MeCCSA-PGN: UK media framing of the Beijing 2008 Olympics

Last week I have delivered my last conference presentation for this academic year and conference season. It’s been a busy year, recipe the MeCCSA paper being in fact my 4th for this year (after 2 in Vancouver and 1 in the US at the Power of Sport Summit). There are two more presentations scheduled for …

ISDPA Power of Sport Summit – Olympism sessions

There were two Olympism sessions at the ISDPA Power of Sport Summit touching mainly on two major topics: youth (as in the Youth Olympic Games and Olympic Education) and Human Rights (as in the Charter as a human rights promotion mechanism and one on the Olympic Truce). To them Dr Mary Hums’ presentation on a …

Katho New Media course evaluation – May 2010

The two weeks of the Katho New Media course came and passed quickly. I had a smaller class this time which enabled me to better interact with the students and follow closer their progress. This also meant that the course was more intense (and intensive) as the teams were smaller. Unlike with the previous semesters …