Strategic interaction in player-sport official encounters
Sport officiating communication studies use the views of officials and focus on ‘one-way’ communication and behavioural factors such as impression management and decision communication.Little is known about player perspectives and ways players differ in their interaction with officials.This study us...
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| Language: | English |
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Elsevier Ltd.
2014
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| Online Access: | https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/13045/1/pro42.pdf |
| Summary: | Sport officiating communication studies use the views of officials and focus on ‘one-way’ communication and behavioural factors such as impression management and decision communication.Little is known about player perspectives and ways players differ in their interaction with officials.This study used Goffman's (1959; 1969) dramaturgical sociology as an interpretive frame to understand players’ views of strategic interaction in player-official encounters. Main findings show the emergence of the ‘unwitting’, ‘naïve’ and ‘covering’ moves (Goffman, 1969) in player-official interaction and that players actively attempt to influence officials and their decisions through deliberate and unconscious strategies such as complaining and selective questioning. |
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