Wednesday, November 14, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon 21
Commentary...
Sports consumption
can be compulsive
Page by Paige
By Paige Bentley-Flannery
Columnist
Are you ready to expand
your reading tastes? In
November, when anyone
asks what I’m reading, I
excitedly share all the new
books and genres from the
Portland Book Festival.
It’s a book-lover’s dream
for one day in November,
when the Festival hosts over
100 authors and illustrators.
The Literary Arts program
organizes the annual event
where authors are presented
on nine stages in and around
The Portland Art Museum.
The day is filled with events
for all ages including a story
time stage, poetry readings
and panel discussions. The
authors are arranged by
themes, creating inspiring
conversations and stories.
Most authors speak more
than once including at pop-
up readings.
I started out the day with
music by Emily Arrow and
story time with “Cycle City”
by Alison Farrell. Located
at the Oregon Historical
Society, the kids’ area was
filled with families, book
signings, and other activi-
ties such as crafts. Next, I
walked to The Old Church
where teen activities were
held, stopping to talk with
friends and teachers from
Central Oregon. (With so
many authors, it’s always
fun to hear what everyone
else is going to and share
stories along the way.)
My first panel was
“Time to Fight: Facing the
Truth” with National Book
Award nominee, Elizabeth
Acevedo, Brendan Kiely,
and Nova Ren Suma. I loved
hearing Acevedo’s strong
and beautiful voice as she
read from “The Poet X.” All
three authors were engag-
ing and wonderful speak-
ers. They shared stories
about writing in notebooks
at a young age, family rela-
tionships, being teenagers
and how to tackle character
development.
I continued my fun day
with story times, young
adult literature, pop-up read-
ings, fiction and nonfiction.
One of my favorite readings
was story time with Jory
John. We yelled out words
from “The Bad Seed” and
stomped our feet. (Being
loud in a museum is always
fun!) Another favorite was
viewing Korean maps while
listening to Nicole Chung
read from “All You Can
Ever Know.”
The afternoon contin-
ued with themes includ-
ing “On the Run: Mothers
and Money,” with Patrick
d e Wi t t , Va n e s s a H u a
and Lydia Kiesling, and
“Dangerous Places: Women
and Power,” with Lauren
Groff and Rachel Kushner.
My last panel of the day,
“Wheel in the Sky: Fate,
Class and Time,” with Kim
Fu, Aja Gabel, and Lisa
Halliday was filled with
passion, the importance of
writing, and having a voice
to share your story.
After, I walked through
the museum thinking about
all the encouraging voices,
creative moments, and
Great ideas...
By Michelle Klampe
Correspondent
PHOTO PROVIDED
Ashlyn Anstee, illustrator and
author, at Portland Book Festival.
audience/author discussions.
The Portland Book Festival
is one of the most inspiring
literature events of the year!
For the full list of books,
go to www.literary-arts.org.
Most of the events will be
rebroadcasted on OPB’s The
Archive Project.
Book recommendations:
“The Lost Girls of Camp
Forevermore” by Kim Fu,
“There There: A novel” by
Tommy Orange, “A River
of Stars” by Vanessa Hua,
“The Ensemble” by Aja
Gabel, “Florida” by Lauren
Groff, “French Exit” by
Patrick deWit, “The Poet
X” by Elizabeth Acevedo,
and “All You Can Ever
Know” by Nicole Chung.
Picture books: “Hedgehog!”
by Ashlyn Anstee, “Cycle
City” by Alison Farrell, and
“Giraffe Problems” by Jory
John.
Paige Bentley-Flannery
is a community librarian at
Sisters Library.
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CORVALLIS – They are
seen as some of the most
loyal fans: they change work
schedules so they don’t miss
games; skip family events to
watch their team; consider
their support of the sport as
key to their identities.
But for a small percentage
of the most avid fans, sports
consumption may also be
compulsive and potentially
harmful, much the way that
compulsive shopping, tanning
or use of social media can be
to some people, new research
from Oregon State University
shows.
“These results indicate that
for a small segment of fans, it
may be more accurate to say
that they are not consuming
sport, but sport is consum-
ing them,” said Colleen Bee,
an associate professor in the
College of Business at OSU
and one of the lead authors of
the research.
“For example, in our
research we learned about
an avid fan who skipped his
sister’s wedding, which he
was supposed to be in, so he
wouldn’t miss a game,” she
said. “Another study partici-
pant blamed her divorce on
her husband’s all-consuming
sports-watching.”
The findings were pub-
lished recently by the Journal
of Business Research.
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Co-authors include Kirk
Damon Aiken of California
State University, Chico,
and Nefertiti Walker of the
University of Massachusetts
Amherst.
The research is part of a
growing field focused on the
impacts of marketing and
cultural forces on consumer
well-being. Sport is a con-
sumer product, with both ben-
efits and drawbacks, Bee said.
“Sports participation is
great. Consuming sports as
a fan has benefits – giving
people meaning in their lives
and connecting them through
a shared experience,” said
Bee, whose research interests
include sports marketing and
consumer behavior. “But we
also need to consider if there
are harmful effects for some
individuals.”
She and her colleagues
set out to determine whether
consumption of sports as a
fan also fit the compulsive
consumption model. Through
a series of studies, they deter-
mined sports consumption
could become compulsive;
began to identify some of
the thoughts and behaviors
that indicate compulsive
consumption; and examined
some of the consequences of
excessive sports consumption.
“This research indicates
that yes, there is a segment of
consumers that have uncon-
trollable compulsion or attrac-
tion to sports,” Bee said.
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