scholarly journals Mega-Sporting Events and the Media in Attention Economies

2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mats Nylund
Keyword(s):  
Press Coverage ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
Sports Journalism ◽  
International Media ◽  
Economic Profit ◽  
Sporting Event ◽  
Attention Economy ◽  
Traditional Sports ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Empirical Analysis

Abstract The present article examines the IAAF World Championships as a commercialized mega-sporting event and an expression of the contemporary experience industry. The focus of the empirical analysis is on the national and international press coverage of the World Championships in Helsinki, Finland, 2005. Eleven Finnish and six foreign newspapers were analysed. Finnish pre-Championship publicity saw the games mostly as a tool for achieving international media attention and economic profit. The coverage of the international press was strikingly similar. The newspapers focussed mainly on the sporting events and their perspective was strongly national – perfectly in line with traditional sports journalism. This finding challenges the belief expressed in Finnish newspapers and by proponents of the attention economy that mega-events are powerful tools for urban marketing.

International sporting events and human rights : does the host nation play fair?

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Zack Bowersox
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
World Cup ◽  
University Of Missouri ◽  
Sporting Event ◽  
International Rights ◽  
The Media ◽  
International Standing ◽  
The University ◽  
Positive Effect

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] International sporting events like the Olympics and FIFA World Cup generate a great deal of attention for the athletes, the games, and for the nations that host these events. Hosting can be very prestigious for a nation, yet not all hosts are apt to be strict observers of international norms regarding human rights and human security. In these instances, the tourists who travel to see the event, and the media that broadcasts it, are better able to observe the poor behavior of a state who would rather use this opportunity to increase its international standing. Are host nations apt to improve their behavior for the sake of an international sporting event? Are they more responsive to the international criticism of their behavior when hosting an event? This research finds that states are in fact more responsive to international rights criticism, and, for the duration of the event are better observers of human rights. Yet, this positive effect is only apparent for the duration of the event.

Reflections on Being a Neophyte Sport Psychologist in the Media: Conversations With My Younger Self

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 290-301
Author(s):  
Pete Lindsay ◽  
Owen Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
World Championship ◽  
Sporting Event ◽  
Sport Psychologist ◽  
The Media ◽  
Personal Challenges ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Sporting Performance

The mass media focus on sporting events (Kristiansen, Hanstad, & Roberts, 2011), coupled with the interest in reporting the psychological aspects of sporting performance (Jones, 2005) can place practitioners in stressful situations (Fletcher, Rumbold, Tester, & Coombes, 2011). Concerns over “misrepresentation,” “misquotation,” “misinterpretation,” and being “incorrectly reported or understood” by the media can be at odds with a practitioner’s honest desire to disseminate findings and provide informed commentaries related to the discipline. This article aims to highlight the ethical, professional and personal challenges faced by Pete Lindsay while working as the resident sport psychologist for an international television broadcaster during a World championship sporting event. The autoethnographic account provides a series of reflective fragments that were abstracted from professional development documentation, supervisory meeting records of the time, and the authors recalled reflections of when Pete undertook the role. Practical implications for the training and certification of practitioners in relation to working within the media are considered.

scholarly journals Sport as a Media Communication Phenomenon

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 519-538
Author(s):  
Maria Danilova
Keyword(s):  
Mass Culture ◽  
Mass Communication ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
Sports Journalism ◽  
Media Communication ◽  
Sports Media ◽  
Sports Communication ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Channels

The article deals with the notion of sport as a phenomenon of media communication, identifies categories of media communication, mass communication, sports communication. The article is based on the fact that at the beginning of the 20th century there was a rapid institutionalization of journalism, including sports. Sport has become a full-fledged part of mass culture and media communication discourse. The number of sports disciplines, organizations, competitions has increased, the need for sport as a form of entertainment, recreation, self-realization has grown. This was based on fundamental changes in the society itself, when the completed industrial revolution, the introduction of mass production gave the man extra free time and an opportunity to be in charge of it. At the same time, the means of communication were developing and the amount of sports information was increasing: the radio, then television, appeared and became actively present in everyday life. Thus, the interest in sports encouraged the development of information channels, and they, developing, drew the attention of an increasing number of people to sports. Eventually, sport became a phenomenon of a planetary scale, and media channels themselves began to influence the rules of sporting events. The article defines the place of sport in the media communication field. The author singles out the motives of the audience's appeal to the materials of sports journalism. This allows us to outline the main functions of sports media communication, which it performs in the society.

