Faster, higher, stronger: Sports fan activism and mediatized political play in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games

In an analysis of sports fans activism and theoretical approaches to understand experiences of mediatized political play, we address groups of activists who protest using fan resources and repertoires. We focus on some episodes of protests performed by casual sports fans against the then-acting Braz...

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Main Authors: Viktor Chagas, Vivian Luiz Fonseca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Organization for Transformative Works 2020-03-01
Series:Transformative Works and Cultures
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Online Access:https://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/1707/2363