Purpose: To use the project management approach for of events and, particularly, to adapt PM2 methodology sports events.Design/methodology/approach: Theoretical analysis about whether a sport event is project, and what must be fulfilled it so. into roles manager manager. adaptation management.Findings: Event could benefit from with several adaptations. The main ones imply separating execution p...

This paper describes a system to improve the visual experience of spectators in massively multiplayer online games. The proposed architecture uses distributed agents to detect actions and control the camera using cinematographic techniques for computer graphics.

Synchronized movement is a ubiquitous feature of dance and music performance. Much research into the evolutionary origins of these cultural practices has focused on why humans perform rather than watch or listen to dance and music. In this study, we show that movement synchrony among a group of performers predicts the aesthetic appreciation of live dance performances. We developed a choreograph...

Whereas the entrainment of movements and aspirations among audience members has been known as a basis of collective excitement in the theater, the role of the entrainment of cognitive processes among audience members is still unclear. In the current study, temporal patterns of the audience's attention were observed using eyeblink responses. To determine the effect of interactions among audience...

Basketball competitions are characterized by special spectacle, high dynamism, emotional intensity and variety of game activities, thus ensuring popularity arousing increasing interest spectators in basketball matches, which have been winning people's hearts for the third century. At same time, they central element that determines entire system organization, methods training athletes effective ...

<p>International sports events can be utilized by the host city or region to form destination branding. Social media become important tools for branding activities. This article aims analyze social media, focus on Instagram usage in Mandalika through 2021 World Superbike (WSBK) event. WSBK first world-class race event held Mandalika, and there are a number of other negative issues ahead 2...

How do people feel during extreme collective rituals? Despite longstanding speculation, few studies have attempted to quantify ritual experiences. Using a novel pre/post design, we quantified physiological fluctuations (heart rates) and self-reported affective states from a collective fire-walking ritual in a Mauritian Hindu community. Specifically, we compared changes in levels of happiness, f...

This paper builds upon, but substantially revises, John Harsanyi’s concept of ‘extended preferences’. An individual ‘history’ is a possible life that some person (a subject) might lead. Harsanyi supposes that a given spectator, formulating her ethical preferences, can rank histories by empathetic projection: putting herself ‘in the shoes’ of various subjects. Harsanyi then suggests that interpe...