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Nationalstereotype im internationalen Fußball
National stereotypes in international football
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Abstract Stereotypes in sports coverage depict national teams as individual subjects with a firm ‘character,’ which remains constant over a long period of time. In so doing, it is assumed that the attributed national characters can be ‘recognised’ in every individual of a nation and, ultimately, all of their... view more
Stereotypes in sports coverage depict national teams as individual subjects with a firm ‘character,’ which remains constant over a long period of time. In so doing, it is assumed that the attributed national characters can be ‘recognised’ in every individual of a nation and, ultimately, all of their (not only footballing) actions. This article about the coverage of the football World Cups and European Championships since 2002 examines such attributions. At first, it is shown that such national stereotypes form a system that is based on distinct positions. On this basis, confusions of the system of national stereotypes relating to football, which, for example, arise out of the fact that a national team temporarily adopts another team’s playing style, are examined. However, such confusions are mostly revised during and at the end of international tournaments, with the result that the system of national stereotypes recently can rather be understood as a construction kit of elements which can be combined in various ways frequently without endangering the system.... view less
Keywords
national stereotype; reporting; soccer; world championship; stereotype; discourse
Classification
Media Contents, Content Analysis
Social Psychology
Free Keywords
European Championship
Document language
German
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 298-309
Journal
Historical Social Research, 40 (2015) 4
Issue topic
Football history: selected contributions to sport in society
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed