Journal of Consumer Research

JCR publishes papers of the highest quality on topics in consumer research. Editors: Bernd Schmitt, June Cotte, Markus Giesler, Andrew Stephen, and Stacy Wood.

The Pitch 

The Pitch: Sports Consumer Research

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Thinking about how consumers behave around the big game?  How they form traditions? And what sports communities mean to their members?  Check out the research below for new findings:

Sports Gambling and Crowd Wisdom

Time-flow: Freeskiing and Paintball

Exciting Games Lead to More Post-Game Traffic Fatalities

The Emotional Meaning of Games

Why People Prefer Live Sportscasts to Recasts

The Ideological Meaning of Women’s Roller Derby

High-Risk Leisure Consumption: Sky-Diving

 

Stacy Wood

Stacy is the Langdon Distinguished University Professor of Marketing at NC State University and a member of the JCR editorial team.

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