Essays about: "Olympics"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 38 essays containing the word Olympics.

  1. 21. The effect of sports diplomacy on inter-Korean relations

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för Asien-, Mellanöstern- och Turkietstudier

    Author : Marianne Kristine Nymark; [2018]
    Keywords : Inter-Korean relations; 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games; Sports diplomacy; 1988 Seoul Olympic Games; Unified team; sunshine policy; Interkoreanska relationer; 2018 Pyeongchang vinter-OS; Sportdiplomatik; 1988 Seoul sommar-OS; Gemensamt lag; Solskenspolitiken;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to explain how sports events, in which North and South Korea have in some way worked or competed together, have affected the relationship between the two nations. This is carried out through the investigation of specific events; the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics, the competing of the joint table tennis- and football teams in 1991, the cooperation happening during the “sunshine policy”, from 1998 until 2008, as well as the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. READ MORE

  3. 22. Othering in the Olympics

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Emelie Wendesten; [2018]
    Keywords : Othering; Winter Olympics; Russia; West; US; US-Russia relations; Self; discourse analysis; identity; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Through the use of discourse analysis, this study examines how Russian identity claims have changed during increased tension with the West and to what extent it is noticed in the political arena of the Winter Olympics. The material consists of speeches and statements from leaders in the Russian government and the theoretical framework is based on Iver Neumann’s and Tzvetan Todorov’s theories on Othering. READ MORE

  4. 23. A sporting difference? : A comparative analysis of the media portrayal of male and female athletes during the Olympic Games 2016

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudier

    Author : Simone Schwarz; [2017]
    Keywords : Gender; equality; media representation; sport; Olympic Games; content analysis; feminist critical discourse analysis;

    Abstract : The underrepresentation of sportswomen in all forms of news coverage has been widely acknowledged by feminist media scholars. However, some researchers claim that there is a shift towards greater gender equality of sports media coverage, especially during the Olympic Games. READ MORE

  5. 24. Protesting Sport : A Comparative Study of Media Representations of the London Olympics, Sochi Olympics and Brazil World Cup in AJE, BBCW and RT

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/JMK

    Author : Luiza-Silvia Chiroiu; [2016]
    Keywords : Global broadcasters; narrative; global sport events; protest; disruption; sport; London Olympics; Sochi Olympics; Brazil World Cup;

    Abstract : Global sport competitions such as the Olympics and the World Cup were founded following universal principles of unity and peace and aiming to be celebrations of sportsmanship. Nowadays, however, they go beyond sport, being constructed as global media events in which both politics and media play an essential role. READ MORE

  6. 25. Repurposing Abandoned Sports Venues, Ferenc Puskas, The People´s Stadium

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Alessandro Comoli; [2015]
    Keywords : Budapest; Stadium;

    Abstract : REPURPOSING ABANDONED SPORT VENUES-FERENC PUSKAS, THE PEOPLE’S STADIUM People do not often think of what happens to the new venues built specifically for the World Cup or the Olympics. In a lot of cases the stadiums and infrastructures are not utilized afterwards because the activity they were designed for is not popular and not practiced in the area where they are built at. READ MORE