The Power of the Public in Sporting Events: Articulation of Crowd Riots, Synopticon, and Customerism

2009 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 61-80
Author(s):  
SangWoo Nam
Keyword(s):  
Sporting Events ◽  
The Public

Mass-gathering Events: The Public Health Challenge of the Kumbh Mela 2013

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 621-624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suresh Dwivedi ◽  
Mudera P. Cariappa
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Health Planning ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
Mass Gathering ◽  
Publication Type ◽  
Health Security ◽  
The Public ◽  
Health Challenge ◽  
Public Health Challenge

AbstractMass-gathering (MG) events pose challenges to the most adept of public health practitioners in ensuring the health safety of the population. These MGs can be for sporting events, musical festivals, or more commonly, have religious undertones. The Kumbh Mela 2013 at Allahabad, India may have been the largest gathering of humanity in history with nearly 120 million pilgrims having thronged the venue. The scale of the event posed a challenge to the maintenance of public health security and safety. A snapshot of the experience of managing the hygiene and sanitation aspects of this mega event is presented herein, highlighting the importance of proactive public health planning and preparedness. There having been no outbreaks of disease is vindication of the steps undertaken in planning and preparedness, notwithstanding obvious limitations of insanitary behaviors and traditional beliefs of those attending the festival. The evident flaw on post-event analyses was the failure to cater adequately for environmental mopping-up operations after the festival. Besides, a system of real-time monitoring of disease and morbidity patterns, harnessing low cost technology alternatives, should be planned for at all such future events.DwivediS, CariappaMP. Mass-gathering events: the public health challenge of the Kumbh Mela 2013. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2015;30(6):621–624.

scholarly journals O LEGADO DA COPA E SEU IMPACTO NO FUTURO DA CIDADE DE SÃO PAULO

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 164-197
Author(s):  
Marcos Vinicius Cardoso ◽  
João Manuel Malaia ◽  
Fernando A Fleury
Keyword(s):  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
World Cup ◽  
The Public ◽  
High Opportunity Cost ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Many ◽  
The City

Legacies – structures that are built for events and which remain after the same - are one of the major positive aspects paraded by mega sporting events organizers. This study´s purpose is to analyze the current situation of legacies promised by the many governmental instances for the city of São Paulo - host city of Fifa´s 2014 World Cup – and prospect which legacies will become effective in the city. Preliminary assessments may raise construction concerns, alert the public to keep an eye on undertaken obligations and encourage official actions (Mangan, 2008, p. 1,871). Data was obtained from National Audit Court (TCU) reports, Ministry and United Nations documents, in addition to testimonials and information gathered from some of Brazil´s major press media. Data analysis was conducted by classifying legacies according to tangible and intangible legacy concepts (Kaplanidou and Karadakis, 2010) followed by an analysis of promised legacies versus current status during the period of analysis. Finally, discussions as to most probable to come about legacies were presented. Results indicate that a portion of promised legacies stand a fair chance of achievement. On the other hand, other projects lag behind schedule or have been cancelled. Preliminary surveys suggest full completion of promised legacies is not possible, there has been an overuse of public resources as opposed to that planned, and provide indicatives as to the investment´s high opportunity cost.

scholarly journals SARS-CoV-2 and the implications of high intensity training

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-21
Author(s):  
Boukhemis Boukelia ◽  
◽  
Mark Fogarty ◽  
Abdelhakim Sabba ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
The Public ◽  
High Intensity Training ◽  
Rapid Spread ◽  
The World ◽  
Sport Industry ◽  
Spread Of Infection ◽  
Intensity Training

The rapid spread of the virus that causes COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) has sparked alarm worldwide. The way the virus spreads is still unclear; however, it’s known that similar viruses are spread in cough & sneeze droplets. At the time of writing this editorial over 300,000 people worldwide have been infected with over 13,000 deaths (WHO, 2020). The principle measure introduced to stop the spread of infection among the general population is by encouraging the public to undertake specific behaviours related to hygiene, that is useful in stopping the spread amongst family members or close associates for previous outbreaks of virus from the same family. A second measure used widely across the world is social distancing for non-infected members of the public or social isolation for infected families or high-risk individuals. Many sporting events and athletic games have been postponed causing large scale disruption to the global sport industry with millions of dollars lost. Most teams and induvial athletes will continue to train to maintain fitness and be ready for the return to active competition when the pandemic is under control.

scholarly journals Identifying Opinion Leaders on Twitter during Sporting Events: Lessons from a Case Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 141 ◽  
Author(s):  
José M. Lamirán-Palomares ◽  
Tomás Baviera ◽  
Amparo Baviera-Puig
Keyword(s):  
Rank Correlation ◽  
Public Image ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
Relational Dynamics ◽  
The Public ◽  
Spearman’S Rank Correlation ◽  
Spearman’S Rank Correlation Coefficient ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Twitter Users

