Politics, policy and legacies of the Olympics in Asia Pacific: a panoramic view

Lee, Jung Woo; Tan, Tien-Chin

doi:10.1080/17430437.2021.2004731

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“…Next, the 2014 Sochi Games, in Russia, were standing in the shadow of Putin’s 2013 Bill that legislated for fines being given to people promoting homosexual relationships, which caused Coca Cola to withdraw its sponsorship of the games (Davidson & McDonald, 2018). Next, in 2018, the games were hosted in South Korea, in PyeongChang, where the official website of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games posted a world map without the Japanese archipelago (Lee & Tan, 2021), reflecting the ongoing tension between the countries. Another political matter during these games was the exclusion of the Russian team, due to a ban by the Olympic Committee after conclusive evidence that Russia was systematically doping its athletes.…”

Section: Winter Olympics and Politicsmentioning

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The Twitter Following For the Beijing Winter Olympics and the Russian–Chinese Fans’ Alliance: A Social Network Analysis

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Samuel-Azran

2022

American Behavioral Scientist

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The current study examines the extent to which mega sport events play a role in connecting people from different countries, using the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics as its case study. The analysis examines social connection (on Twitter) between Chinese and Russians and whether these connections are more likely to occur among the followers of the @Beijing2022 Twitter account, if compared with Twitter users in these countries who do not follow this account. The choice of the Russians and the Chinese also stems from their countries’ united front against those Western countries whose diplomats boycotted the games. The analysis reveals that, in cases where two people follow @Beijing2022, the likelihood of there being a connection between them increases by 8%, as compared with those people who do not follow this account, while controlling for other relevant variables. The findings indicate that mega sport events which take place under a boycott have the ability to be enhancers of international social connections.

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Section: Winter Olympics and Politicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Twitter Following For the Beijing Winter Olympics and the Russian–Chinese Fans’ Alliance: A Social Network Analysis

Hayat

Galily

Samuel-Azran

2022

American Behavioral Scientist

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“…Furthermore, the Olympic host, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), had no reason to refuse the proposal for the unified team. IOC believed that the unified team might fill the vacuum left by North American professional ice hockey team, National Hockey League (NHL), which decided not to complete in the PyeongChang Olympic Games (Lee & Tan, 2021).…”

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The Perception of the Unified South-North Korean Women’s Ice Hockey Team for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games among Young Adults in South Korea

Lee¹,

Shin²,

Jang³

2023

Int J Appl Sports Sci

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The purpose of this study was to investigate Korean young adults’ perceptions about the formation process of North and South Korean unified women’s ice hockey team for 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games in South Korea. Q-method was used to analyze perceptions about the formation process of the unified ice hockey team. Q-statements were distributed to 42 people in their 20s and 30s in Seoul, South Korea. Distribution of Q-statements was analyzed using Qunal program. We found three types of perception: 1) athletic sacrifice forcing type, a recognition that the formation process of the unified ice hockey team was used for political purpose and a promotional tool for the Olympic Games; 2) inter-Korean exchange development type, a conception that the unified ice hockey team positively contributed to the promotion of exchange of North and South Korea, economic cooperation, peace, and harmony; and 3) political purposes pursuit type, a perception that the formation of the unified ice hockey team was primarily used to achieve political and diplomatic goals and that the media mainly conveyed positive aspect of the unified team for this purpose. The use of sports for political and diplomatic purpose is likely to increase in the future. Perception types among Korean adults in their 20s and 30s are likely to be mixed in the future. Therefore, it is important to promote consensus among Koreans regarding the formation of a South and North Korean unified team in the future.

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Politics, policy and legacies of the Olympics in Asia Pacific: a panoramic view

Cited by 2 publications

References 30 publications

The Twitter Following For the Beijing Winter Olympics and the Russian–Chinese Fans’ Alliance: A Social Network Analysis

The Twitter Following For the Beijing Winter Olympics and the Russian–Chinese Fans’ Alliance: A Social Network Analysis

The Perception of the Unified South-North Korean Women’s Ice Hockey Team for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games among Young Adults in South Korea

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