Abstract

This study uses Herbert Blumer’s theory of collective behaviour and stages of the collective social definition of the problem to analyse print media discourse concerning domestic politics-related fan activity among Polish football fans prior to the Euro 2012 football championships finals. We describe and explain each stage of the escalating conflict, the wave of football fan protests, political reactions, and the measures undertaken to resolve the problem. A qualitative textual content analysis of media discourse was applied to 68 press articles that were published in the first half of 2011 in Przegląd Sportowy, the oldest sport newspaper in Poland. The results lead to the conclusion that all five stages of the process were clear-cut during the analysed period of political tension between the fans and the government, and that Blumer’s concept proves to be a viable means of analysing social problems related to contemporary sport fandom.

摘要

本研究使用 Herbert Blumer 的集体行为理论和问题的集体社会定义阶段来分析 2012 年欧洲足球锦标赛决赛前波兰球迷中与国内政治相关的球迷活动的平面媒体话语。我们描述并解释了冲突升级的每个阶段、球迷抗议浪潮、政治反应以及为解决问题而采取的措施。媒体话语的定性文本内容分析应用于 2011 年上半年在波兰最古老的体育报纸 Przegląd Sportowy 上发表的 68 篇新闻文章。结果得出的结论是，在分析的球迷与政府之间的政治紧张时期，该过程的所有五个阶段都是明确的，