Do Consumer Perceptions of Tanking Impact Attendance at National Basketball Association Games? A Sentiment Analysis Approach

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dc.citation.firstpage254
dc.citation.issueNumber3
dc.citation.journalTitleJournal of Sport Management
dc.citation.lastpage265
dc.citation.volumeNumber35
dc.contributor.authorGong, Hua
dc.contributor.authorWatanabe, Nicholas M.
dc.contributor.authorSoebbing, Brian P.
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Matthew T.
dc.contributor.authorNagel, Mark S.
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-09T20:00:52Z
dc.date.available2021-06-09T20:00:52Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThe use of big data in sport and sport management research is increasing in popularity. Prior research generally includes one of the many characteristics of big data, such as volume or velocity. The present study presents big data in a multidimensional lens by considering the use of sentiment analysis. Specifically focusing on the phenomenon of tanking, the purposeful underperformance in sport competitions, the present study considers the impact that consumers’ sentiment regarding tanking has on game attendance in the National Basketball Association. Collecting social media posts for each National Basketball Association team, the authors create an algorithm to measure the volume and sentiment of consumer discussions related to tanking. These measures are included in a predictive model for National Basketball Association home game attendance between the 2013–2014 and 2017–2018 seasons. Our results find that the volume of discussions for the home team and sentiment toward tanking by the away team impact game attendance.
dc.identifier.citationGong, Hua, Watanabe, Nicholas M., Soebbing, Brian P., et al.. "Do Consumer Perceptions of Tanking Impact Attendance at National Basketball Association Games? A Sentiment Analysis Approach." <i>Journal of Sport Management,</i> 35, no. 3 (2021) Human Kinetics: 254-265. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2020-0274.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2020-0274
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/110703
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherHuman Kinetics
dc.subject.keywordbig data
dc.subject.keyworddemand for sport
dc.subject.keywordmachine learning
dc.titleDo Consumer Perceptions of Tanking Impact Attendance at National Basketball Association Games? A Sentiment Analysis Approach
dc.typeJournal article
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