Ali Ziaee

Biographic Data

ID4151714
NAMEAli Ziaee
GIVEN NAMESAli
FAMILY NAMEZiaee
SIGNATUREZIAEE A
AFFILIATIONSKharazmi University
ORCID0000-0001-6067-7409
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS5
AUTHOR COUNT5
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX2

  • Media and representation of others. Case of Iran in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

    Open AccessAli Ziaee, Ju-­sung Lee et al.ARTICLEEuropean Journal for Sport and…2024Cited by: 2References: 8

    Nowadays, the media plays a key part in representing nations in mega-sporting events. In this study, we aimed to examine how Western English-language news sources represented Iran, as an Eastern and Islamic country, in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. To accomplish this, data were collected using LexisNexis Academic, Google Search, and Google News tools. We utilised topic modelling, a text summarisation technique for data analysis. The analysis generated…

  • Female elite sports achievements in Iran. The Case of the First Olympic Medalist

    Open AccessAli Ziaee, Jacco Van Sterkenburg et al.ARTICLEInternational Review for the…2023References: 36

    The present study aims to identify the societal implications of the first-ever Iranian female medalist in the Olympics to date. We explored the meanings given to Kimia Alizadeh's success within Iranian society. We collected data through an examination of online news agencies and social networking sites using Leximancer software, a computer-assisted program for qualitative content analysis. This analysis uncovered four main themes: 'women's sports…

  • Scenarios of Iranians’ participation in leisure time physical activity

    Ali Ziaee, Najaf Aghaei et al.ARTICLELeisure/Loisir2021

    This study aimed to develop scenarios of Iranians’ future participation in leisure-time physical activity (LTPA). To this end, 12 experts in the field of leisure, sociology, and sport management were invited to take part. The Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) method was used to organize and analyze the data collected in a questionnaire featuring a pairwise comparison of 18 indicators of LTPA which were drawn from the relev…

  • Football and the media construction of Iranian national identity during the Fifa World Cup 2018 and AFC Asian Cup 2019

    Open AccessAli Ziaee, Arshin Adib-Moghaddam et al.ARTICLESoccer and Society2021Cited by: 3References: 4

    Elite sport success in international tournaments is supposed to play an important role in shaping national identity. In this article, we explore if and how this applies to the Iranian context. The current study made use of a Google alert with the title of ‘Iran Men’s National Football Team’, and a general content analysis of Iranian national and sport media. The analytic focus was on media coverage of the Iranian national football team at the 201…

  • Future Drivers of Leisure Time Physical Activity in Iran

    Open AccessAli Ziaee, Najaf Aghaei et al.ARTICLEPhysical Culture and Sport…2020References: 4

    Physical activity can contribute to societal health and prevent antisocial behaviors. This study explored the driving forces facilitating these goals in Iran’s socio-cultural context. Through a literature review, investigation of available political documents, interviews with experts and consensus of the research team, seventy-three driving forces were explored from different domains and then categorised via the STEEPV framework. This framework c…