I am not your fan: The role of projection and identification processes in the depreciation of public sports figures

Robin Recours; Athanasios Pappous; Pierre Dantin; Jean Griffet

doi:10.5897/JMCS.9000011

Journal of
Media and Communication Studies

Abbreviation: J. Media Commun. Stud.
Language: English
ISSN: 2141-2545
DOI: 10.5897/JMCS
Start Year: 2009
Published Articles: 232

Full Length Research Paper

â€œI am not your fanâ€: The role of projection and identification processes in the depreciation of public sports figures

Robin Recours1*, Athanasios Pappous2, Pierre Dantin3 and Jean Griffet3

1UPRES EA CAPS, EPSYLON, Université de Montpellier, 700 avenue du Pic saint Loup, 34090 Montpellier, France. 2Centre for Sports Studies, University of Kent, Medway Campus, Chatham Maritime, United Kingdom. 3Institut des Sciences du Mouvement, Etienne-Jules Marey UMR 6233, Université de la Méditerranée, 163 avenue de Luminy, Case Postale 910, 13288 Marseille Cedex 9, France.
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Article Number - 4C2513F11255
Vol.3(2), pp. 58 - 70 , February 2011
https://doi.org/10.5897/JMCS.9000011

Accepted: 12 January 2011
Published: 28 February 2011

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