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213. Sports day in Canada: a longitudinal evaluation.

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White, Lauren, Luciani, Alicia, Berry, Tanya R., Deshpande, Sameer, Latimer-Cheung, Amy, O'Reilly, Norm, Rhodes, Ryan E., Spence, John C., Tremblay, Mark S., and Faulkner, Guy

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SPORTS events, CONFIDENCE intervals, HEALTH behavior, INTENTION, LONGITUDINAL method, SURVEYS, T-test (Statistics), LOGISTIC regression analysis, SPORTS participation, PHYSICAL activity, ODDS ratio, ONE-way analysis of variance, PSYCHOLOGY
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Sports Day in Canada (SDIC) is an annual event celebrating the role of sport within communities and promoting sport participation across Canada. SDIC ends a week of thousands of local sporting events and activities with a day-long national television broadcast. The objectives of this study were to evaluate whether awareness of SDIC has increased over time among Canadians (2010–2013), identify correlates of awareness, and assess changes in individuals' intentions to engage in sport. Online surveys were administered (2010: N = 863; 2011: N = 674; 2012: N = 861; 2013: N = 1447) to assess demographics, levels of physical activity and sport participation, awareness of SDIC, and intentions to participate in sport and physical activity as a result of SDIC. Analyses were conducted using independent t-tests, one-way ANOVAs, and a series of binary logistic regressions. Awareness of SDIC increased significantly from 26.9% in 2010 to 41.2% in 2013. Current sport participation (OR 1.21; 95% CI [1.11, 1.32]; OR 1.32; 95% CI [1.19, 1.47]; OR 1.26; 95% CI [1.16, 1.37]; OR 1.30; 95% CI [1.22, 1.38]) was the only significant correlate of awareness in years 2010–2013, respectively. Among people aware of SDIC, intentions to participate in sport as a result of SDIC have significantly increased over time, F(3, 1662) = 8.88, p <.001. Special events such as SDIC appear to have a role to play as part of a broader strategy to encourage sport participation among Canadians. A challenge for such events remains in reaching inactive people. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2016
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249. Shaping an International Issue: Analyzing U.S. Media Coverage about a ‘War with Iraq’.

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Tajima, Atsushi, Nah, Seungahn, Park, David, Deshpande, Sameer, Nichols, Sandy, Yaros, Ronald, and St. Clair, Denise

Subjects
MASS media & politics, POLITICAL communication, PRESIDENTS of the United States, QUALITATIVE research, UNITED States politics & government, 2001-2009
Abstract

This paper attempts to critically analyze the media coverage on a possible war with Iraq, proposed by US President George W. Bush in September 2002. To analyze the issue as an international issue, this paper first extensively reviews various salient characteristics of international issues, their media coverage, and public perception. They include the structural limitations of news gathering, various "distances" or "borderlands" emphasized or deemphasized in international news, and construction of social sentiment. Based on this review, the latter half of the paper quantitatively and qualitatively analyzes U.S. media coverage on the Iraq issue through three agenda-setting newspapers. The quantitative analysis reveals news stories? reliance on U.S. official sources, while relatively marginalizing Iraqi sources, although Iraq would be the most affected location concerned. The qualitative analysis shows how various "distances" and "human agencies" are discursively and linguistically emphasized or deemphasized; thus showing support for the U.S. position on the issue. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2003
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250. Extending stakeholder theory to promote resource management initiatives to key stakeholders: A case study of water transfers in Alberta, Canada.

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Lafreniere, Katherine C., Deshpande, Sameer, Bjornlund, Henning, and Hunter, M. Gordon

Subjects
*STAKEHOLDERS, *RESOURCE management, *WATER transfer, *DECISION making, *MARKETING, *PERSONAL managers
Abstract

Abstract: Many attempts to implement resource management initiatives in Canadian and international communities have been resisted by stakeholders despite inclusion of their representatives in the decision-making process. Managers' failure to understand stakeholders' perspectives when proposing initiatives is a potential cause of this resistance. Our study uses marketing thought to enhance stakeholder theory by bringing in an audience-centric perspective. We attempt to understand how stakeholders perceive their interests in an organization and consequently decide how to influence that organization. By doing so, we investigate whether a disconnect exists between the perceptions of managers and those of stakeholders. Natural resource managers can utilize this knowledge to garner stakeholder support for the organization and its activities. We support this claim with findings from a water transfer plebiscite held in the Canadian province of Alberta. Sixteen personal interviews employing narrative inquiry were conducted to document voters' (i.e., irrigators') interpretations. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

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2013
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