TY - JOUR

T1 - ROLE OF SPORTS IN NATIONAL POLICIES IN OPINIONS OF RUSSIAN POLITICIANS AND CITIZENS

AU - Гришанина, Анастасия Николаевна

AU - Олесич, Нинэль Яковлевна

AU - Свешникова, Наталья Олеговна

AU - Мельник, Галина Сергеевна

PY - 2018/2/1

Y1 - 2018/2/1

N2 - The study analyses results of the questionnaire survey of the Russian population to poll the public attitudes to the Olympics in Vancouver where the Russian team ended up unusually low on the scoreboard. The questionnaire survey was designed to obtain opinions of ordinary residents, politicians and government officers on the role of sports in the national policies. The study data and analysis confirmed the hypothesis of certain correlation between the sport conceptions formed by the government offices and public attitudes to sports. The study applied the Swartz Probe to test the respondents' values and priorities in the sports domain. The government officers' opinions were rated by the content analysis of their speeches on sport matters. Correlation analysis of the survey data showed that the respondents tend to accept sports as a genuine component of a healthy lifestyle, good business for the young people, professional field, and a critical part of the national culture. It is important that the respondents generally accept the modern sports as a part of governmental policies albeit their attitudes to the latter are expressly negative on the whole.

AB - The study analyses results of the questionnaire survey of the Russian population to poll the public attitudes to the Olympics in Vancouver where the Russian team ended up unusually low on the scoreboard. The questionnaire survey was designed to obtain opinions of ordinary residents, politicians and government officers on the role of sports in the national policies. The study data and analysis confirmed the hypothesis of certain correlation between the sport conceptions formed by the government offices and public attitudes to sports. The study applied the Swartz Probe to test the respondents' values and priorities in the sports domain. The government officers' opinions were rated by the content analysis of their speeches on sport matters. Correlation analysis of the survey data showed that the respondents tend to accept sports as a genuine component of a healthy lifestyle, good business for the young people, professional field, and a critical part of the national culture. It is important that the respondents generally accept the modern sports as a part of governmental policies albeit their attitudes to the latter are expressly negative on the whole.

KW - Civism

KW - Mass media

KW - National policy

KW - Olympic Games

KW - Sochi-2014

KW - Sports

KW - Vancouver

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85044526470&partnerID=8YFLogxK

M3 - Article

SP - 93

EP - 95

JO - THEORY AND PRACTICE OF PHYSICAL CULTURE

JF - THEORY AND PRACTICE OF PHYSICAL CULTURE

SN - 2409-4234

IS - 2

ER -