Quetext About Widget FAQ Contact Literature Review The Oxford English Dictionary defines nation building as: The creation of a new nation, especially a newly independent nation; the encouragement of social or cultural cohesion within a nation(Oxford University, 2005). According to Nelson Mandela (2006) Sport has the power to change the world, it has the power to inspire, it has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. Through research sport is known to have a huge impact on people in a nation and can easy manipulate us in a good or bad way. According to Oscar Arias (2014) former president of Costa Rica, the power of sport can also demonstrates breaking down borders and nationalities, contradictory, Milan Bubalo (2013,4) statesthat …show more content…
Analysis of Sources Source 1: NYDailyNews (2013) Mandela used sports to unite racially divided South Africa. Available at: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more-sports/mandela-sports-unite-racially-divided-south-africa-article-1.1539151 (Accessed: 20 August 2016). Usefulness: This use was extremely useful as it provided a clear definition of the term nation building, which was essential for me to understand before approaching this task. This source provided me with many examples and quotes that provided evident and vivid information that sport can definitely plays a big role is uniting a nation. This source was simple and easy to understand which allowed for accurate referencing as well as clarity of thought when writing the literature review. Validity: This source is valid as it posted on December 5, 2013, 7:04 PM which is not more than 10 years ago. The information within the article may be slightly outdated because there has been more information conducted further in more recent years with regards to this. The Majority of Information comes from opinions of people that were they’re at the time so the information will be accurate. Reliability: This source, published by New York Daily Times, Which through research showed that their information is accurate and …show more content…
Limitations: The source was very limited to only South African research where as this topic is very universal and should be sourced from many countries other than South Africa, A large amount of information was quotes and examples not a lot of statistics were given. Analysis of Sources Source 2: Flows, C. (2014) The power of football to unite, despite rivalries. Available at: http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/07/03/the-power-of-football-to-unite-despite-rivalries/#58775be043da (Accessed: 20 August 2016). Usefulness: This use was extremely useful as it was an article based in a country other 0than South Africa, which was needed in this Literature review as this topic is very universal and can be discussed anywhere in the world. This source provided information that agreed with Source 1 which was required for the literature review. This source was also simple and easy to understand which allowed for accurate referencing as well as gives me certainty when writing the literature review. Validity: This source is valid as it was posted on the 3rdJul, 2014 at 7:21AM, Which is not more than 10 years ago. The information within the article is also very recent, as it has to do with the soccer world cup, which I watched very closely during the time, the majority of the information was very useful in