Perception of the new competition formats in the Innsbruck 2012 Youth Olympic Games sports programme—A spectators’ perspective

Schnitzer, Martin; Scheiber, S. H.; Lang, Madeleine; Brandstetter, Elisabeth; Kopp, Martin

doi:10.1016/j.smr.2014.01.002

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“…Even though the YOG are quite new, scholars have analysed the event from different perspectives, focusing on the peculiarities of the YOG like the educational programme (Doll‐Tepper, 2014; Götzel, 2013; Krieger, 2012; Kristiansen, 2013; Schnitzer, Peters, Scheiber, & Pocecco, 2014) or new sports event formats (Schnitzer, Scheiber, Lang, Brandstetter, & Kopp, 2014). Furthermore, researchers have analysed legacy aspects related to the athletes (Peters & Schnitzer, 2015; Schnitzer, Bork, Eder, Zobl, & Schlemmer, 2017) or to stakeholder/network relationships (Parent, Kristiansen, & MacIntosh, 2014; Parent, Kristiansen, Skille, & Hanstad, 2013).…”

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Do the Youth Olympic Games promote Olympism? Analysing a mission (im)possible from a local youth perspective

Schnitzer

Walde

Scheiber

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European Journal of Sport Science

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On the basis of the Youth Olympic Games (YOG), we assess if and how the youth in the communities of the YOG host cities have been influenced concerning their perception of the Olympic values (OV) and the Olympic movement (OM). Special attention of the study is paid to the analysis of intervention mechanisms which the local youth underwent (e.g. attending the YOG on-site, participating in school programmes). Our study was conducted among 1004 adolescents living in the host region three years after the Innsbruck 2012 YOG had been staged. Our analyses extend the corresponding literature by (1) showing that the YOG and the involvement of the local youth in such an event have the power of creating an interest in the OM and its events, but do not have the power to influence the young citizens' perception of the OV significantly; (2) illustrating that the perception adolescents have of the OV depend mainly on their socio-demographic background, their a priori interest in sports events, social capital (norms, institutional trust) and the extent to which the youngsters follow the event in the different media; and (3) corroborating the hypothesis that intervention programmes (e.g. school programmes) for promoting (Olympic) values and ideals should not be single, obligatory and isolated activities. We conclude that it is not surprising that the International Olympic Committee has reformulated the goals for the YOG in the Olympic Agenda 2020, as some goals relating to the promotion of the OV might have been a mission impossible.

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Do the Youth Olympic Games promote Olympism? Analysing a mission (im)possible from a local youth perspective

Schnitzer

Walde

Scheiber

et al. 2018

European Journal of Sport Science

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“…Scientific interest culminated in different research projects on these events. The research conducted into Innsbruck's sports events focused on potential management and/or tourism implications and primarily related to economic impact studies (Preuss, Siller, Zehrer, Schütte, & Stickdorn, 2010;Schnitzer, Bodner, Scheiber, Thöni, & Kopp, 2016;Thöni & Philippovich, 2008), customer satisfaction (Preuss et al, 2010;Schnitzer & Stickdorn, 2012) and the perception of these events (or aspects thereof) from the single stakeholders' view (Schnitzer, Scheiber, Lang, Brandstetter, & Kopp, 2014;Schnitzer, Peters, Scheiber, & Pocecco, 2014). In an internal report relating to the socio-economic impacts of the YOG 2012 (Thöni, Kopp, & Bodner, 2013) a survey was conducted among hotel operators (n = 32) in Innsbruck to ascertain their views as to whether Innsbruck should bid for future events.…”

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