2023年11月17日 · In this article, various historical cases of political propaganda in football and sports in general have been presented. The four cases analyzed (Spain, Argentina, Italy, and Germany) share certain similarities as they involve authoritarian military governments seizing opportunities presented by major sporting events to use them as channels for ...

Benoit writes that during this period, European football began to embody four main characteristics: 1) an agent of international relations, in the sense that the foreign policies of European nations became articulated in matches; 2) a source of political propaganda, as football was used to build national pride and establish the legitimacy of ...

In the inter-war years, football was a popular sport which drew huge crowds of spectators. The totalitarian regimes of Germany and Italy, argues Peter J. Beck, were not slow to realise the propaganda, potential of their nations' sporting successes – and soon Britain recognised the value of sport to its own national image.

Football is increasingly becoming an instrument of political power. Dictators in the Middle East brutally bring players into line and present themselves in the stands as fathers of the people. In Syria, stadiums were used as military bases and internment camps. But football is often also directed against the state.

2009年11月4日 · The propaganda campaigns during the Football War alluded to three key principles. The newspapers and government understood that being a supporter of football is intrinsically an act of micro-nationalism. International football then magnifies this micro-nationalism on the grand stage of the World Cup qualifying matches.

British government of the value of football as part of a wider programme of national advertisement, that is, of projecting a favourable image of Britain in the wider world. The basic objective of Nazi propaganda was to convert a relatively passive acceptance of …

2022年12月22日 · The book eloquently encapsulates how the game of football has been used both by the statesmen and supporters to promote their larger political goals. By doing so, it has depicted the ‘power’ of foo...

Football has been inscribed with tribalism, protest, military propaganda, political symbols and modes of masculinity since its inception. Through its local connections and global appeal, football is an important platform for sociopolitical distinction and regulation.

2016年4月17日 · Football was always a working man’s sport and Europe’s right-wing dictatorships knew they could attract and influence people using it. When Hitler came in to full power in 1933, all the owners, players, sponsors and journalists that were Jewish were excluded.

Football has been inscribed with tribalism, protest, military propaganda, political symbols and modes of masculinity since its inception. Through its local connections and global appeal, football is an important platform for sociopolitical distinction and regulation. Foot-ball also o ers a unique space for the public per-