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Prof. zw. dr hab. Andrzej Sznajder
Prof. zw. dr hab. Andrzej Sznajder

Head of Chair of Marketing Strategies in the Institute of International Management and Marketing in the College of Global Economy, the Warsaw School of Economics. Author of many articles, i.a. in "Marketing i Rynek" monthly magazine and of over a dozen books in the area of marketing, including Marketing wirtualny (Virtual marketing), Euromarketing, Strategie marketingowe na rynku międzynarodowym (Marketing strategies in international market); co-author of books Marketing im Sport, and Zarządzanie silną marką (Managing strong brand), and Marketing sportu (Marketing in sport, PWE, 2008, 2012).

Founder and head of Poland’s first post-graduate Studies in Marketing of Sportu, available at the College of Global Economy, the Warsaw School of Economics. Prior to the Soccer World Championship in Argentina (1978) member of the Team of Analyses at PZPN (Polish Soccer Association) – the first information bank in the Polish sport.

 
DOI: 10.33226/1231-7853.2020.3.1
JEL: M31

Digitalization is one of the most important contemporary megatrends. Information and
communications technology is increasingly used by sport organizations. They are
business in nature and thank to that they communicate with their stakeholders,
especially with athletes, fans, media and sponsors. They use both Web 1.0 and Web
2.0 tools. Web 1.0 that's first of all: e-mail, websites, internet platforms, blogs and
vlogs. Web 2.0 tools are primarily social media. Clubs and other sport organizations
use also such technologies as Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, communicators,
chatbots, virtual advertising and blockchain. Sports facilities transform into smart
stadiums, where fans have more experience during sport events.

Keywords: digitalisation; sport business; information and communication technology in sports; social media