The 2002 World Cup and International Technical Communication
Location
CSU
Mentor's Name
Lee S. Tesdell
Mentor's Department
English
Mentor's College
Arts and Humanities
Description
In this research project we explore the following research question: Does soccer play a unifying role in the world or does it serve to emphasize nationalism? It is common wisdom that soccer, the world's most popular sport, brings the people of the world together. In our research we analyze the authentic discourse gathered through multiple interviews at the 2002 World Cup in Daegu, Korea, and attempt to explain the international technical communication tensions behind these competing ideas: soccer as a unifying force or as a force for nationalism. Our sources consist of three types of documents: the audio tape of interviews with people who attended the 2002 World Cup in Daegu, Korea, a number of photographs from the 2002 World Cup, and published articles, reviews, and news stories about the 2002 World Cup. In our data analysis we will carefully examine our sources and then reach conclusions about our research question based on the evidence that we find in our data sources.
The 2002 World Cup and International Technical Communication
CSU
In this research project we explore the following research question: Does soccer play a unifying role in the world or does it serve to emphasize nationalism? It is common wisdom that soccer, the world's most popular sport, brings the people of the world together. In our research we analyze the authentic discourse gathered through multiple interviews at the 2002 World Cup in Daegu, Korea, and attempt to explain the international technical communication tensions behind these competing ideas: soccer as a unifying force or as a force for nationalism. Our sources consist of three types of documents: the audio tape of interviews with people who attended the 2002 World Cup in Daegu, Korea, a number of photographs from the 2002 World Cup, and published articles, reviews, and news stories about the 2002 World Cup. In our data analysis we will carefully examine our sources and then reach conclusions about our research question based on the evidence that we find in our data sources.
