dc.contributor.author
Gerschewski, Johannes
dc.contributor.author
Giebler, Heiko
dc.contributor.author
Hellmeier, Sebastian
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Keremoğlu, Eda
dc.contributor.author
Zürn, Michael
dc.date.accessioned
2024-09-05T09:26:16Z
dc.date.available
2024-09-05T09:26:16Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/44807
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-44517
dc.description.abstract
Non-democratic regimes have increasingly been hosting major sports events to boost their visibility and image abroad, which sparked debates about the potential for “sportswashing”. Using the case of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar we examine how the framing of the tournament influenced opinions about Qatar abroad. Our pre-registered survey experiment with more than 14,000 respondents in eight European countries conducted before the tournament shows that framing it in light of human rights issues in Qatar leads to more negative attitudes towards the host of the World Cup. In contrast, frames emphasizing Qatar’s organizational capacity improve respondents’ attitudes. The heterogeneity of effects across countries highlights the relevance of the national information environment for the effects of major sports events on public opinion. These findings suggest that critical media coverage could potentially mitigate sportswashing efforts while uncritical coverage can increase the legitimacy of autocracies.
en
dc.format.extent
19 Seiten
dc.rights.uri
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject
Human rights
en
dc.subject.ddc
300 Sozialwissenschaften::320 Politikwissenschaft::320 Politikwissenschaft
dc.title
The limits of sportswashing. How the 2022 FIFA World Cup affected attitudes about Qatar
dc.type
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.articlenumber
e0308702
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.1371/journal.pone.0308702
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle
PLoS ONE
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.number
8
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume
19
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.url
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0308702
refubium.affiliation
Politik- und Sozialwissenschaften
refubium.affiliation.other
Otto-Suhr-Institut für Politikwissenschaft
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SCRIPTS, Cluster of Excellence “Contestations of the Liberal Script”
refubium.resourceType.isindependentpub
no
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access
dcterms.isPartOf.eissn
1932-6203
refubium.resourceType.provider
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