Exploring the Change in Motivations for Fantasy Sport Participation During the Life Cycle of a Sports Fan

Communication Research Reports

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 333-342

  Brown, Natalie ^a   Billings, Andrew C ^b   Ruihley, Brody ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Fantasy Sport; Motivations by Age; Survey Method Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868307850     PISSN: 08824096     EISSN: 17464099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08824096.2012.723646     Document Type: Article

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