Essays about: "Sporting events"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 27 essays containing the words Sporting events.
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1. Tapestry of rural lives : trust and ties within BYGDSAM association
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Local communities across Europe have been experiencing a decline in population and public services. To counter this trend, civil society often steps up through voluntary associations. READ MORE
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2. The Uses and Abuses of Sports Diplomacy The European Parliament versus FIFA 208 & 2022 : Discourse analysis on EP statements on the controversies surrounding FIFA 2018 & 2022
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : Are there any consequences of using sports diplomacy? This thesis will look into sports diplomacy in the recent FIFA 2018 and 2022 cases from the lens of the European Parliament. Large sporting events have grown into an international phenomenon, that has been studied from the premises of power. READ MORE
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3. Public Communication in a Pandemic : Language in COVID‐19 public health advertising
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälleAbstract : This linguistic study in the field of pragmatics looked at the language used by public health authorities in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States to inform citizens about COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021. It made a qualitative analysis of advertisements that were posted on Instagram by the Department of Health and Aged Care, the National Health Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in relation to COVID-19 during this time frame. READ MORE
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4. Forecasting Football Corner Odds: Statistical Modelling, Betting Strategies and Assessing Market Efficiency
University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematisk statistikAbstract : Statistical modelling could be included in a betting strategy where the value of a bet is assessed by comparing model predictions and market odds. This thesis presents several models based on statistical learning methods for predicting the total number of corners in a football match. READ MORE
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5. Employment Effects of the FIFA World Cup on Host Nations : An Event Study
University essay from Jönköping UniversityAbstract : 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