Dear Prime Minister, Mr Musk and Mr Zuckerberg

The challenge of social media and platformed racism in the English premier league and football league

Bibliographic Data

ID2378850
AuthorsKevin Hylton (0000-0003-1537-9853, Leeds Beckett University, corresponding author), Dan Kilvington (Leeds Beckett University, Headingley, UK), Jonathan Long (0000-0001-5220-1152, Leeds Beckett University, Headingley, UK), Alex Bond (0000-0002-3809-5805, Leeds Beckett University, Headingley, UK), Alexander John Bond (0000-0002-9667-4143, Leeds Beckett University), Izram Chaudry (0000-0002-3068-9414, Bradford University, Bradford, UK)
Year2024
Volume59
Issue6
Pages844-867
Publication date2024-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Review for the Sociology of Sport (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1012-6902 • E-ISSN: 1461-7218
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/10126902241234282
OpenAlexW4392756634
LanguageDE
Citations received2
References cited34

This paper draws on original research from a larger study of racism and Islamophobia online around football, particularly a set of interviews with staff at English football clubs whose responsibility is to manage social media. We use that information alongside our reflections on 'platformed racism' to appraise how expressions of racism on social media differ from those in and around the grounds, and how clubs and others in football contest them. This involves a consideration of three themes commonly identified by those speaking on behalf of the clubs: The triggers that ignite racist posts; the partnerships necessary to counter them; and their proposed solutions. Hence this is not just a cue for a collective wringing of hands, but an effort to point the way forward

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