The power of sport to unite a nation: the social value of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa
The power of sport to unite a nation: the social value of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa
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DOI：
10.1080/16184742.2013.809136
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发表时间：
2013-09-01
影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
Coetzee, Willie
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作者：
Heere, Bob;Walker, Matthew;Coetzee, Willie
多年来，经济学家一直质疑大型体育赛事的总体经济价值，认为主办城市和/或国家很少能实现信托利益。作为回应，各国政府对此类事件产生的社会影响提出了更有力的主张[例如，国际足球联合会（国际足联）世界杯、奥林匹克运动会等]。运用社会认同和社会资本理论，我们研究了国家认同对社会资本的影响，并测试了2010年世界杯足球赛是否对南非居民的国家认同产生了积极影响。居民（N=3769）从五个世界杯主办城市在南非进行了抽样之前和之后的事件，使用前实验设计，包括一组前测后测协议（O-X-O）。结果表明：（1）国家认同是社会资本的一个统计学显著（尽管适度）预测因素，（2）世界杯对居民国家认同的不同组成部分（消极和积极）的影响最小。
For a number of years, economists have questioned the aggregate economic value of mega sporting events, arguing that fiduciary benefits rarely materialize for host cities and/or nations. In response, governments have made stronger claims about social impacts derived from such events [e.g., Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup, Olympic Games, etc.]. Applying social identity and social capital theories, we examined the influence of national identity on social capital and tested whether the 2010 FIFA World Cup positively influenced the national identity of South African residents. Residents (N=3769) from five World Cup host cities in South Africa were sampled before and after the event, using a pre-experimental design consisting of a one-group pretest-posttest protocol (O-X-O). The results demonstrated that: (1) national identity was a statistically significant (albeit modest) predictor of social capital, and (2) the World Cup minimally influenced the varying components of resident national identity, both negative and positive.