potterwec wrote:Think you might be spot on with that description ahah. If anyone is up for answering a few more questions, I would be eternally grateful!
1. How old are you?
2. Where do you live?
3. What football team do you support in the UK?
4. How often do you attend a live football match?
5. Do broadcast media outlets (e.g. Sky Sports, BT Sport) manage to replicate or enhance the experience of attending a live football match?
6. Describe the level of connection you feel to the team you are watching? Has this changed over your lifetime?
7. Do you interact online with other fans/spectators? If so, when (before/during/after a game) and what do you gain from this?
8. Can the sense of community of the ‘traditional spectator’ be replicated without travelling to the stadium and watching their team? E.g. At a pub, online, or on TV.
9. Do you tend to (and prefer to) watch football with other people?
10. How do you feel when watching the game on your chosen platform?
11. Does a constant stream of consumer material online help or hinder your football community?
12. Do you try to watch football games live? Does your intensity / interest change when watching a highlights programme or catch-up service?
13. Do new football-focused digital, social and broadcast media outlets help to provide you with a sense of community and well-being?
You can answer most of these questions by just reading the forum (namely: 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13). Many of these are common sense like 10: I feel great watching the game when it's on TV or I have a nice acesteam going. I get pissed off when I have to see the game through a dodgy chinese flash steam with some glutton wheezing over the mic, or when BT/Sky constantly shit on City.
I know you need survey type results, but just direct people to a Survey Monkey or Google Doc Form to fill out somewhere else. Otherwise you're just clogging up this thread with your own personal agenda.