Course examines the sport media landscape; the economic structure of media and sport; various forms (print, broadcast, and social) of the media and their representation of sport; theories and methodologies for exploring media and sport; the sport/media relationship; the issue of ideology and representation; and the negotiation between fact and fiction.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students: Graduate students will be required to read additional journal
articles and to answer more in-depth questions on examinations.
In addition, the graduate students will conduct either an applied
project using regular research methods or a synthesis of
research in an area of interest consistent with class content
topics.
Athena Title
Sport and the Mass Media
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in KINS 5210E or KINS 7210E
Undergraduate Prerequisite
Students must be enrolled in a professional program to register for this course
Graduate Prerequisite
Students must be enrolled in a professional program to register for this course
Semester Course Offered
Not offered on a regular basis.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completing this class, students should be knowledgeable of the symbiotic relationship between sport and the mass media.
Upon completing this class, students should be knowledgeable of the theories and methodologies for critically examining sport and the mass media.
Upon completing this class, students should be knowledgeable of the ideological frameworks within which the mass media in the U.S. operates and how these frameworks shape media representations.
Topical Outline
Week 1 Introduction to the mediated experiences and various forms of the media
Week 2 & 3 The symbiotic relationship between sport and the media. Does sport depend on the media? Does the media depend on sport?
Week 4 & 5 Media Coverage and Sport Consumers The use of sport and sport figures in advertisement
Week 6 & 7 Ideological Issues (Race, class, gender) and media representations
Week 8 Sport Commentators and Sportswriters and the filtering of sporting events
Week 9 Print media and sport coverage Is there a decline in the need for this service?
Week 10 & 12 Screening mediated coverage of sporting events Screening Internet services and sports
Week 13 & 14 Screening sport films and sport fiction and its accuracy in representation of the sporting experience in the U.S.
Week 15 & 16 Presentations and collection of book reviews
