Alex Fenton
Biographic Data
| ID | 3739913 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alex Fenton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alex |
| FAMILY NAME | Fenton |
| SIGNATURE | FENTON A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chester |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6102-6288 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Using Social Network Analysis to Study Hate Speech in English Football During the White Lives Matter Banner Controversy
In June 2020, a group of football supporters from Burnley FC arranged for a ‘White Lives Matter’ banner to be flown over Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium in protest against the English Premier League’s (EPL) decision to support the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. Utilizing a mixed-methods social network analysis (SNA) approach, we identified opinion leaders on X (formerly Twitter) to assess their influence in shaping the discussions and narrat…
Enhancing workplace e-learning with branching scenarios
Purpose This study explores how learner engagement evolves over time in workplace e-learning when branching scenarios are used to simulate real-world decision-making. It addresses a gap in understanding how instructional design influences sustained motivation and cognitive processing across multiple stages of digital training. Design/methodology/approach A quasi-longitudinal action case research design was employed. Ten adult learners participate…
Exploring how managerial coaches build their self-confidence and self-efficacy
Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore how managers, acting as managerial coaches, develop their own self-confidence and self-efficacy through the practice of coaching their direct reports, with particular attention to the skills, knowledge and reflective processes that underpin this development. By examining managerial coaching from the perspective of the manager-as-coach, this study seeks to contribute to a more nuanced understanding o…
Age, inclusion and adaptation in digital learning for work
The expansion of workplace digital learning has transformed how adults engage in professional development, yet age-related experiences within these environments remain underexplored. This study investigates how adults of different ages experience motivation, engagement, and knowledge retention in workplace e-learning, using a six-week digital training module as a bounded case through which broader questions of inclusion and adaptation are examine…
The role of social capital in SMEs for polycrisis management
Since 2020 several crises have brought unexpected and complex economic, political and social challenges to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). SMEs have had to innovate to survive but urgent responses often preclude strategic consideration for long-term repercussions. This paper explores the role of social capital in organisations and considers how it can assist in navigating external crises and buffering against future change. Using a hyb…
Factors influencing the young physicians’ intention to use Internet of Things (IoT) services in healthcare
The Internet of Things (IoT) enabled technologies to have proliferated due to their abilities to capture and exchange quality information. This empirical study aims to investigate the factors influencing the intention to use IoT services in healthcare by young physicians. An integrated model based on the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) and diffusion of innovations (DOI) theories are drawn upon and analyzed through a Structural Equation Modellin…
Standard-relevant publications
This paper introduces the concept of standard-relevant publications, complementary to standard-essential patents and framed by the concept of knowledge utilization. By analyzing the reference lists of the around 20,000 standards released by ISO, authors of scientific papers cited in standards who are working at German institutions were identified. The institutions include universities, independent research societies, ministerial research institut…
Football Fandom as a Platform for Digital Health Promotion and Behaviour Change
Background: The last decade has seen a dramatic shift toward the study of fitness surveillance, thanks in part to the emergence of mobile health (mHealth) apps that allow users to track their health through a variety of data-driven insights. This study examines the adoption trends and community mediation of the mobile fitness application 'FanFit', a platform aimed at promoting physical activity among sports fans by creating a fitness app branded …
All Avatars Aren't We
This paper explores the contemporary nature of association football consumption. In particular, we argue that the coronavirus 2019 pandemic reveals the contemporary and particular nature of the relationship between football and its supporters, which is increasingly focused on the consumption of themed digital participatory experiences. During this pandemic, what fans missed was not only live football, but also the sporting 'experience' and the op…
Understanding Sporting Social Media Brand Communities, Place and Social Capital
The emergence of social media and digital channels have expanded communication practices and also created new, virtual spaces where sports fans can interact and communicate directly with each other and with clubs. This article examines the potential for social media brand communities to develop a sense of both community and place amongst sports fans. It explores their influence in placemaking initiatives through the bonding and bridging social ca…
History of the British Census - Kerstin Brückweh, Menschen zählen. Wissensproduktion durch britische Volkszählungen und Umfragen vom 19. Jahrhundert bis ins digitale Zeitalter [Britain Counts
History of the British Census - Kerstin Brückweh, Menschen zählen. Wissensproduktion durch britische Volkszählungen und Umfragen vom 19. Jahrhundert bis ins digitale Zeitalter [Britain Counts: Knowledge Production in Censuses and Survey Research from the Nineteenth Century to the Digital Age], (Berlin, De Gruyter, 2015) - Volume 57 Issue 3
Should we be using social security benefits data as proxies for income poverty
Administrative data on means-tested benefits have come to be widely used as proxy measures of local poverty rates in the UK. Two such uses are described: allocating funding to local government, and constructing neighbourhood deprivation indices. The paper argues that such uses risk errors of both measurement and interpretation. Income poverty is conventionally defined against percentages of national median income. The paper shows that out-of-work…
Public housing, commodification, and rights to the city
Public housing, commodification, and rights to the city
Understanding Sporting Social Media Brand Communities, Place and Social Capital
The emergence of social media and digital channels have expanded communication practices and also created new, virtual spaces where sports fans can interact and communicate directly with each other and with clubs. This article examines the potential for social media brand communities to develop a sense of both community and place amongst sports fans. It explores their influence in placemaking initiatives through the bonding and bridging social ca…
