Faster, Higher, Stronger - Sports Fan Activism and Mediatized Political Play in The 2016 Rio Olympic Games - Transformative Works and Cultures

This document summarizes an article that analyzes sports fan activism and political protests during the 2016 Rio Olympics. It discusses how casual sports fans in Brazil protested then-President Michel Temer during the Games by using typical fan resources and tactics. The article examines these fan protests through the lens of mediatized political play. It also notes the need to further discuss how the concept of "fan" applies to those with political fandoms given the competitive nature of their rooting interests. The authors are professors in communication and history from universities in Brazil.

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Faster, higher, stronger: Sports fan activism and mediatized

political play in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games

Viktor Chagas
Universidade Federal Fluminense
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1806-6062

Vivian Luiz Fonseca

Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2020.1707

Keywords: Fan activism, Mediatization, Political play, Rio 2016 Olympics Games, Sports fans

Abstract

In an analysis of sports fans activism and theoretical approaches to understand experiences of

mediatized political play, we address groups of activists who protested using fan usual resources
and repertoires. We focus on some episodes of protests performed by casual sports fans against
the then acting Brazilian president, Michel Temer, during the Rio 2016 Olympics. The category of
fan must also be further discussed when applied to sports and political fandoms, considering the
disputes and competition background for which they are not only fans but also rooters.

Author Biographies

Viktor Chagas, Universidade Federal Fluminense

Professor and researcher at Communication Graduate Program at Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil.
Associated member of National Institute of Science and Technology on Digital Democracy (INCT.DD). Visiting
Scholar at Universidade Federal da Bahia. PhD in History, Politics, and Cultural Assets (Getulio Vargas
Foundation).

Vivian Luiz Fonseca, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Professor and researcher at Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Uerj). PhD in History, Politics, and
Cultural Assets (Getulio Vargas Foundation).

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Published
2020-03-15

Issue
Vol 32 (2020): Fandom and Politics

Section
Theory

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