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The measure of a fan: Social patterns of voracious sports following in Canada.

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Title: The measure of a fan: Social patterns of voracious sports following in Canada.
Authors: Gemar, Adam, Vanzella‐Yang, Adam
Source: Canadian Review of Sociology. Feb2022, Vol. 59 Issue 1, p76-95. 20p.
Subjects: Sports & society, Socioeconomics, Social classes, Professional sports, Latent class analysis (Statistics)
Abstract (English): Sociological studies on the manifestations and reproduction of inequality through cultural consumption have focused on few domains of culture and have mostly neglected intensity in consumption. Using large‐scale survey data about professional sports following in Canada, we investigate how socioeconomic position is associated with intensity of professional sports following ("voraciousness"). Our multinomial logistic regression analyses suggest that social class, gender, and geography are predictors of voraciousness in each of the major professional sports leagues. Our latent class analysis (LCA) reveals seven sports following profiles marked by differences in range and intensity of following. We find that the most voracious sport followers are also the most omnivorous but are not distinctively the most privileged group. Findings suggest a distinct sport following profile of the predominantly male and economically dominant group in the field of social classes and point toward groups of sport followers with different styles of aversion and passing knowledge, perhaps in a type of deployment of Bourdieu's (1984) disinterested aesthetic. Overall, however, gender and region appear to be stronger predictors of voraciousness in sports following than social class in the Canadian context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Abstract (Spanish): RÉSUMÉ: Les études sociologiques sur les manifestations et la reproduction de l'inégalité par la consommation culturelle se sont concentrées sur quelques domaines de la culture et ont surtout négligé l'intensité de la consommation. À l'aide de données d'enquête à grande échelle sur les adeptes du sport professionnel au Canada, nous étudions comment la position socio‐économique est associée à l'intensité de l'adoration du sport professionnel ("voracité"). Nos analyses de régression logistique multinomiale suggèrent que la classe sociale, le sexe et la géographie sont des prédicteurs de la voracité dans chacune des principales ligues de sport professionnel. Notre analyse de classe latente révèle sept profils de suiveurs sportifs marqués par des différences dans l'étendue et l'intensité de leur suivi. Nous constatons que les adeptes de sports les plus voraces sont aussi les plus omnivores, mais ne constituent pas distinctement le groupe le plus privilégié. Les résultats suggèrent un profil d'adepte du sport distinct du groupe majoritairement masculin et économiquement dominant dans le domaine des classes sociales et indiquent des groupes d'adeptes du sport avec différents styles d'aversion et de connaissance passagère, peut‐être dans un type de déploiement de l'esthétique désintéressée de Bourdieu (1984). Dans l'ensemble, cependant, le sexe et la région semblent être des prédicteurs plus forts de la voracité dans le suivi des sports que la classe sociale dans le contexte canadien. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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  Data: Sociological studies on the manifestations and reproduction of inequality through cultural consumption have focused on few domains of culture and have mostly neglected intensity in consumption. Using large‐scale survey data about professional sports following in Canada, we investigate how socioeconomic position is associated with intensity of professional sports following ("voraciousness"). Our multinomial logistic regression analyses suggest that social class, gender, and geography are predictors of voraciousness in each of the major professional sports leagues. Our latent class analysis (LCA) reveals seven sports following profiles marked by differences in range and intensity of following. We find that the most voracious sport followers are also the most omnivorous but are not distinctively the most privileged group. Findings suggest a distinct sport following profile of the predominantly male and economically dominant group in the field of social classes and point toward groups of sport followers with different styles of aversion and passing knowledge, perhaps in a type of deployment of Bourdieu's (1984) disinterested aesthetic. Overall, however, gender and region appear to be stronger predictors of voraciousness in sports following than social class in the Canadian context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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  Data: RÉSUMÉ: Les études sociologiques sur les manifestations et la reproduction de l'inégalité par la consommation culturelle se sont concentrées sur quelques domaines de la culture et ont surtout négligé l'intensité de la consommation. À l'aide de données d'enquête à grande échelle sur les adeptes du sport professionnel au Canada, nous étudions comment la position socio‐économique est associée à l'intensité de l'adoration du sport professionnel ("voracité"). Nos analyses de régression logistique multinomiale suggèrent que la classe sociale, le sexe et la géographie sont des prédicteurs de la voracité dans chacune des principales ligues de sport professionnel. Notre analyse de classe latente révèle sept profils de suiveurs sportifs marqués par des différences dans l'étendue et l'intensité de leur suivi. Nous constatons que les adeptes de sports les plus voraces sont aussi les plus omnivores, mais ne constituent pas distinctement le groupe le plus privilégié. Les résultats suggèrent un profil d'adepte du sport distinct du groupe majoritairement masculin et économiquement dominant dans le domaine des classes sociales et indiquent des groupes d'adeptes du sport avec différents styles d'aversion et de connaissance passagère, peut‐être dans un type de déploiement de l'esthétique désintéressée de Bourdieu (1984). Dans l'ensemble, cependant, le sexe et la région semblent être des prédicteurs plus forts de la voracité dans le suivi des sports que la classe sociale dans le contexte canadien. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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