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Title: Online abuse in sport: why athletes are targeted and how they can end up winning
Author(s): Ahmed, Wasim
Meggs, Jenny
Contact Email: wasim.ahmed@stir.ac.uk
Keywords: Sport
Football
Trolling
Athletes
Online abuse
Euro 2020
Issue Date: 7-Jan-2022
Date Deposited: 31-Jan-2022
Publisher: The Conversation Trust
Citation: Ahmed W & Meggs J (2022) Online abuse in sport: why athletes are targeted and how they can end up winning. The Conversation. 07.01.2022.
Abstract: First paragraph: For some sports stars, a certain level of adulation is just part of the job. But many are also now subjected to abuse and malicious campaigns on social media. It recently emerged that Liverpool FC have hired a therapist to help players deal with the effects of online trolling.
Type: Newspaper/Magazine Article
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1893/33905
Rights: The Conversation uses a Creative Commons Attribution NoDerivatives licence. You can republish their articles for free, online or in print. Licence information is available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
Notes: https://theconversation.com/online-abuse-in-sport-why-athletes-are-targeted-and-how-they-can-end-up-winning-174569
Affiliation: Management, Work and Organisation
Lancaster University
Licence URL(s): http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/

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