Essays about: "Soccer World Cup"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Soccer World Cup.

1. 1. Employment Effects of the FIFA World Cup on Host Nations : An Event Study

   University essay from Jönköping University

   Author : Felix Wettborg; [2022]
   Keywords : Econometrics; Mega Sports Events; Event Economics; Difference-In-Difference; Employment; Two-Ways Fixed Effects Difference-in-Difference; Event Study; Staggered Adoption; World Cup; Soccer; FIFA;

   Abstract : The employment effect of hosting the FIFA world cup has been researched multiple times with city, municipality, or state data using a variety of methods. Arguably, the Difference-In-Difference (DID) method, first used by Hotchkiss et al. READ MORE

3. 2. "This team wins, everyone wins" A critical analysis of femvertising techniques and mediated discourses in Nike advertisements featuring the US Women’s National Soccer Team during World Cup year 2019

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Hanna Terry; [2019]
   Keywords : Gender roles; Media; Feminism; Post-feminism; Femvertising; Discourse; Soccer; Nike;

   Abstract : Nike has long been considered in the sports and advertising world as being a “champion” for women’s empowerment. Since their shift towards female-centred marketing for their sub-brand in 1987, Nike has been at the forefront of women-specific sports products and advertising, and has received many accolades for their female-centred advertising messages (Flynn, 2015). READ MORE

4. 3. Adding Information to Complement a Football Broadcast : Exploring the possibilities of improving the viewer experience of a broadcasted football game with the use of additional information through motion tracking

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för datavetenskap och medieteknik (DM)

   Author : Tom Olsson; [2018]
   Keywords : Football; Soccer; Broadcast; Motion tracking; User experience; Viewer experience; Narrative; Information; Graphics;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to explore the possibilities of improving the viewer experience of a broadcasted football game with the use of additional information, applied to the footage with the use of motion tracking. This work was conducted in collaboration with SVT Design. READ MORE

5. 4. Learning for RoboCup Soccer : Policy Gradient Reinforcement Learning inmulti-agent systems

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC)

   Author : Christian Lidström; Hannes Leskelä; [2014]
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   Abstract : Robo Cup Soccer is a long-running yearly world wide robotics competition,in which teams of autonomous robot agents play soccer against each other.This report focuses on the 2D simulator variant, where no actual robots are needed and the agents instead communicate with a server which keeps trackof the game state. READ MORE

6. 5. South Africa 2010 and beyond : A study of how the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup affects South Africa's environmental efforts

   University essay from Institutionen för samhällsvetenskap

   Author : Sofia Svensson; [2009]
   Keywords : 2010; climate; environment; FIFA; Soccer World Cup; South Africa;

   Abstract : The study investigates South Africa’s actions and efforts within environmental and climate issues in relation to the country’s hosting of the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup. The investigation is conducted by applying idea analysis on the empirical material in order to highlight what ideas South Africa might have when it comes to environmental and climate related measures in connection to the World Cup. READ MORE