Joseph Bober
Biographic Data
| ID | 6895440 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph Bober |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph |
| FAMILY NAME | Bober |
| SIGNATURE | BOBER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Clemson University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4938-874X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Social media trolls as faux third-party agents of image repair
This study examines trolls affiliated with the People's Republic of China (PRC) that targeted conversations around former Houston Rockets' General Manager Daryl Morey, who tweeted support for Hong Kong protests and apologized in October 2019.Researchers coded 5,800 tweets to inform a machine-learning approach examining a corpus of over 163,000 tweets.Findings suggested that a PRC disinformation campaign was organized as a faux third-party image r…
Save Our Spikes”
On October 18, 2019, The New York Times reported that Major League Baseball was eliminating more than 40 teams from its minor league system. Fourteen months later, some teams permanently ceased operations when contraction became official. During those 14 months, fans and community members joined advocacy campaigns to save their teams. Given how minor league fans have unique, community-based identities, social media may help them communicate suppo…
“That’s it. i’m done with this team!”
This study utilizes social identity theory to explore fan responses to the NFL teams’ racial advocacy on Twitter at the start of the 2020 football season. A content analysis of 2,868 direct replies and their corresponding user profiles was conducted. Findings supported SIT’s propositions about in-group bias, with commenters being more supportive and less critical of the activist messaging from the official accounts of teams for whom they express …
A Manifestation of Their City as a God”
During the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Philadelphia Flyers mascot Gritty starred in political election-related memes as Philadelphia voters became central to the election outcome. With Gritty’s ability to transcend sport as a symbol of the political left during the election, our study was framed with theoretical discussions of mascot anthropomorphism and the concept of “home” in sport fandom. Using systematic discourse analysis, this paper a…
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“That’s it. i’m done with this team!”
This study utilizes social identity theory to explore fan responses to the NFL teams’ racial advocacy on Twitter at the start of the 2020 football season. A content analysis of 2,868 direct replies and their corresponding user profiles was conducted. Findings supported SIT’s propositions about in-group bias, with commenters being more supportive and less critical of the activist messaging from the official accounts of teams for whom they express …
A Manifestation of Their City as a God”
During the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Philadelphia Flyers mascot Gritty starred in political election-related memes as Philadelphia voters became central to the election outcome. With Gritty’s ability to transcend sport as a symbol of the political left during the election, our study was framed with theoretical discussions of mascot anthropomorphism and the concept of “home” in sport fandom. Using systematic discourse analysis, this paper a…
Save Our Spikes”
On October 18, 2019, The New York Times reported that Major League Baseball was eliminating more than 40 teams from its minor league system. Fourteen months later, some teams permanently ceased operations when contraction became official. During those 14 months, fans and community members joined advocacy campaigns to save their teams. Given how minor league fans have unique, community-based identities, social media may help them communicate suppo…
Social media trolls as faux third-party agents of image repair
This study examines trolls affiliated with the People's Republic of China (PRC) that targeted conversations around former Houston Rockets' General Manager Daryl Morey, who tweeted support for Hong Kong protests and apologized in October 2019.Researchers coded 5,800 tweets to inform a machine-learning approach examining a corpus of over 163,000 tweets.Findings suggested that a PRC disinformation campaign was organized as a faux third-party image r…
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