As established in Part 1Male elite club football in Europe can function as a catalyst for European identification, by providing continuous contact and experience with a highly European cultural phenomenon. As a consequence of the intersection of the increase in the professionalization and marketing of football and the European integration process, fans encourage teams with squadrons from internationalized players, continue continental competitions and have easy access to foreign leagues Niemann et al. 2022). This is partly promoted by the “expansion of daily prevalence and the influence of mass and social networks” in the so -called football mediation (Giulianotti 2018), Through which football consumption has been transported beyond the immediate experience of live matches in the stadium for a phenomenon of entrance to the entrance, Uburse, of Baja Aquista. Consistently, any effect of the identity of football depends on how the object of identity in the media is portrayed.
In this identity link of the soccer media, the formation and perpetuation of identifications and feelings of belonging to Europe, depending on the extent and type of mid -contact fans who experience in their soccer media environment. In an upcoming study by the research project “Fanzine – Soccer as the basic for social cohesion in Europe“The researchers examined the representation of Europe in the German media media communication media. Assembl set set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set of whole set of set of set of set of set of set of set of set. of a set of sets of sets of sets set of sets of set sets sets of Eurodantball sets.
The analysis results show that although there is considerable attention of the media in European football, it focuses almost exclusively on selected countries and competitions, which restores the scope and scope of the contact mediated by fans with Europe. For European competitions, the Champions League is covered much more widely than others. At no time, the coverage of the Europa League or the European Conference League exceeds the Champions League for a sustained period. On the contrary, sometimes the Champions League is mentioned four more often smaller sister competitions, highlighting the state difference attributed to different levels of European football. In online media coverage, smaller European competitions play only a peripheral role.
At the country level, the selected media covered the almost exclusive football from England, Spain, Italy and France, which combine for almost 70% of all keyword matches. In addition, the 15 most referenced countries (which include, for example, the Netherlands, Portugal, Russia and Austria) have an accumulated participation or approximately 92%, which means that the remover of 39 makeup coincidences of the UEFA Solo Roug Association. Clearly, some countries are much more visible in the media coverage of European football than others. To elucidate the mechanisms behind this different and unequal distinction of the visit to the country, the study analyzed several context factors, identifying the five -year ranking of UEFA and the presence of high -profile high -profile German players. The sports state and national relevance seem to attract the attention of the media towards this select set of countries.
Of course, these results are not surprising. After all, covering the best international football and following the players of the national team abroad seems natural considering the limited resources of the media and the logical selection of content. Even so, if the identity effects of football are applicable to mediated contact with an experience in Europe, the results of the study suggest that any identification based on this specific representation of Europe will be limited to a specific group of Costan in Europe. The proposition of broad and inclusive European identities through football seems to be limited by the real and quite restricted reality of the representation of football media. In addition, it is likely that the continuous redesign of continental competitions and inequalities in the distribution of financial resources aggravate these problems, since they presumably draw even the media, the already established elite of Eurse de Eurse de Eurlite of Europ. The result could be a vicious circle of sports, medium and commercial inequalities that amplify existing disparities both inside and among competitions. This can be seen to some extent that domestic leagues are dominated by some or even individual clubs, as well as always large differences between national leagues.
This study unpublished as will be replicated and complemented in a planned comparative study using news text data from Germany, Norway, Poland and Spain. The results show if these patterns and mechanisms apply only to the German case, or apply to other contexts of media, social, political and sports. In addition, the reception and processing of these representations of Europe cannot be determined by fans of this research design. Even so, the study of a single case points to the replication and transmission of the existing media in inequalities in European football, severely limiting the effects of proposed caused by the link of the identity of football.
This publication is based in part on “Goodbye, Europe“, Published by 11Freunde.de on August 25, 2022
Jonas BielResearch Associate at the University of Mainz
Tobias fingerResearch Associate at the University of Mainz
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