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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2013.14.8.3672

The Search of the Habitus Formation Process in Professional Football Club Supporters  

Oh, Byoung-Don (Department of Physical Education, Chungnam University)
Yu, Young-Seol (Department of Physical Education, Chungnam University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.14, no.8, 2013 , pp. 3672-3681 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to analyze subculture of professional football supporters with a view of Bourdieu's Habitus theory. What sorts of mechanism were worked when supporters formed their Habitus. The methods adopted in the article was qualitative. The qualitative information on the nature of their fandom was gleaned from 'virtual participant observation' or 'interviewing' of professional football fans that participated in discussions on the internet and participant observation of professional fans. The intensity and criteria sampling method was used to select 6 supporters who had participated in the supporting activities for more than five years and played crucial roles in running their organization as officials. The textual analysis which is consisting of translation, coding, and processing was used to mean the identification and exegesis of contextualization cues that make a text meaningful to the professional football supporters. an intended audience. The findings of this study were that (1) the subculture variety of activities for players and coaching staffs were the fundamental factors when supporters formed their subculture. (2) the professional supporters became habitus through the progressively development of subcultures such as enthusiastic supporters, small meetings, and events relating to soccer players.
Keywords
Habitus; Professional Football Club Supporters; Subculture;
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