Einstellungen zum olympischen Gigantismus: Befunde zu Deutschland

Kurscheidt, Markus; Prüschenk, Nathalie

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“…In particular, Olympic experiences may inspire both residents and spectators by the Olympic idea. As a result, they tend to be less critical about the size and costs of the Olympics (Kurscheidt & Prüschenk, 2020) and to support future bids for the Games (Schnitzer, Walde, Scheiber, Nagiller, & Tappeiner, 2019). However, changes in beliefs do not necessarily cause changes in habits (Preuss, 2019).…”

Section: Olympic Values Social Capital and Spectator Perceptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, spectators from diverse national and cultural backgrounds may have different access to Olympic capital. In addition, the level of involvement has an impact on the perception of Olympic issues (Kurscheidt & Prüschenk, 2020;Schnitzer et al, 2018), such as future support of Olympic bids (Schnitzer et al, 2019). Moreover, viewers who collectively follow the Olympics (e.g., in a sports bar) are expected to have a different perception from those watching individually at home (Woratschek, Durchholz, Maier, & Ströbel, 2017).…”

Section: Transfer Of Olympic Capital To Spectators By Social Exchangementioning

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“…The result of these tensions could indeed be an erosion of the social capital created by Olympic values. Therefore, communication campaigns, when bidding for and staging Olympic Games, have to be credible and verifiable (Kurscheidt & Prüschenk, 2020). However, this is largely a question of given socioeconomic constellations that have to be further empirically investigated (Prüschenk & Kurscheidt, 2017;Schnitzer, Walde, Scheiber, Nagiller, & Tappeiner, 2018).…”

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Towards a Model of Olympic Social Capital: Theory and Early Evidence

Prüschenk

Kurscheidt

2020

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Towards a model of Olympic social capital: Theory and early evidence Social capital in sports has become an increasingly studied topic. In particular, it has been argued that social capital is created by value-based cultural practices and social exchanges with respect to sport participation and sporting events. However, empirical evidence is scarce and does not capture causal relationships in the process of social capital creation. A general criticism in the social capital literature is that the existing theory falls short of modelling causalities in more detail. Therefore, this paper attempts to develop a causal model of social capital formation within the Olympic movement. It is an exemplary case because of the global esteem of the Olympic Games and their value foundation in Olympism. The worldwide awareness of the Olympics moreover creates social capital among spectators. However, the process of how the perception of Olympic values by spectators is transformed into Olympic social capital is not well understood. Thus, the theoretical modelling focuses on the so-called bridging capital accumulated by Olympic spectators. It is reasoned that the interrelationship of the three Olympic key values of respect, friendship and excellence is perceived and adopted by live spectators via a cyclic process of simultaneous experience resulting in a sustainable episodic memory. In contrast, broadcast spectators develop a dichotomous semantic memory, more influenced by socio-economic tensions caused by the commodification of the Olympic value of excellence. Hence, the live Olympic capital tends to be larger than the broadcast Olympic capital. The plausibility of the model’s propositions is illustrated by data from a cluster sample (N=1,703) of German broadcast spectators of and visitors to the 2016 Summer Olympics and 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games. The basic proposition of the larger live Olympic capital is confirmed, while the evidence for the emotional exposure and socio-economic environment when experiencing the event is mixed.

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Section: Olympic Values Social Capital and Spectator Perceptionmentioning

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Section: Transfer Of Olympic Capital To Spectators By Social Exchangementioning

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Towards a Model of Olympic Social Capital: Theory and Early Evidence

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“…The fundamental principles of Olympism imply that the Olympic Games should be based on Olympic spirit and promote such values as friendship, solidarity, and fair play [ 1 ]. However, some trends show a growing skepticism among the population regarding the Olympic Games, especially in Europe [ 20 , 43 ], which encourages deep interest in the dissemination of the Olympic Values. The recently developed OVS [ 22 ] could be a useful research instrument in better understanding how people perceive values related with the Olympic Games.…”

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Adaptation and Validation of the Lithuanian-Language Version of the Olympic Value Scale (OVS)

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Majauskienė

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Background: The Olympic Games is one of the biggest sports events which should express and promote Olympic ideals. Aiming to generate more insights on the expression of Olympic Values, the Olympic Value Scale (OVS) was developed to assess how people perceive values in relation to the Olympic Games. The aim of the present study was to examine the validity and reliability of the Lithuanian version of OVS (LT-OVS). Methods: The scale construct validity and reliability was tested using a sample of 365 university students (mean age 22.02, SD = 6.58; 49.9% male). After the evaluation of the scale structure, convergent and discriminant validity as well as reliability of the scale were evaluated by assessing composite reliability and average variance extracted (AVE), examining the square root of the AVE. For further validity analysis, associations between the LT-OVS factors and other variables were examined. Results: The original OVS captures three dimensions, which are appreciation of diversity, friendly relations with others, and achievement in competition. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses confirmed the original three-factor structure of the OVS. The internal consistency values for all three subscales of the LT-OVS were 0.80 and higher. Convergent and discriminant validity criterions were met. Relations between the LT-OVS dimensions and attitudes towards fair play and Olympic Games were also revealed and discussed. Conclusions: This study makes a contribution by confirming the validity of the LT-OVS and encouraging future adaptation of it into other cultures and research on Olympic Values.

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“…Event owners and hosts will tout positive outcomes and sceptical citizens' social movements will flag negative ones. Thus, the current decline in interest to bid for megaevents and the recent success of public referenda against mega-events is driven by media reporting, strong emotions and the recent memories of negative outcomes associated with Sochi 2014 and Rio 2016 (Coates and Wicker 2015;Hiller 2020;Kurscheidt and Prüschenk 2020). If and when more positive examples of hosting emerge, these might swing public opinion in the opposite direction.…”

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The mega-events database: systematising the evidence on mega-event outcomes

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Although events such as the Olympic Games and World's Fairs are among the largest of mega-projects, there is little systematic data to evaluate their outcomes over a longer period of time and across multiple sites. This research note describes the first longitudinal database on mega-event outcomes. It lays out the rationale and major goals of the database, its methodological approach and content, and its challenges and limitations. The database allows analysing larger patterns of mega-event contexts and outcomes, and helps evaluating mega-events as public policies.

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Einstellungen zum olympischen Gigantismus: Befunde zu Deutschland

Cited by 6 publications

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Towards a Model of Olympic Social Capital: Theory and Early Evidence

Towards a Model of Olympic Social Capital: Theory and Early Evidence

Adaptation and Validation of the Lithuanian-Language Version of the Olympic Value Scale (OVS)

The mega-events database: systematising the evidence on mega-event outcomes

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