The Impact of Covid-19 on Sport in Twitter
A Quantitative and Qualitative Content Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15510154 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Luis-Millán González (0000-0002-6478-4014, Universitat de València), José Devís Devís (0000-0003-4599-3782, Universitat de València, corresponding author), Maite Pellicer-Chenoll (0000-0002-1177-391X, Universitat de València), Miquel Pans (0000-0003-0763-1879, Universitat de València), Alberto Pardo Ibáñez (0000-0002-1884-715X, Universitat de València), Alberto Pardo-Ibañez (Universitat de València), Xavier García‐Massó (0000-0002-5925-4537, Universitat de València), Fernanda Peset (0000-0003-3706-6532, Universitat Politècnica de València), Fernanda Garzón-Farinós (0000-0002-8572-2664, Valencia Catholic University Saint Vincent Martyr), Víctor Pérez-Samaniego (0000-0001-9538-3793, Universitat de València) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 4554-4554 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph18094554 |
| PMID | 33923042 |
| OpenAlex | W3157532271 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 60 |
The spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has transformed many aspects of people's daily life, including sports. Social networks have been flooded on these issues. The present study aims to analyze the tweets produced relating to sports and COVID-19. From the end of January to the beginning of May 2020, over 4,000,000 tweets on this subject were downloaded through the Twitter search API. Once the duplicates, replicas, and retweets were removed, 119,253 original tweets were analyzed. A quantitative-qualitative content analysis was used to study the selected tweets. Posts dynamics regarding sport and exercise evolved according to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown, shifting from considering sport as a healthy bastion to an activity exposed to disease like any other. Most media professional sporting events received great attention on Twitter, while grassroots and women's sport were relegated to a residual role. The analysis of the 30 topics identified focused on the social, sporting, economic and health impact of the pandemic on the sport. Sporting cancellations, leisure time and socialization disruptions, club bankruptcies, sports training and athletes' uncertain career development were the main concerns. Although general health measures appeared in the tweets analyzed, those addressed to sports practice were relatively scarce. Finally, this study shows the importance of Twitter as a means of conveying social attitudes towards sports and COVID-19 and its potential to generate alternative responses in future stages of the pandemic
Advertising · Athletes · Business · Club · Content analysis · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Grassroots · Pandemic · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social media · Social science · Socialization · Sociology · Applied Psychology · Communication and COVID-19 Impact · Data-Driven Disease Surveillance · Medicine · Psychology · Social Media in Health Education · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |