各国体育新闻通常都有夸张本国运动员成就的倾向。体育新闻通过这种夸张创造了国家认同感。不过,在比利时,这一机制并不像在其他国家那样明显。在我最近的博士论文答辩中,我通过比较在2000年欧洲杯足球赛期间比利时的相关报道与邻国荷兰媒体的相关报道,分析了体育新闻创造民族认同感的机制。我发现,比利时媒体的体育报道的确在培养民族认同感方面发挥了作用,但其作用并不像在荷兰那样明显。 Sports news in various countries usually have the tendency to exaggerate the achievements of national athletes. Sports news created a sense of national identity through this exaggeration. However, in Belgium, this mechanism is not as obvious as in other countries. In my recent doctoral dissertation defense, I analyzed the mechanism by which sports news creates a sense of ethnic identity by comparing Belgium’s coverage with the Dutch media in neighboring countries during the Euro 2000 football match. I found that sports coverage by the Belgian press did play a role in nurturing ethnic identity but its role was not as pronounced as in the Netherlands.