scholarly journals Sports Influencers on Twitter. Analysis and Comparative Study of Track Cycling World Cups 2016 and 2018

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 169
Author(s):  
José María Lamirán-Palomares ◽  
Tomás Baviera ◽  
Amparo Baviera-Puig
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Analytical Hierarchy Process ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
Digital Medium ◽  
Sporting Event ◽  
The Media ◽  
Twitter Analysis ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
Track Cycling

Social media has driven a sea change in the way users view and participate in sporting events through the media. In the digital medium, identifying the profiles with the greatest influential capacity is a key issue. Using the analytical hierarchy process (AHP), the aim of our research was to identify the most influential Twitter accounts in a major sporting event: The Track Cycling World Cups. The competitions from the years 2016 and 2018 were analysed, downloading all the tweets that included the official hashtag of each event and drawing up the graph of mentions and retweets. After reviewing the literature, activity, authority and popularity were defined as dimensions to assess influence, and two subcriteria were chosen as measures for each of them. Activity was measured by number of tweets and outdegree, authority by retweets and PageRank, and popularity by number of followers and indegree. By consulting experts following the AHP approach, various weights were assigned to these measures, resulting in authority as the most influential. With this weighting, the accounts with the greatest influence on Twitter turned out to be those related to organisation of the event and those of the athletes taking part.

scholarly journals Economic and Social Yield of Investing in a Sporting Event: Sustainable Value Creation in a Territory

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7033
Author(s):  
Patrícia Crespo Sogas ◽  
Ivette Fuentes Molina ◽  
Àlex Araujo Batlle ◽  
Josep Maria Raya Vílchez
Keyword(s):  
Social Impact ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
Net Returns ◽  
Sporting Event ◽  
Sustainable Value ◽  
The Media ◽  
Tourism Image ◽  
Using Data

Sporting events are a stimulant for the economy and for improving social benefits. This paper aims to estimate a sporting event’s economic and social impact through input–output tables and cost-benefit analysis methodologies. Tangible and non-tangible impacts, such as health benefits and the value of the host city’s tourism image are investigated. Using data collected from the MedSailing event in 2019, the results show a positive return from every euro invested in the sporting event both economically and socially. Additionally, the results related to the media impact of the sporting event are shown. A single figure of net returns to society enables policymakers to assess the social value of the investment itself and make decisions that improve the economic development of the territory.

Media reporting on public procurement: an analysis of UK press coverage, 1985–2018

2022 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Flynn ◽  
Irina Harris
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Professional Services ◽  
Press Coverage ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Media ◽  
International Comparative

Purpose The media is an important actor in public procurement, but research on its role is limited. This paper aims to investigate how the media has engaged with public procurement, using UK newspapers as a case example. Design/methodology/approach The method consisted of searching Nexis database for news articles on public procurement; automatic extraction of article attributes such as length, section, authorship; and manually coding each article for its theme and industry context. This produced quantitative indicators about the extent and focus of press coverage on public procurement. Findings Press coverage of public procurement increased between 1985 and 2018. The focus of coverage has been on governance failure and socio-economic policy. Governance failure, which includes corruption, cronyism and supplier malpractice, is associated with construction, outsourcing and professional services sectors. Socio-economic policy, which includes supporting small suppliers and favouring domestic industry, is associated with manufacturing, defence and agriculture. Research limitations/implications The analysis included UK media only. While the trends observed on the extent and focus of public procurement news coverage likely reflect the situation in other countries, international comparative research is still required. Practical implications Government officials should be more proactive in countering the “negativity bias” in news coverage of public procurement by showcasing projects where value-for-money has been achieved, services have been successfully delivered and social value has been realised. Social implications The media accentuates the negatives of public procurement and omits positive developments. The end-result is a selective and, at times, self-serving media narrative that is likely to engender cynicism towards public procurement. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study on media coverage of public procurement. It highlights that while there are similarities between media and academic treatment of public procurement, particularly in relation to its socio-economic side, the media emphasises governance failings and negative developments to a greater extent.

A Tale of Two Events? Media Analysis of the Melbourne 2008 Homeless World Cup

2011 ◽  
Vol 140 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Sherry ◽  
Angela Osborne
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Media Analysis ◽  
World Cup ◽  
Sporting Event ◽  
The Media ◽  
Australian City

In 2008, Melbourne became the first Australian city to host the Homeless World Cup (HWC), an annual international sporting event that aims to raise the profile of homelessness and social marginalisation. This article first examines relevant print media articles relating to the HWC by identifying key themes through thematic and content analysis. It then examines the polarised reporting of the HWC by two print media outlets, The Age and the Herald Sun, and argues that each outlet's coverage served to reinforce its own established position on the key political and social issues, in this instance homelessness, asylum seeking and immigration. The divergence in the discourses constructed in each paper provides a demonstrative example of the capacity of the media to use events of all sorts to consolidate their political and commercial positions.

