Sport is one of the most effective promotional channels of a country that helps the country to become well-known. However, to achieve this, except the successes of athletes of one country it requires other conditions because not all sports are equally popular all over the world. Because of this, the great (global) success of an athlete is not necessarily a precondition that the athlete and country from where he or she comes is well-known because of him or her. According to the aforementioned, this paper deals with the recognition of Croatian sports and Croatian athletes at the European level. Since Croatian independence, Croatian athletes have achieved remarkable sports results and they are one of the strongest promotional channels of this small country. The purpose of this paper is to determine how strong Croatia is as a sport brand among young European students and whether Croatia is recognized at all through sport. To determine this, the authors undertook two researches during the European University Games (Zagreb & Rijeka, 2016-1762 respondents and Coimbra, 2018-1188 respondents) using the questionnaire as a research method. The outline of the paper shows that respondents in the researches recognize Croatia as a s sports country, highly evaluated the sport element related to Croatia, and considered the Croatian football kit as being highly recognizable. The paper presents the key results.
Na primjeru velikih kriza pokazuje se kompleksnost suvremenog svijeta. Umreženost koju nam je donijela globalizacija prijeti svaki lokalni problem učiniti globalnim, ali nam je i otvorila mogućnost za udruživanjem ukupnih potencijala čovječanstva u rješavanju zajedničkih problema. Iako pojava pandemije bolesti COVID-19 primarno mobilizira na djelovanje kojim će se zaštiti životi i zdravlje ljudi, nastala kriza snažno je utjecala na sve segmente društava te je pred njih postavila izazove na koje je potrebno odgovoriti. Društveni i gospodarski život znatno se usporio, a komunikacija među ljudima velikim se dijelom preselila u digitalno okruženje. Javnozdravstveni zahtjev za ograničenom mobilnošću ljudi i uvođenje fizičke distance posebno su pogodili turistički sektor koji je do pojave pandemije snažno rastao na krilima globalizacije. Turistički djelatnici imaju sužen prostor djelovanja za vrijeme krize, ali stečena iskustva mogu poslužiti osnaživanju otpornosti na buduće krize, kao i na razvoj novih modela turističkog poslovanja s posebnim naglaskom na komunikaciju u turizmu. Cilj je ovog rada ispitati na koji način turističke manifestacije u Hrvatskoj komuniciraju prema potencijalnim posjetiteljima u kontekstu COVID-19 krize. Za potrebe rada, prema kriterijima autora, odabrane su manifestacije na području Hrvatske koje imaju turistički karakter, pri čemu se pazilo na ravnomjernu regionalnu zastupljenost. Kontekstualne razlike između manifestacija ne utječu na dobivene rezultate jer je fokus stavljen na univerzalnu komunikaciju u turizmu. Kako bi se došlo do ključnih rezultata provedeni su online anketni upitnici s predstavnicima organizatora manifestacija zaduženim za komunikaciju. Autori rada su anketni upitnik podijelili prema vremenskoj crti u tri dijela. Prvi dio odnosio se na komunikacijska iskustva pri organiziranju manifestacije koja se održala prije pandemije COVID-19. Drugi dio odnosio se na komunikaciju vezanu uz manifestaciju za vrijeme krize. Posljednji dio anketnog upitnika bio je predikcijski, odnosno tražio je od komunikacijskih stručnjaka predviđanje komunikacijskih modela u organiziranju manifestacija u postpandemijskom vremenu. Turizam traži stabilnost, ali krizu je potrebno prihvatiti i kao izazov. Na temelju iskustva potrebno je konstruirati procjene budućih modela djelovanja, a pritom je važna suradnja znanstvenika i praktičara u turizmu.
The chapter deals with the role of creativity in public relations. Creativity is usually associated with marketing and design, while public relations is associated with information and communication management, respectively, as the information and educational component, but often as persuasion. However, in modern conditions in which there is a kind of inflation of content transmitted by public relations experts to the media and the public, it is very difficult to fight for media attention and public attention. Therefore, the public relations professional is forced to bring creativity to the way of communicating, presenting key messages, and achieving communication goals. For that reason, creativity is becoming an essential strategic and tactical tool for public relations professionals to shift the task to a higher level. The authors present a case study of the leading Croatian insurance company—Croatia osiguranje, which had the challenging task of using the anniversary to communicate its own identity and values, strengthen its image, and attract new clients. The project “Croatia je Hrvatska” has received a number of national and international awards and can serve as an excellent example of synergy between communication management and creativity in achieving communication and business goals.
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