Double the Fun: Pairs Skating Jumps

2018 ◽  
Vol 111 (4) ◽  
pp. 249-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Cheng ◽  
Maura Twillman
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Figure Skating ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Winter Olympic Games ◽  
World Champion

The 2018 Winter Olympic Games will take place on February 9-25, 2018, in Pyeongchang, South Korea. One of the featured Olympic sports is figure skating. Jumps are an exciting part of singles and pairs figureskating events. View a video of the 2015 and 2016 world champion Canadian pair Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford performing their winning free skate at the 2016 World Figure Skating Championships (their side-byside jump entry begins at 1:07 in the video): http://web.icenetwork.com/video/topic/174637818/v571390583

Songs for New Leaders

2020 ◽  
pp. 241-268
Author(s):  
Keith Howard
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Popular Music ◽  
North Korea ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
Pop Culture ◽  
Major Group ◽  
The Third ◽  
Kim Jong Il ◽  
Winter Olympic Games

This chapter first turns the spotlight on how fascist and socialist states approach popular music, both in respect to control and censorship and in attempts to create authorized pop repertories, arguing for a redefinition of “popular.” It then introduces the two North Korean pop bands established in the mid-1980s, Pochonbo and Wangjaesan. Two vignettes explore how pop songs functioned as a “state telegraph” during the 1994–1997 transition period to Kim Jong Il that began with Kim Il Sung’s death, and during 2009–2011 as the third leader, Kim Jong Un, was eased into power, following the death of Kim Jong Il. Featuring Moranbong as the major group, it next discusses the revival in pop culture that began around 2010, finding evidence for this revival stretching back to the beginning of the new millennium. An epilogue briefly considers 2018, when North Korea sent an expanded Samjiyŏn troupe with 130 musicians to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games and South Korea reciprocated, sending K-pop stars to Pyongyang. From 2015, with the second incarnation of Moranbong, and then in 2018 with the Samjiyŏn troupe, the clock was turned back, and songs once again became the primary musical tool of the northern regime, reinforcing ideology, and signaling changes both within North Korea and in North Korea’s relations with the outside world.

scholarly journals THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY ON SPORTS DEVELOPMENT ON THE EXAMPLE OF XXIII WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES 2018

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Olegovna Konstantinova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Econometric Model ◽  
Winter Olympics ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
Winter Olympic Games ◽  
The Impact

This paper considers the impact of the country's social and economic development on its sporting achievements using the example of the participating countries of the XXIII Winter Olympics 2018, held in South Korea. Based on the results of statistical analysis, an econometric model is constructed that determines the degree of influence of the studied factor on the resulting variable.

Media Framing of the Unified Korean Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Team

2020 ◽  
pp. 216747952092576
Author(s):  
Taeyeon Oh ◽  
Seungmo Kim ◽  
Adam Love ◽  
Won Jae Seo
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Media Framing ◽  
Ice Hockey ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Political Issue ◽  
Team Selection ◽  
Winter Olympic Games

North and South Korea competed with a unified women’s ice hockey team at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. Although the two nations had fielded unified teams at previous international sporting events, the decision to form a unified women’s ice hockey team in 2018 became a contentious political issue. To investigate the relationship between traditional media and social media when covering a controversial political issue in sport, the researchers in the current study examined newspaper coverage and Twitter commentary focused on the unified Korean women’s ice hockey team. Results indicated that newspapers played an important agenda-setting role; progressive newspapers were active in framing the team positively throughout the Olympic Games period, whereas conservative papers covered the team less frequently and framed it negatively. Discussion about the unified team on Twitter was initially positive but turned primarily negative when controversial statements from politicians and issues of unfairness in team selection arose. Ultimately, the results highlight elements of the symbiotic relationship between traditional media and social media.

Content Analysis of the Globe and Mail's Coverage of the Winter Olympic Games

1997 ◽  
Vol 85 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1365-1366
Author(s):  
Jim Urquhart ◽  
Jane Crossman
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Ice Hockey ◽  
Personal History ◽  
Figure Skating ◽  
Alpine Skiing ◽  
Winter Olympic Games ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Location Type

To collect empirical data on the Globe and Mail sports section's coverage of the Winter Olympic Games from 1924 to 1992 a content analysis was performed on 1,184 articles and 532 pictures using size, sport, location, type, and performance. One-way analysis of variance and such analysis with Newman-Keuls were used to assess significance of differences among these indices. The number and size of articles and pictures increased steadily from 1924 to 1992. Articles about Canadian medal winners were larger in size but occurred as frequently as for nonmedal winners. Most articles concerning the Olympics were found on the first two pages of the sports section. Ice hockey received the most coverage (29.5%), followed by figure skating (11.6%), alpine skiing (10.8%), and speed skating (6.2%). Their primary focus was on athletes' accomplishments, personal history, or the outcome of an event.

scholarly journals The Samjiyon Orchestra as a North Korean Means for Gender Based Cultural Diplomacy

2020 ◽  
pp. 57-82
Author(s):  
Pekka Korhonen ◽  
Tomoomi Mori
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Korean Peninsula ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Cultural Diplomacy ◽  
Peace Process ◽  
The North ◽  
Winter Olympic Games ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Selection Of

In 2018 it appeared that a peace process on the Korean Peninsula had got underway. Lots of publicity was produced on inter-Korean relations and many types of messages and diplomatic actors started to move across the border with South Korea. One important element in this process was cultural diplomacy, conducted partly by athletes and cheering squads during the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games, and partly by musical ensembles. Selection of the Samjiyon Orchestra for the Pyeongchang events sheds light on the kind of image the North Korean leadership wanted to display of the country on the international stage. This article analyses the characteristics of the orchestra, where it came from, and why was it suitable for cultural diplomacy. Our wider goal is to understand music as an element in North Korean foreign policy. Evidently, music is considered an important tool for specific occasions, though its use is intermittent rather than regular.

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