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Category Archives: Personal
International Sports Press Survey 2011 book published
A new book detailing the results of the International Sports Press Survey conducted in 2011 has recently been published. The world’s largest study of its kind helps identify similarities and differences in sports reporting on a global scale. The results … Continue reading
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Tagged International Sports Press Survey, ISPS 2011, Play the Game, Simon Ličen, sport journalism
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International collab paper published
“From Pride to Smugness and the Nationalism Between: Olympic Media Consumption Effects on Nationalism Across the Globe” is the title of a paper I co-authored with seven co-authors from five countries and four continents. The article has now been published … Continue reading
Article published in International Review for the Sociology of Sport
After being published “online first” almost 18 months ago, the article, Affirming nationality in transnational circumstances: Slovenian coverage of continental franchise sports competitions, I co-authored from Andrew Billings from the University of Alabama is finally published in the print edition … Continue reading
Media appearances
I was recently featured in a number of media outlets. During the European Basketball Championship for Men hosted by Slovenia, I was interviewed by the Finance newspaper to speak about the impact of the competition for the Slovenian economy. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Finance, media, research, Simon Ličen, TV Slovenija, Val 202, WSU
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Articles in EJC and Ecquid Novi published
Two research articles I authored were recently published in two scholarly journals. In its August issue, the European Journal of Communication published an article entitled “Cheering for ‘our’ champs by watching ‘sexy’ female throwers: Representation of nationality and gender in Slovenian … Continue reading
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Tagged broadcasting, media, Olympics, research, Simon Ličen, TV Slovenija
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Simon Ličen featured in Ogledalo športa
I was recently featured in Ogledalo športa, a Slovenian-based web platform aimed at improving ethical values in sports and fostering democracy, transparency and freedom of speech in Slovenian sport. Click here to view the article (it is written in the Slovenian … Continue reading
Nomos Scholarship Consulting
I recently joined the team of consultants at Nomos, a Saint Louis-based company offering legal and management services in sport settings. One of Nomos’s core activities is offering consulting services to young international students looking to combine their athletic and … Continue reading
Next stop: Austin!
It has been many months since I last posted on this website. Many exciting things happened during this time and hopefully I will start catching up—and providing up-to-date news—soon. In a few days I will be presenting a paper on … Continue reading
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Tagged #sportsummit13, IACS, Simon Ličen, Summit on Communication and Sport, Twitter
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Olympic Nationalism Study
As the curtain falls on the 2012 London Olympics, athletes and spectators return to their regular routines, some of them with their lives changed, others about to change theirs. Researchers also return to their—often irregular—routines and for sport scholars, the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 Olympics, London Olympics, Olympic Nationalism Study, survey
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Referee Reading Material
A few weeks ago I was invited to lecture at the referees’ clinic that runs parallel to the Slovenian Basketball Federation’s camp this week in Postojna, Slovenia. The invitation was later revoked. I was told by the clinic manager who … Continue reading →