The Impact of Sports Fanship on Person Perception

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dc.contributor.authorWarburton, Rebekkah Boyden
dc.contributor.committeechairSargent, Stephanie Leeen
dc.contributor.committeememberSewell, Edward H. Jr.en
dc.contributor.committeememberWeaver, James B. IIIen
dc.contributor.departmentCommunication Studiesen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:37:08Zen
dc.date.adate2005-05-27en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:37:08Zen
dc.date.issued2005-05-03en
dc.date.rdate2005-05-27en
dc.date.sdate2005-05-16en
dc.description.abstractDo young people use expressed sports preferences to form impressions of others? Concentrating on previous research involving the framework of impression formation theory, this study was designed to explore the impact of expressed sports preferences on perceptions of peers. Respondents (n=332) were presented with a questionnaire depicting male and female peers in various sports tee-shirts to examine how well young people can judge others on the basis of very limited information. The findings reveal that the perceptions formed of peers are often mediated by the specific sport preference expressed by the target person. This study suggests that young people do make quick judgments of others based on sports preferences. Implications of these findings and suggestions for future research are discussed.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05162005-181537en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05162005-181537/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/32855en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartRebekkahWarburton.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectSex Differencesen
dc.subjectImpression Formationen
dc.subjectSports Fanshipen
dc.subjectPerson Perceptionen
dc.titleThe Impact of Sports Fanship on Person Perceptionen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineCommunication Studiesen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen
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