Competing for attention: using stakeholder engagement to shift the focus from the Beijing Olympics to minority pressure groups

This is a case study, highlighting China's plight to secure consistent, positive media coverage in the lead up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. While this paper is neither anti-China nor pro-Tibetan, it highlights that large organisations and governments can learn from activist and pressure groups...

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Main Author: Wolf, Katharina
Other Authors: Daniela Spanjaard
Format: Conference Paper
Published: University of Western Sydney 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24739
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description This is a case study, highlighting China's plight to secure consistent, positive media coverage in the lead up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. While this paper is neither anti-China nor pro-Tibetan, it highlights that large organisations and governments can learn from activist and pressure groups, which have become increasingly successful in engaging stakeholders. The author argues that Olympic marketing programs have focused too much on traditional marketing tools, whilst ignoring the importance of integrated communication programs and stakeholder engagement.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-247392022-11-21T06:47:06Z Competing for attention: using stakeholder engagement to shift the focus from the Beijing Olympics to minority pressure groups Wolf, Katharina Daniela Spanjaard Sara Denize Neeru Sharma Stakeholder Activist Pressure group Integrated communication Stakeholder engagement Beijing Olympics This is a case study, highlighting China's plight to secure consistent, positive media coverage in the lead up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. While this paper is neither anti-China nor pro-Tibetan, it highlights that large organisations and governments can learn from activist and pressure groups, which have become increasingly successful in engaging stakeholders. The author argues that Olympic marketing programs have focused too much on traditional marketing tools, whilst ignoring the importance of integrated communication programs and stakeholder engagement. 2008 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24739 University of Western Sydney fulltext
spellingShingle Stakeholder
Activist
Pressure group
Integrated communication
Stakeholder engagement
Beijing Olympics
Wolf, Katharina
Competing for attention: using stakeholder engagement to shift the focus from the Beijing Olympics to minority pressure groups
title Competing for attention: using stakeholder engagement to shift the focus from the Beijing Olympics to minority pressure groups
title_full Competing for attention: using stakeholder engagement to shift the focus from the Beijing Olympics to minority pressure groups
title_fullStr Competing for attention: using stakeholder engagement to shift the focus from the Beijing Olympics to minority pressure groups
title_full_unstemmed Competing for attention: using stakeholder engagement to shift the focus from the Beijing Olympics to minority pressure groups
title_short Competing for attention: using stakeholder engagement to shift the focus from the Beijing Olympics to minority pressure groups
title_sort competing for attention: using stakeholder engagement to shift the focus from the beijing olympics to minority pressure groups
topic Stakeholder
Activist
Pressure group
Integrated communication
Stakeholder engagement
Beijing Olympics
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24739