Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Associate professor in sport management, Faculty of physical education and sport sciences, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
2 M.Sc.in Sport Management, Javid Higher Education Institute, Jiroft, Iran
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of media literacy on self-control of football fans with respect to the mediating role of cultural capital. The present study is a quantitative, cross-sectional and correlational study that has been conducted in the field. The statistical population of the study included football fans who were active in cyberspace. 388 fans of Iranian Premier League teams were selected as a statistical sample using purposive sampling method based on Krejcie & Morgan table. After distributing the questionnaires, 388 questionnaires were completed and collected completely and structural equation modeling (PLS) test was used to test the research hypotheses. The results showed that media literacy has a significant effect on self-control (β= 0.394) as well as on the cultural capital of football fans in cyberspace (β= 0.399). Based on the results, the effect of cultural capital on the self-control of football fans in cyberspace was reported to be significant (β= 0.337) and it was shown that media literacy has a significant effect on the self-control of football fans in Virtual space with the mediating role of cultural capital (β= 0.221). The value of the GOF index also indicated the proper fitness of the research model.
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