National sport success and the emergent social atmosphere: The case of Iceland
Iceland attracted international attention when its national football team qualified for the 2018 Men’s World Cup. This surprise qualification made Iceland the smallest nation to qualify in the 88-year history of the prestigious competition. During the World Cup, life in Iceland seemed to center on t...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/1012690220912415 2023-05-15T16:43:18+02:00 National sport success and the emergent social atmosphere: The case of Iceland Halldorsson, Vidar University of Iceland Research Fund 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1012690220912415 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1012690220912415 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/1012690220912415 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license International Review for the Sociology of Sport volume 56, issue 4, page 471-492 ISSN 1012-6902 1461-7218 Social Sciences (miscellaneous) Sociology and Political Science journal-article 2020 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/1012690220912415 2022-09-21T19:49:47Z Iceland attracted international attention when its national football team qualified for the 2018 Men’s World Cup. This surprise qualification made Iceland the smallest nation to qualify in the 88-year history of the prestigious competition. During the World Cup, life in Iceland seemed to center on the Icelandic team and attract interest and attention from almost every Icelander. But how widespread was the national interest in Iceland’s participation and did the inclusion of Iceland in the competition have any positive social/psychological impact on individuals and/or Icelandic society? Questionnaire data from a sample of the Icelandic population show that there was extensive interest among Icelanders in the participation of the Icelandic team in the World Cup. The findings further show that Iceland’s participation positively affected the mood of Icelanders and created a positive atmosphere among the Icelandic nation, as well as some critical attitudes, at least for the short term. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland SAGE Publications (via Crossref) International Review for the Sociology of Sport 56 4 471 492 |
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Iceland attracted international attention when its national football team qualified for the 2018 Men’s World Cup. This surprise qualification made Iceland the smallest nation to qualify in the 88-year history of the prestigious competition. During the World Cup, life in Iceland seemed to center on the Icelandic team and attract interest and attention from almost every Icelander. But how widespread was the national interest in Iceland’s participation and did the inclusion of Iceland in the competition have any positive social/psychological impact on individuals and/or Icelandic society? Questionnaire data from a sample of the Icelandic population show that there was extensive interest among Icelanders in the participation of the Icelandic team in the World Cup. The findings further show that Iceland’s participation positively affected the mood of Icelanders and created a positive atmosphere among the Icelandic nation, as well as some critical attitudes, at least for the short term. |
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National sport success and the emergent social atmosphere: The case of Iceland |
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