While there has been considerable controversy about trash talk in sport, there have been very few empirical studies of this phenomenon. The purpose of this study was to investigate the trash talk experiences of collegiate athletes. Surveys were completed by 414 male and female NCAA Division I and Division III athletes. Athletes responded to questions about how frequently they used trash talk, h...

The present study aims to investigate the effect of ideal self-congruence, brand attachment and some personality factors on the negative behaviors of consumers such as compulsive buying, anti-brand actions, and trash talking. The research population was comprised of customers of four IT service brands including Samsung, HP, Sony, and Apple in Iran. Structural equation modeling approach and PLS ...

The U.S. per-capita figure for garbage production has topped four pounds per person per day, and that amount is rising at roughly 5% per year. In the past, municipal solid waste was sent to the nearest local landfill or incinerator. But in 1988, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency instituted the first federal standards for landfills, designed to make them safer. Over 10,000 small municipal...

Trash-talking adalah istilah yang sering digunakan dalam komunitas online game. merupakan perkataan ditujukan kepada lawan atau rekan satu tim bertujuan untuk mengganggu fokus bercandaan rekan. Saat ini, trash-talking ini kali memuat hal-hal tidak lagi berkaitan dengan permainan, seperti komentar mengandung SARA sexist. UU ITE telah mengatur mengenai perbuatan apa saja boleh dilakukan suatu pla...