Location

Greenspun Hall, UNLV

Description

This poster presents the purpose, methods, and expected results of a current on-going study. The experiment’s main focus is to test the perceived level of enjoyment of viewers through an experiment that will examine how sports commentary, fanship, and gender affect their emotions while they watch various violent sports clips. These clips will feature both televised National Football League and National Hockey League videos. Through manipulation tests and a main study, videos, surveys, and detailed data collection will be implored. References regarding the current study are available upon request.

Keywords

Sex differences (Psychology); Violence in sports

Disciplines

Broadcast and Video Studies | Gender and Sexuality | Sports Studies

Language

English

Comments

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The perceived level of enjoyment in sports violence: An experiment examining how sports commentary, fanship, and gender affect viewer emotions

Greenspun Hall, UNLV

This poster presents the purpose, methods, and expected results of a current on-going study. The experiment’s main focus is to test the perceived level of enjoyment of viewers through an experiment that will examine how sports commentary, fanship, and gender affect their emotions while they watch various violent sports clips. These clips will feature both televised National Football League and National Hockey League videos. Through manipulation tests and a main study, videos, surveys, and detailed data collection will be implored. References regarding the current study are available upon request.