Combating Online Abuse in Sports

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The Game Beyond the Screen

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

Av Theo Lynn, Gary Sinclair, Katie Liston, David Hassan

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Online abuse in sport has become a pervasive global challenge, affecting athletes, teams, officials, and sporting communities across all levels of competition. Despite growing awareness, scholarly attention has largely concentrated on hate speech, leaving other critical forms of abuse underexplored. This open access edited collection addresses this gap by offering a comprehensive examination of the multifaceted nature of online abuse in sport, structured around seven categories identified by Kurt Thomas: toxic content, content leakage, overloading, false reporting, impersonation, surveillance, and lockout and control. The volume comprises eight chapters, beginning with an introductory overview of online abuse in sport, followed by chapters that explore each category in depth. Each chapter defines the forms of abuse within its scope and discusses the key themes, impact, and potential solutions. By expanding the focus beyond traditional notions of online hate, this book provides an integrated and critical assessment of the diverse manifestations of online abuse in sport. It serves as an essential reference for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers seeking to understand, prevent, and respond to online harms in sporting contexts.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-05-14
Mått148 x 210 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783032178213

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Theo Lynn is Full Professor of Digital Business at DCU Business School, Ireland. He specialises in the role of digital technologies in transforming business and society and his main teaching areas are strategy and digital marketing.Gary Sinclair is Associate Professor in Marketing and the Associate Dean for Internationalisation at DCU Business School, Ireland. His research focuses on consumer culture primarily in the contexts of music, technology, sport and sustainability.Katie Liston is Senior Lecturer at the School of Sport, Ulster University, UK. Her research is on gendered online hate, and on the education and training of sports journalists and professional footballers around the management of online hate.David Hassan is Professor of Sport Policy and Management at Ulster University, UK. His research is in the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities.

1. Online Abuse in Sport: An Introduction.- 2. Toxic Content in Sport: Hate, Harassment and Hostility in Digital Arenas.- 3. Content Leakage: Privacy, Exposure and the Athlete in the Public Eye.- 4. Overloading: Coordinated Digital Harassment Across Traditional Sport, Esports and Streaming.- 5. False Reporting: Weaponising Information and Undermining Trust in Sport.- 6. Digital Impersonation as Online Abuse in Sports.- 7. Surveillance in Sport: Monitoring, Privacy and the Athlete Experience.- 8. Lockout and Control: Digital Coercion and the Erosion of Athlete Autonomy.