Functions of Social Media in Sport Fanatic: Explore the Comments after the El Clasico Fans

Abstract

With the development of social media in this echo, Sports Fans have intended to express opinions more than before. In other hand, the purpose of the present study was the analysis of media consumption and online behavior of sports fan after El Clasico that implemented with the content analysis method. One of the status of the official Facebook page for La Liga selected Purposive sampling after first leg between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid C.F., nominated as El Clasico, 2017-18 season to investigate fans comments. Facebook features are categorized into items associated with uploading content, reviewing content uploaded by others in the network, and items related to responses to content. Finally, findings showed roughly 57 percent of social media consumption in sport end up sharing. The second function of social media in sport can be identifying with 30 percent codes. While conversations had least frequency codes 2.6 percent. Communication and reputation block haven’t dedicated any category. After coding, 10 categories came up include “reference to match, reference to individual, reference to team, offensive language, kidding with critique, blaming, reference to fan, use we and they, football emotions and interactivity”. Should noticed that the reason of forming behavior into different format such reference to match, reference to individual, and even offensive language in sport area is fan passion to club, team and city.