Friends or Foes: Predicting Chinese Basketball Viewers’ Attitudes Toward Naturalized Athletes
Published online on April 20, 2025
Abstract
Communication & Sport, Volume 14, Issue 4, Page 1643-1665, August 2026.
Nationality swapping in sports has surged in the age of globalization but stirred controversy in the Chinese context. Drawing from social identity theory and the disposition theory of sports spectatorship, the current study utilized a 2 × 2 between-...
Nationality swapping in sports has surged in the age of globalization but stirred controversy in the Chinese context. Drawing from social identity theory and the disposition theory of sports spectatorship, the current study utilized a 2 × 2 between-...