The emergence of the Internet has caused the virtual communities to spread rapidly. This situation has revealed virtual cultures with unique features as well as the physical world. Due to its highly interactive structure, regardless of time and location, virtual communities have attracted the attention of researchers from different academic disciplines. In this context, analyzing the behavior of virtual communities, which are increasing day by day, has become a very important need in many disciplines. Numerous new research methods have been developed in the literature to respond to this need. Regarding the issue, Kozinets (1997) developed the netnography method specifically to study virtual communities. When the developing literature is analyzed in detail, it has been determined that there are a limited number of studies conducted in the field of sports sciences with the netnography method. In the light of the stated information, this research was designed in three main stages. First of all, detailed information about the application of the netnography method is given. In the second step of the research, systematic analysis of published articles on the netnography method was made in the literature of sports science. Finally, as a result of detailed systematic analysis, suggestions for new researches in the field of sports sciences have been given. As a result of the scans using various criteria, a total of 14 different publications were found in all indexes. All of the 14 publications that emerged were analyzed by content analysis method. This provides advantages and serious evidence in developing new research proposals related to the field. The suggestions are made in line with the systematic analysis of the related literature. This situation carries the suggestions put forward in the context of empirically supported information rather than a subjective opinion.
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