed light on Turkish football forum users on the Internet from a social identity and uses and gratifications (U&G) perspective in order to reveal joint intentions among football fans online. The research model of the current study applies a uses and gratifications approach to examine whether fan motivations while using online football forums determine we-intentions among forum members. Social influence processes are also essential in the context of research on online forums, since they determine changes in attitudes and actions produced by the virtual social influence that may occur at different levels. Findings reveal uses and gratifications of football forum participation as maintaining interpersonal interconnectivity, generating entertainment and purposive value along with affective social identity construct determined we-intention among forum users.

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