Differences of perception between private and public officers in an organizing committee concerning stakeholders of an international sporting event

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-142
Author(s):  
Taeyeon Oh ◽  
Jihyeon Oh ◽  
Junhee Kim ◽  
Kisung Dennis Kwon
Keyword(s):  
Central Government ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Stakeholder Analysis ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sporting Event ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Winter Olympic Games ◽  
Research Questions

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the perception of public and private officers of stakeholder at the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games 2018. This event was selected as the subject of this research as it is the most recent mega-scale international sporting event and, given that the organizing committee (OC) is currently operating, it afforded a unique opportunity to investigate the staff of the organization. To clarify the research questions, this research identified stakeholders of Olympic Games.Design/methodology/approachThe research questions were examined by a stakeholder analysis that measured and compared perceptions conducted according to the stakeholder theory (Freeman, 2010) and previous research (Naraine et al., 2016).FindingsThis study identifies eight stakeholders of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games: the OC, the International Olympics Committee, National Olympic Committee, central government, local government, media, sponsors and non-government organizations. The authors pointed out that public officers are more sensitive to the opinions and movements of community members than private staff. Conversely, the authors found that the private staffs regard the media and influential stakeholders as more important compared with public officers.Originality/valueBased on the findings from the Olympics committee, this study contributes to the academic literature related to sporting events and their stakeholders by providing the most up-to-date identification of stakeholders.

Urban Regimes and the Sporting Events Agenda: A Cross-National Comparison of Civic Development Strategies

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 603-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Misener ◽  
Daniel S. Mason
Keyword(s):  
Urban Governance ◽  
Development Strategies ◽  
Urban Revitalization ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
Urban Political Economy ◽  
Sporting Event ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Urban Regimes ◽  
National Comparison ◽  
Cross National

This article examines the coalitions undergirding comprehensive sport-centered growth agendas in three cities actively pursuing sporting event development strategies: Edmonton, Canada; Manchester, United Kingdom; and Melbourne, Australia. Using DiGaetano and Klemanski’s (1999) study of modes of urban governance as a starting point, we review each city’s urban political economy, urban governing agenda, and urban governing alliances. We then discuss whether coalitions in each of the cities can be identified as regimes, by examining the conditions required for the presence of regimes developed by Dowding (2001). Results suggest the presence of regimes in each city, which can be best described using Stoker and Mossberger’s (1994) symbolic regime, developed in their typology of regimes for cross-national research. However, the cities differ slightly, with Edmonton exhibiting the characteristics of a progressive version of a symbolic regime, whereas Manchester and Melbourne more closely resemble urban revitalization regimes.

scholarly journals Childhood Experiences and Sporting Event Visitors’ Preference for Unhealthy versus Healthy Foods: Priming the Route to Obesity?

Nutrients ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1670 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joerg Koenigstorfer
Keyword(s):  
Leisure Time ◽  
Healthy Food ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
Unhealthy Food ◽  
Healthy Foods ◽  
Childhood Memories ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Sporting Event ◽  
Food And Drink ◽  
Flea Market

To date, there is little knowledge about how experiences in childhood frame adults’ food and drink consumption patterns in the context of attending sporting events as spectators. Therefore, the goal of this study was to explore the childhood memories of adults when they visited sporting events and find out whether and why this particular setting makes individuals indulge in unhealthy food. The study comprises two components: Study 1 and Study 2. In Study 1, 30 individuals recalled their childhood experiences of sport stadium visits at the age of ten years or younger. Inductive coding of the stories revealed that on-site enjoyment is an important factor that may lead to unhealthy food consumption. In Study 2 (n = 240), the effect of enjoyment on the intentions to eat unhealthy versus healthy food at sporting events was tested empirically and contrasted with two other leisure-time activities. The results of the experiment revealed that it is not enjoyment, but the visit to sporting or music events (versus a flea market) that increased the preference for unhealthy versus healthy foods. Implications to decrease (increase) the preference for unhealthy (healthy) food in these particular settings against the background of childhood experiences can be drawn.

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