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A scoping review of research on online hate and sport

Kearns, Colm orcid logoORCID: 0000-0001-6819-8488, Sinclair, Gary orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-2181-7736, Black, Jack orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-1595-5083, Doidge, Mark orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-6858-3914, Fletcher, Thomas orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-4618-5480, Kilvington, Daniel orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-3361-0860, Liston, Katie orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-3898-0166, Lynn, Theo orcid logoORCID: 0000-0001-9284-7580 and Rosati, Pierangelo orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-6070-0426 (2023) A scoping review of research on online hate and sport. Communication & Sport, 11 (2). ISSN 2167-4795

Abstract
The rise of online hate speech in sports is a growing concern, with fans, players and officials subject to racist, sexist and homophobic abuse (in addition to many other prejudices) via social media platforms. While hate speech and discrimination have always been problems in sports, the growth of social media has seen them exacerbated exponentially. As a consequence, policy makers, sport governing bodies and grassroots anti-hate organisations are largely left playing catch-up with the rapidly shifting realm of online hate. Scholars have attempted to fill this vacuum with research into this topic, but such is the evolving nature of the issue that research has been diverse and fragmentary. We offer a scoping review into the scholarship of online hate in sport in order to encourage and facilitate further research into this urgent issue. Our review will achieve this through offering a comprehensive cataloguing of previously employed methodologies, case studies and conclusions. In doing so, it will not only equip future researchers with a concise overview of existing research in the field, but also illuminate areas and approaches in need of further examination.
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Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:sport; online hate; social media; scoping review; sport fans
Subjects:UNSPECIFIED
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > DCU Business School
Publisher:Sage Publications
Official URL:https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795221132728
Copyright Information:© 2022 The Authors.
Funders:Irish Research Council
ID Code:29534
Deposited On:02 Feb 2024 09:26 by Gary Sinclair . Last Modified 02 Feb 2024 09:40
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