All Avatars Aren't We
This paper explores the contemporary nature of association football consumption. In particular, we argue that the coronavirus 2019 pandemic reveals the contemporary and particular nature of the relationship between football and its supporters, which is increasingly focused on the consumption of themed digital participatory experiences. During this pandemic, what fans missed was not only live football, but also the sporting 'experience' and the op…
Should we be using social security benefits data as proxies for income poverty
Administrative data on means-tested benefits have come to be widely used as proxy measures of local poverty rates in the UK. Two such uses are described: allocating funding to local government, and constructing neighbourhood deprivation indices. The paper argues that such uses risk errors of both measurement and interpretation. Income poverty is conventionally defined against percentages of national median income. The paper shows that out-of-work…
Public housing, commodification, and rights to the city
History of the British Census - Kerstin Brückweh, Menschen zählen. Wissensproduktion durch britische Volkszählungen und Umfragen vom 19. Jahrhundert bis ins digitale Zeitalter [Britain Counts
History of the British Census - Kerstin Brückweh, Menschen zählen. Wissensproduktion durch britische Volkszählungen und Umfragen vom 19. Jahrhundert bis ins digitale Zeitalter [Britain Counts: Knowledge Production in Censuses and Survey Research from the Nineteenth Century to the Digital Age], (Berlin, De Gruyter, 2015) - Volume 57 Issue 3
Understanding Sporting Social Media Brand Communities, Place and Social Capital
The emergence of social media and digital channels have expanded communication practices and also created new, virtual spaces where sports fans can interact and communicate directly with each other and with clubs. This article examines the potential for social media brand communities to develop a sense of both community and place amongst sports fans. It explores their influence in placemaking initiatives through the bonding and bridging social ca…
Standard-relevant publications
This paper introduces the concept of standard-relevant publications, complementary to standard-essential patents and framed by the concept of knowledge utilization. By analyzing the reference lists of the around 20,000 standards released by ISO, authors of scientific papers cited in standards who are working at German institutions were identified. The institutions include universities, independent research societies, ministerial research institut…
Football Fandom as a Platform for Digital Health Promotion and Behaviour Change
Background: The last decade has seen a dramatic shift toward the study of fitness surveillance, thanks in part to the emergence of mobile health (mHealth) apps that allow users to track their health through a variety of data-driven insights. This study examines the adoption trends and community mediation of the mobile fitness application 'FanFit', a platform aimed at promoting physical activity among sports fans by creating a fitness app branded …
All Avatars Aren't We
This paper explores the contemporary nature of association football consumption. In particular, we argue that the coronavirus 2019 pandemic reveals the contemporary and particular nature of the relationship between football and its supporters, which is increasingly focused on the consumption of themed digital participatory experiences. During this pandemic, what fans missed was not only live football, but also the sporting 'experience' and the op…
Factors influencing the young physicians’ intention to use Internet of Things (IoT) services in healthcare
The Internet of Things (IoT) enabled technologies to have proliferated due to their abilities to capture and exchange quality information. This empirical study aims to investigate the factors influencing the intention to use IoT services in healthcare by young physicians. An integrated model based on the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) and diffusion of innovations (DOI) theories are drawn upon and analyzed through a Structural Equation Modellin…
Using Social Network Analysis to Study Hate Speech in English Football During the White Lives Matter Banner Controversy
In June 2020, a group of football supporters from Burnley FC arranged for a ‘White Lives Matter’ banner to be flown over Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium in protest against the English Premier League’s (EPL) decision to support the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. Utilizing a mixed-methods social network analysis (SNA) approach, we identified opinion leaders on X (formerly Twitter) to assess their influence in shaping the discussions and narrat…
Enhancing workplace e-learning with branching scenarios
Purpose This study explores how learner engagement evolves over time in workplace e-learning when branching scenarios are used to simulate real-world decision-making. It addresses a gap in understanding how instructional design influences sustained motivation and cognitive processing across multiple stages of digital training. Design/methodology/approach A quasi-longitudinal action case research design was employed. Ten adult learners participate…
Exploring how managerial coaches build their self-confidence and self-efficacy
Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore how managers, acting as managerial coaches, develop their own self-confidence and self-efficacy through the practice of coaching their direct reports, with particular attention to the skills, knowledge and reflective processes that underpin this development. By examining managerial coaching from the perspective of the manager-as-coach, this study seeks to contribute to a more nuanced understanding o…
Age, inclusion and adaptation in digital learning for work
The expansion of workplace digital learning has transformed how adults engage in professional development, yet age-related experiences within these environments remain underexplored. This study investigates how adults of different ages experience motivation, engagement, and knowledge retention in workplace e-learning, using a six-week digital training module as a bounded case through which broader questions of inclusion and adaptation are examine…
The role of social capital in SMEs for polycrisis management
Since 2020 several crises have brought unexpected and complex economic, political and social challenges to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). SMEs have had to innovate to survive but urgent responses often preclude strategic consideration for long-term repercussions. This paper explores the role of social capital in organisations and considers how it can assist in navigating external crises and buffering against future change. Using a hyb…
Business (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Football (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Sports, Gender, and Society (3 works) · Advertising (2 works) · Club (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works)