Real Football Factories

After watching the documentry "football factory's: international" i found that in argentina unlike in the UK (where hooliganism is scrutinized but also glamourised) football violance is almost accepted as being a natural order. in live football matches the camera constantly zooms to the crowd and the football hooligans in the stands. the commentators would then react to something like this and name out the hooligans and even point out which "firm" they are with. its almost like the hooligans have as big a celebrity status as the football players in argentina.the newspaper reports are just as blatent. the majority of newspapers see the hooligans as a twelth man on the field and in some ways positive. although these may be extreme case scenario's of media excetance, is our movie industry and music any different in the way they glamourise violance and football violance? surely they are the same thing.

Nath

A collective survey on the media and football violance

this is an extract from the survey asking if the majority of fans beleive the media glamorizes football violance.



SECTION F - Media Influence and involvement
Q.13 Television coverage of hooliganism glorifies the issue
Q.20 The national press reinforces the problem of hooliganism amongst supporters of English professional clubs
Q.25 Media coverage of hooliganism associated with the England national team does not glorify the issue


IIII AGREE IIIIIIIIIIIIIDISAGREE IIIIIII
IIII PREM 1ST 2ND 3RD PREM 1ST 2ND 3RD
Q.13 65% 60% 54% 73% 25% 23% 35% 23%
Q.20 40% 73% 65% 77% 30% 3% 12% 0%
Q.25 15% 33% 27% 18% 55% 60% 58% 64%
Comment: The majority of the responses across divisions agree that television coverage of hooliganism glorifies the issue, with the Third Division comparatively displaying the highest level of agreement. Supporters of First, Second and Third Division clubs agree that the national press reinforces the problem, markedly more so than Premiership supporters. The table shows that collectively, the division responses disagree that media coverage of hooliganism associated with the national team does not glorify the issue.


the startling evidence is that fans believe the media by a long way jhave and still influence it. its strange as you would think the mass media would scrutinize football violance? ive decided to look at other countries now and compare the way there media works in covering football violance.

Nath

Possible types of research

I am going to use primary and secondary research to collect information and data, this research should help me gather accurate and correct information i need to continue:

Primary research is where you conduct your own research. Good solid Examples of primary research are surveys and interviews etc.

Secondary research is research that you have looked up that has already been carried out by other people. This research can be reliable when dealing with fact based issues such as the topic I am studying "Hooliganism"



Other types of research

Ouantitative : A type of resarch, usally based on numbers, statistics or tables, that attempts to measure some kind of phenomenon and produce hard dadt. It often involves working with large groups of people.

Oualitative : Research that attempts to explain or understand something and may neccessitate much discussion and analysis of people's attitudes and other behaviour. It usually involves working with small numbers of people or focus groups.

Nath

Early football violance in the UK

Football violance has in truth been around since the early creation of the game in the 13 hundreds. Of course back then it would of been a giant street game betwen people. But organised football violance as its called has been around for only 50 or so years. Most people in the media wrongly identified it in the 1960's and around that time as a problem, which would result in certain fans being singled out as the problem. This is far from the truth as in reality every fan that goes to a match is potential trouble maker, not because they want to be but because they take the role of "reaction" to an action. The fans that start the action are the ones who are can be considered the problem.

Nath

Fans React On The Doom Of Relegation

Realising their fate of Premier Leaugue status, the fans of Birmingham City have reacted, showing their anger and depression leaving the relegated club in a hate filled atmosphere. David Gold, club owner revealed.

"Never, never in my whole time at this football club have i witnessed fans being so terribly abusive. As far as those in front of the directors' box are concerned, you could see the hatred in their eyes and in thier faces".

This whole situation has been describe as not being an expression of football passion, saying it was more an outpouring of hatred more to do with what was going through their heads rather than what was going on, on the pitch.

Why Do We Do It?

How is hooliganism provoked?, does it begin by football fans showing their aggression of their football teams no doing well?, is it provoked by our passion for the beautiful game?. Or is it just the fact that we make others life a misery, simply because their's are?.

What do you think?

OPINIONS WOULD BE GREATFUL!!!

Nath

Drama in Serie A

Sorry It's been a while. But as mentioned before, im focusing on how football violence is portrayed through the media. Recently there has been alot of attenttion in Italy, with the focus on their major football league, Serie A.

A gang named the 'Ultras' are engaged in a trial with the Italian authorities after riots in two cities last week, which was prompted by the death of a Lazio fan, shot dead by the police. As he was claimed amung with others to have ambushed a group of Juventus fans. The policeman is under investigation.

Due to this incident, as well as many other recurring incidents, certain well known football stars have threatened to leave the league if the problem doesn't resolve itself. One of them being AC Milan' KAKA.

Claiming “If I was unhappy to live in Italy and if I wasn’t content playing for Milan I would have already gone".

Nath.