The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between interest in sport media, connecting motivation, and an acceptance attitude and differences in factors depending upon the level of interest in sport media. The subject of this study was ...
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between interest in sport media, connecting motivation, and an acceptance attitude and differences in factors depending upon the level of interest in sport media. The subject of this study was spectators (N=550) who attended home games of FC Seoul, Seong Nam Il Hwa, Incheon United, and Su Won Samsung in Samsung Hausen K-League 2007, and Doosan, SK, Hyundai, and LG.
Data for this study were collected as a convenient sampling method. The questionnaires were distributed in stadiums and respondents were asked to complete the questionnaire by self-administration. A total of 506 was usable for the data analysis except 29 incomplete and 15 unreliable questionnaires. SPSS 14.0 and AMOS 5.0. were used for data analysis and the results were as follows.
Firstly, there was a difference between a cognitive and psychologic attitude which were subdimensions of an acceptance attitude factor depending upon subject's occupation. There was a difference between an entertainment and a vicarious satisfaction dimension depending upon what kind of media the subject preferred. Also, there was a difference between an entertainment and vicarious satisfaction dimension in a connection motivation factor according to the using time of sport media.
Secondly, the results of the structural equation model (SEM) indicated that a cognitive and behavioral interest had an influence on entertainment and vicarious satisfaction motivation, information and social interaction motivation, time spending motivation, a cognitive and psychological attitude, and an individual attitude. An affective interest had a significant impact on information and social interaction motivation, time spending motivation, a cognitive and psychological attitudes, and an individual attitude except entertainment and vicarious satisfaction. Entertainment and vicarious satisfaction motivation significantly affected a cognitive and psychological attitudes, and an individual attitude. Information and social interaction motivation affected an individual attitude, however did not affect a cognitive and psychological attitude. Time spending motivation affected a cognitive and psychological attitude and an individual attitude.
Thirdly, the comparison of each factors according to the level of familarity with sport media indicated that there was a difference between respondents who had higher familarity and those who had lower familarity of the sport media.