TY - JOUR TI - Impreza sportowa jako narzędzie kreacji wizerunku kraju gospodarza AU - Słupek, Lucyna TI - Impreza sportowa jako narzędzie kreacji wizerunku kraju gospodarza AB - The questions of sport instrumentalization and use of sport events for PR purposes that are raised in this article have been discussed for many years. In recent decades however one may observe the intensified competition and efforts of states to obtain the rights to organize sport events, especially the Olympics, FIFA World Cup or UEFA European Championship. As in such events the media interest all over the world has been enormous, event hosting country gains a unique chance to promote and strengthen its image. The PR strategies realized by Poland during the organization of EURO 2012, analyzed in this article, are an example of such actions. VL - 2014 IS - Tom 57, Numer 2 (218) PY - 2014 SN - 0555-0025 C1 - 2299-6362 SP - 293 EP - 308 DO - 10.4467/2299-6362PZ.14.016.2337 UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/zeszyty-prasoznawcze/artykul/impreza-sportowa-jako-narzedzie-kreacji-wizerunku-kraju-gospodarza KW - media event KW - event marketing KW - nation branding KW - public diplomacy