Social media platforms have had a significant impact on the public image of sports in recent years. Through the relational dynamics of the communication on these networks, many users have emerged whose opinions can exert a great deal of influence on public conversation online. This research aims to identify the influential Twitter users during the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships using different variables which, in turn, represent different dimensions of influence (popularity, activity and authority). Mathematical variables of the social network analysis and variables provided by Twitter and Google are compared. First, we calculated the Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient among all users (n = 20,175) in pairwise comparisons. Next, we performed a qualitative analysis of the top 25 influential users ranked by each variable. As a result, no single variable assessed is sufficient to identify the different kinds of influential Twitter users. The reason that some variables vary so greatly is that the components of influence are very different. Influence is a contextualised phenomenon. Having a certain type of account is not enough to make a user an influencer if they do not engage (actively or passively) in the conversation. Choosing the influencers will depend on the objectives pursued.

The Pathof Holding Smokeless Large-scale Sports Events under the Background of Public Health Emergency of International Concern

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 5151-5160
Author(s):  
Wang Ping ◽  
Cong Jun ◽  
LiLi
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
The Public ◽  
Sports Events ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Formed Part ◽  
And Control ◽  
Sports Activities

Objectives: As the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to spread and smokeless sports influences sports, large-scale sporting events fascinate international and national host-country athletes and millions of travelers, which has a profound impact on large-scale sports events. Based on the methods of literature, case analysis and induction, this paper analyzes the experience of holding smokeless large-scale sports events in the context of PHEIC through the epidemic background, the measures taken by countries and the results of holding large-scale sports events. The result shows that countries took measures to strengthen surveillance of infectious diseases and be fully prepared for any incident during PHEIC. Though it may need added resources and support, these endeavors were beneficial and formed part of the experience of major events. The successful experience of holding smokeless large-scale sports events in the context of PHEIC should not dissipate with the epidemic abating, but should actively upgrade theconcept of crisis management and explore the development path of smoke-free sports events. The path includes the following: International cooperation is the key to the success of large-scale sports events and potential intervention is an effective means to prevent the spread of epidemics. Risk communication provides effective guidance for the evolution of control and prevention of epidemics. The use of digital technology to monitor the outbreak of diseases in sports activities brings new opportunities for the public health prevention and treatment system, aiming to provide support for today's sports events, and then promote the construction of emergency prevention and control systems for large-scale sports events under the trend of globalization and normalization of the epidemic situation.

The Spirit of Australia: Learning about Australian Childhoods in Qantas Commercials

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 321-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Drew
Keyword(s):  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
Television Commercials ◽  
World Cup ◽  
Advertising Campaign ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Public Consciousness ◽  
Iconic Status

For over a decade the Qantas Spirit of Australia advertising campaign has worked to incite pride and nostalgia in Australian consumers. Its widespread success has led to four renewed television commercials, strategically released to coincide with key (inter)national sporting events, including the 2000 Sydney Olympics and the 2004 Rugby World Cup. All four Spirit commercials feature children singing Peter Allen's I Still Call Australia Home in picturesque global and national landscapes. As a result of the Spirit campaign's widespread success, Peter Allen's song has become almost synonymous with the Qantas brand. The iconic Spirit commercials are exemplary in (re)affirming the public consciousness towards Australian childhood identity. Exploring national issues of freedom, race, youth and adventure, the commercials are situated among diverse social signs that attempt to typify Australian children. Influenced by post-structural theoretical frames, the author analyses the ‘social’ semiotic dimensions of these advertisements. His intention is to contribute to understandings of the discursive constitution of Australian childhoods in advertising. The unique iconic status of the Spirit campaign, he argues, lies in its capacity to be commensurate with, and (re)affirm, Australia's public perceptions of self and community.

scholarly journals Corruption In Sports Environment

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-110
Author(s):  
Bronislava Coufalová ◽  
Jan Pinkava
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Good Reason ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
The Public ◽  
Sports Organizations ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Illegal Acts ◽  
Sports Activities

Abstract In sports environment there is a whole range of different types of wrongful conduct sanctioned not only by disciplinary bodies using specific rules accepted by the executive authorities of sports organizations but also more serious cases that have to be judged in accordance with criminal law. There has been a long debate whether criminal law should intervene into the area of sport, i.e. whether sport and its environment is in itself such an autonomous system that it could deal with all the matters of criminal nature on its own. The area of sport environment involves a whole range of illegal acts, ranging from criminal liability of sportsmen responsible for injuries inflicted upon others in the area of sport, the issues of hooliganism in sporting events, breach of the public peace as far as the issue of match-fixing including the crimes of bribery and illegal betting. Generally speaking, we are of the opinion that there is no good reason why the criminal law should not be allowed to intervene into the area of sport in certain cases. The basic argument to be used is the fact that every social activity must be carried out in accordance with the legal order of the country, the area of sport being no exception. The area of sport or to be more precise the specific types of sports activities are regulated by special internal and statutory rules introducing certain sanctioning mechanisms in the form of disciplinary rules which can be enforced by different disciplinary bodies.

