Annotated Bibliography on Hosting Sport Events

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1. Domestic sport policy development Giulianotti, R., Armstrong, G., Hales, G., & Hobbs, D. (2015). Sport mega-events and public opposition: A sociological study of the London 2012 Olympics. Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 39(2), 99-119.

2. This is an article that was written to highlight the public expenditure in relation to preparation of an event London Olympic. 3. The article highlights the events of the Olympic event to the mind of adolescent mental health.

4. The article is based on an investigation that was carried out to investigate the effect of the Olympic games to theming of adolescent school going children aged between 11 and 12 years. The study was conducted using a survey by making follow-ups on the study population 6 and 18 months after the Olympic. The study was conducted for 2254 students in a randomly selected number of schools.

5. This study is relatively important to my research in that it examines the areas related to the events of Olympic which is related to the preparations for hosting Olympic in Pyeongchang 2018.

2. Citation, 3.Introduction, 4.method, 5. Relevance to the research

Kim, W., Jun, H. M., Walker, M., & Drane, D. (2015). Evaluating the perceived social impacts of hosting large-scale sport tourism events: Scale development and validation. Tourism Management, 48, 21-32.

2. According to this article, large scale sports attract a large number of national and international attendee who at the end of the day influence the cultures and social life of the local community. 3. The study in the paper was to develop and test multidimensional scale to evaluate the impact of large scale sport to the tourism sector. 4. Study was conducted using questionnaires for a total of 1567 individuals randomly selected. 5. The main limitation of the article was lack of valid and reliable instrumentations to measure the positive and negative impact of the sports. 6. The study is relevance to my research as it highlights the things that actually affect the preparation of a mega sport event such as the one in my research area. 1. Citation 2. Introduction 3. Purpose 4. Methodology 5. Limitation 6. Relevance to this research.

Scott, K. G. (2015). The Impact of Hosting the Summer Olympic Games on Economic Growth in Developing Countries: A Case Study of the 2008 Beijing Games (Doctoral dissertation, The University of Mississippi).

2. This research highlighted the importance of a mega-sport event in a nation. According to this article, it is expected that at the end of such an event, a country should celebrate a gain economically. However, some nations report a net loss in their GDP once the events are over. 3. Cost and benefits are compared in this study relating to hosting an Olympic event.

4. This article is relevant to the overall topic in that the events in my study so as to shed some light on the costs of an event. 1. Citation 2. Introduction 3. Aims and objectives 4. Relevance to the study