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involve winning both on and off the ice. On Monday, ESPN named the Nashville Predators as the best franchise in all of professional sports. According to Brooks Bratten, “ESPN's Ultimate Standings compiled fan surveys and financial analysis to determine which franchises give back the most to fans. Customer service, ticket prices, social media engagement, website and app accessibility and usage were just some of the categories listed as to why the Predators received the top spot” (2017). The…

time. The audience of this excerpt is sports fans; O’Neill uses the diction he does to reach out to these audience members and, in turn, they are the ones that are the most intrigued by the excerpt. This also shows that O’Neill’s purpose in writing this excerpt is to excite the audience of sports fans with the game Cricket. Because of the exciting tone of the sports event he is describing, one can infer that his purpose in writing it was to excite the fans of these sports.…

hunting animals, but rather fans of texts or media. In other words, he is saying that fans use texts to create new meanings for themselves that they find more appealing than the original text that is the object of their fanship. Fans, instead of animals, are rather taking parts of a text for their own pleasure. This challenges notions of private property and who has the right to use or produce content related to a text. This is created conflict between producers and fans. Despite threats for…

helps provide an exclusive insight into the players. This will include interviews with the players that’s focus on a variety of subjects from football, to music taste to favourite games, that gives fans an insight into the players. Other content including training videos, and tunnel exclusives offer fans behind the scenes action they otherwise would not see. This will be enjoyed more from our younger…

The majority of teenage girls in the 21st century will claim to anyone who will listen that they are someone’s biggest fan, a total fangirl. Usually, this group or person becomes their main obsession, and everything they do revolves around them. Fangirls truly believe that they are the person’s soul mate, even though the obsession may not know it. Contrary to popular belief, fangirls have actually been around for hundreds of years, including back in the Puritan times of 1692. One of the…

might not sound like it works, but it does. While this summer’s Ghostbusters revival became the new punchline to every science fiction joke, Stranger Things brought a fresh storyline to the tired genre of sequels and remakes, as well as a whole new fan demographic. In an industry that often overly romanticizes 80s nostalgia (see, the Star Wars reboot and way too much Full House), Stranger Things manages to capture the hokiness of cul-de-sacs, board games, and Nintendo, without being gratuitous…

Analysis The events of Scandal 5x09 sent shockwaves through the fandom as different factions began to argue over the circumstances of her abortion. The response was overwhelmingly negative and prompted reactions from, not only the fans, but also the network itself. The visceral audience reaction and critique in addition to the studio’s counter-posts on various social media sites (Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, etc) show contradictory opinions about the unexpected (the abortion) and how the event…

IndyCar has increased its fan engagement from where it once sat in the past of only hoping to engage middle aged Midwestern males. Essentially, IndyCar fans have gained the ability to interact with sponsors products, play games, and visit exhibits (Ferrell & Hartline, 2014, p. 447). Furthermore, IndyCar allowed fans to acquire free membership into the IZOD IndyCar Fan Village only if they were fans of the IndyCar Nation, which helps to track and collect more information about fans that attend…

benefits in the cities hosting from increased tourism, international promotion, and economic increase. During the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, an economic boost of $12.5 billion (USD), 26 billion in television audience, and 18 million visited the fan zones and 5 million international tourists. Even though mega events produce numerous benefits, there is a major risk in hosting a mega event. Since 9/11 there is a need for higher security presence which cost the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics $1.5…

station, 1070 “the Fan”. To get a more in-depth perspective we interviewed John Griffin who is the() to get a better understanding of how the business functions. One of the Fan’s biggest strengths comes from its affiliation with ESPN. This association gives the Fan a national presence to stand above its competitors. They are able to air programs such as Mike and Mike in the Morning that draws in viewers who might not have tuned in without that program. This partnership helps the Fan increase…