Smith Dr Charlie V L
University of Leicester, School of Business, Brookfield, 266 London Road, Leicester, LE21RQ.
Int Rev Sociol Sport. 2022 Sep;57(6):980-997. doi: 10.1177/10126902211045679.
This paper demonstrates the community support of Premier League football players during the first COVID-19 national lockdown in the United Kingdom (March to May 2020). Given the global popularity and influence of footballers' behaviour, it shows that they play an important role as citizens in supporting wider communities during circumstances such as the COVID-19 pandemic. A content analysis of 376 Premier League football players (80% of those registered) comprising 3877 posts on Instagram and Twitter is presented. The findings show 12 athlete citizenship roles during the pandemic which collectively illustrates players fostering support for fans and citizen's public health compliance, wellbeing and lives. Players also conveyed how they coped with the pandemic with their athlete mindset and were hopeful for a better future. The discussion and conclusion suggest that COVID-19 has presented an opportune time to renegotiate the complex social systems of which athletes are a part, identifying how they can engage in citizenship and future community support embracing the fullest range of their sporting profession.
本文展示了在英国首次实施新冠疫情全国封锁期间（2020年3月至5月）英超足球运动员所获得的社区支持。鉴于足球运动员行为在全球的知名度和影响力，这表明他们在诸如新冠疫情这样的情况下，作为公民在支持更广泛社区方面发挥着重要作用。本文对376名英超足球运动员（占注册球员的80%）在照片墙（Instagram）和推特（Twitter）上发布的3877条帖子进行了内容分析。研究结果显示了疫情期间运动员的12种公民角色，这些角色共同表明球员们在促进对球迷的支持以及公民对公共卫生规定的遵守、福祉和生命保障方面所发挥的作用。球员们还讲述了他们如何以运动员的心态应对疫情，并对美好未来充满希望。讨论和结论表明，新冠疫情为重新协商运动员所处的复杂社会系统提供了一个契机，确定他们如何能够参与公民事务以及未来对社区的支持，充分发挥其体育职业的全部作用。
