Description
Sport is an ever growing part of our society, both through participation and as viewed by spectators. This course will examine academic literature that deals with the communicative aspects of sports media and sport as culture, as well as take a social science approach to sport's place in society. The course will explore the way sport is presented in the media, the way society consumes and participates, sport as myth, and sport as a cultural product. Topic areas will include gender in sports, race and ethnicity in sports, the development of fan cultures, the popularity of fantasy sports, sports as a commodity, and issues of identitty as presented in sports media.