scholarly journals Communicating the risk of COVID-19 during sporting events in Qatar: Challenges and opportunities

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Nour ◽  
Zohair Elseid ◽  
Abdulrazig Hummaida ◽  
Walid Osman ◽  
Mohammed Al-Hajri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Outbreak Investigation ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
The Public ◽  
Health Advice ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
History Of

Background: After a long, unprecedented pause, sporting events were cautiously resumed in Qatar in September 2020. With the persisting COVID-19 uncertainties, characterizing the COVID-19 risks related to sports activities remains to be examined, making it difficult to give clear messages. This report describes some of the key challenges and opportunities for communicating COVID-19 risks associated with sporting events. Methods: The outbreak investigation report for COVID-19 cases related to the Asian Federation Cup (AFC) Champions League-West hosted in Qatar Sep 14th to Oct 3rd, 2020 was interpreted and taken as a case study. Results: The outbreak investigation reports, which involved approximately 74 COVID-19 cases is shown in and constituted the main subject to communicate the risks of the infection. The investigation teams were engaged in person-to-person communication, reviewing the history of the possible risk exposure and explaining the recommended measures. Clubs’ physicians and delegations besides the local organizing committee seem to have played a pivotal role as a credible source of information to the players and media about the possible case scenarios and the control measures. The yet unclear mode of transmission may have contributed to the poor risk perception and the compliance with the unfamiliar preventive recommendations. Conclusion: The profound evolution of the pandemic has already offered a unique opportunity to overcome the ‘lack of attention’ in the communication of communicable diseases. Using the epidemiological findings to communicate COVID-19 risks during sporting events seemed to be beneficial to explain the virus characteristics, emphasizing the role of the epidemiological approaches to improve the risk perception and the compliance with the public health advice.

Motor Clubs in the Public Arena: The Argentine Automobile Club, the Argentine Touring Club and the Construction of a National Roads System (1910–43)

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melina Piglia
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Reference Points ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
National Network ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Road ◽  
Nation States ◽  
Rapid Spread ◽  
The Public Sphere

The rapid spread of the automobile in the early twentieth century posed both challenges and promises to nation states. Before automobility became the object of public policies, this new mobility technology had to be socially perceived and constructed as belonging to the public sphere. Motorist associations played a decisive role in this process. This paper focuses on the Argentine Automobile Club (ACA) and the Argentine Touring Club (TCA), the two principal automobile clubs in the country and the largest ones in Latin America during the first half of the twentieth century. It argues that the ACA and TCA had a decisive influence during the 1920s in diagnosing and listing possible solutions to road and tourism challenges, and providing reference points for most of the road and tourism policies in the following decades. At the same time, both clubs actively helped to create a national network of roads through their participation in the planning agencies and made the new roadways accessible by signposting them and by providing petrol stations. Not least they formed and spread the new practices of road culture and automobility and, by organising sporting events, tours and rally drives and printing travel guides and maps, they contributed to the symbolic construction of the roads.

scholarly journals Increased Physical Activity in Preparation for a Women-Only Mass Participation Sport Event: A Framework for Estimating the Health Impact

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 98
Author(s):  
Jelle Schoemaker ◽  
Simon van Genderen ◽  
Willem I. J. de Boer
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
Quality Adjusted Life Years ◽  
The Public ◽  
Monetary Value ◽  
Life Years ◽  
Impact Framework ◽  
Mass Participation

Mass participation sporting events (MPSEs) are increasing in popularity. However, little research exists into the potential value of these events for improving public health by enhancing physical activity (PA). The aim of this study is to estimate the health impact of increased physical activity as a result of preparing for an MPSE. Participants of a mass participation women-only running event were asked if they performed additional PA in preparation of the event, including the length (weeks) and intensity (min per week). Additionally, self-reported change in health status was evaluated. Based on these results, we have developed a framework for estimating the cumulatively gained quality adjusted life years (QALYs) and monetary value thereof. Of the respondents (N = 468; mean age 42.3 ± 11.9 years), 32% performed additional vigorous PA in preparation of the event, with an average of 63 min per week over 8.8 weeks. Performing additional vigorous PA significantly improved the odds of self-rated health. The estimated total health impact of participants preparing for the Marikenloop was 6.6 QALYs gained with a corresponding monetary value between EUR 133,000 and EUR 532,000. We believe our health impact framework helps to understand that MPSEs can be a notable part of the public health domain.

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