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Hocking, John E. – 1981
The phenomenon of crowd behavior at sports events is examined in this paper. Previous treatments of why spectators enjoy watching sports events are examined, showing that these studies have largely ignored the potential role of intraaudience influence processes. A brief literature review notes the role of feedback between the communication event…
Descriptors: Athletics, Audiences, Behavioral Science Research, Communication Research
Cherbo, Joni Maya; Peters, Monnie – 1995
Data gleaned from the 1982, 1985, and 1992 Surveys of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPAs) were used in this analysis of participation in opera and musical theater/operetta. Findings indicate that opera is the least popular of the fine arts, being the least frequented and the least selected as an activity respondents would like to attend more…
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Audience Participation, Audience Response, Audiences
Gray, Charles M. – 1995
Data gleaned from the 1982, 1985, and 1992 Surveys of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPAs) were used in this analysis of participation in the arts via television, radio, and sound recordings. The arts examined were jazz, classical music, opera, musicals and operettas, plays, dance, and the visual arts. Selected findings are as follows: (1)…
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Audience Participation, Audience Response, Audiences