The Internet in the Service of University Sports at Szent István University, Hungary

Abstract

This paper reviews the development of sport and the dissemination of related information in light of current tendencies of declining activity levels and health indicators in Hungary. This review forms part of a larger project developing an online intervention, designed to increase student awareness of, and participation in, organised physical activity and exercise sessions. This study examines some of the parameters for the proposed intervention including the history of sport and dissemination of related information at the GödöllÅ‘ University of Agricultural Sciences, (later Szent István University), the development of the University webpages as well as the webpages of 23 Hungarian Universities. Findings of this study may provide relevant information for sport development officers to support their efforts in increasing participation and distributing information.