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The book presents a collection of papers by researchers from several different institutions on a wide range of football issues: football and media, economy, football violence, football industry, health, symbols and rituals. The book addresses researchers, educators, sociologists, media, health care providers.

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The book presents a collection of papers on a wide range of football issues.

Football is a complex and dynamic phenomenon that needs to be examined in various social and historical contexts. It is influenced by social, economic, political and cultural factors while it also affects social life. As a miniature model of social life, football can almost be regarded as a magical game in the sense that it includes several indicators which provide us with the opportunity to collect information about the events taking place. The methods of analyzing and solving problems experienced on football fields and in social life should broaden the perspective, focusing on all actors of football.

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Football - Turkish Football - Football Economy - Football Industry - Media - Football Media - Football Violence - Sports - Media Power

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Müge Demir is an associate professor in the Department of New Media and Communication Systems, Faculty of Communication, Istanbul Medipol University. Her research interests include the representation of sports in the media, football violence, and hate speech in football.

Ahmet Talimciler is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Literature at Ege University. He is interested in sport sociology, representation of sports in the media, popular culture, and the relationship between sport sociology and speech.

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