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EuroBasket articles published in academic journals
For the curious and interested, an article I wrote on the influence of major sports events on patriotic and nationalistic attitudes has been published online by the International Review for the Sociology of Sport. The article is entitled, “Influence of … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Cole, article, EuroBasket, publication, research, Simon Ličen, Sport Management
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Exposure to Mega-Events Not Automatic Patriotic Boost
In early November, I had the opportunity to discuss the influence of media exposure to sports events on national audiences at the conference of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport in Tampa, Florida. This presentation reported the … Continue reading
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Tagged EuroBasket, identity, media, NASSS, Olympic Games, Olympics, Rio, Summit on Communication and Sport, television
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Article for Communication & Sport Published Online
The results of an international study I co-authored with colleagues from four countries was recently published online before being printed in an upcoming issue of the Communication & Sport journal. The article entitled, “International Newspaper Coverage of the 2013 EuroBasket … Continue reading
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Tagged article, EuroBasket, media coverage, newspaper coverage, scholarship, Simon Ličen
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SI: Nov zakon s področja športa – v Kanadi
Pred dnevi sem pisal o prepovedi igre z glavo v mladinskem nogometu v Združenih državah Amerike. Danes je kanadska javna radiotelevizija poročala, da poteka v pokrajini Ontario priprava zakona o zaščiti (predvsem mladih) športnikov po pretresih možganov. Povod za uvedbo … Continue reading
SI: Prepoved igre z glavo v mladinskem nogometu v ZDA
Številni mediji – npr. BBC in Guardian – so poročali, da je ameriška nogometna zveza napovedala prepoved odbijanja žoge z glavo v tekmovanjih igralcev, mlajših od enajst let, in omejitev igranja in treniranja igre »z glavo« pri igralcih, mlajših od … Continue reading
Interview on RTVSLO.si
The end of the Winter Olympics seemed like a good opportunity to talk about the 2013 European Basketball Championship, sport media research, sport journalism on both sides of the Atlantic, and football! I spoke about them with Slavko Jerič from … Continue reading
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Tagged interview, Jim Crawford, MMC, RTVSLO.si, Simon Ličen, Slavko Jerič
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Quote in Pacific Standard
A few months ago I was quoted in a story published on the Pacific Standard website. The story focused on politics and sport, ranging from the recent Richard Sherman controversy to Soviet sports clubs. In case you were wondering, I … Continue reading
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Tagged news, Pacific Standard, politics, quote, Richard Sherman, Simon Ličen, Sport
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Interview on Val 202
Despite the update I posted in December, www.simonlicen.com has not been updated yet. Hopefully I will be able to do so over the summer at the latest. In the meantime, readers (and listeners!) in Slovenia might be interested in an … Continue reading
International Sports Press Survey 2011 book published
A new book detailing the results of the International Sports Press Survey conducted in 2011 has recently been published. The world’s largest study of its kind helps identify similarities and differences in sports reporting on a global scale. The results … Continue reading
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Tagged International Sports Press Survey, ISPS 2011, Play the Game, Simon Ličen, sport journalism
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[SI] Stava legend ali legendarni plagiat?
Televizijski oglas Pivovarne Laško močno spominja na ameriško reklamo za McDonald’s To poletje se Pivovarna Laško oglašuje s kampanjo, imenovano Stava. Zvezdi oglaševalske akcije sta nogometaša Sebastjan Cimirotić in Marcos Tavares, ki se merita v tem, kdo je »večja legenda.« … Continue reading →