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Betting is loving and bettors are predators: a conceptual metaphor approach to online sports betting advertising

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dc.contributor.author López González, Hibai, 1983-
dc.contributor.author Guerrero Solé, Frederic
dc.contributor.author Estévez, Ana
dc.contributor.author Griffiths, Mark, 1966-
dc.date.accessioned 2017-11-30T15:10:40Z
dc.date.available 2017-11-30T15:10:40Z
dc.date.issued 2018
dc.identifier.citation Lopez-Gonzalez H, Guerrero-Solé F, Estévez A, Griffiths M. Betting is loving and bettors are predators: a conceptual metaphor approach to online sports betting advertising. J Gambl Stud. 2017;34:709-26. DOI: 10.1007/s10899-017-9727-x
dc.identifier.issn 1050-5350
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/33416
dc.description.abstract The legalisation of online gambling in multiple territories has caused a growth in the exposure of consumers to online sports betting (OSB) advertising. While some efforts have been made to understand the visible structure of betting promotional messages, little is known about the latent components of OSB advertisements. The present study sought to address this issue by examining the metaphorical conceptualisation of OSB advertising. A sample of Spanish and British television OSB advertisements from 2014 to 2016 was analysed (N = 133). Following Lakoff and Johnson's conceptual metaphor theory, four main structural metaphors that shaped how OSB advertising can be understood were identified: betting as (1) an act of love, (2) a market, (3) a sport, and (4) a natural environment. In general, these metaphors, which were found widely across 29 different betting brands, facilitated the perception of bettors as active players, with an executive role in the sport events bet upon, and greater control over bet outcomes.
dc.description.sponsorship First author is funded by the Government of the Basque Country, Spain, under the reference (Eusko Jaurlaritza, POS_2015_1_0062).
dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Springer
dc.relation.ispartof J Gambl Stud. 2017;34:709-26. DOI: 10.1007/s10899-017-9727-x
dc.rights © The Author(s) 2017 This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.title Betting is loving and bettors are predators: a conceptual metaphor approach to online sports betting advertising
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10899-017-9727-x
dc.subject.keyword Gambling
dc.subject.keyword Metaphor
dc.subject.keyword Narrative
dc.subject.keyword Online
dc.subject.keyword Soccer
dc.subject.keyword Sports betting
dc.subject.keyword Advertising
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