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Archived Version 2023 - 2024
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Description This module explores the increasingly convergent relationship between sport and media and its impacts on individuals, communities, and society in general. The module considers a range of theoretical perspectives, beginning with the concept of ‘media sport’, and equips students to think critically about the reciprocal influence of sport and media, the power interests underpinning this relationship, and how media sport is a site of ideological and political contestation. Students taking the module will examine a variety of topics, including broadcasting, nationalism, protest and fan practices. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Learning Outcomes 1. Describe some of the power interests and financial considerations underpinning the increasingly convergent relationship between sport and media 2. Explain how media sport plays a role in representing people and places in the wider world and is a site of ideological and political contestation 3. Critically analyse and appraise news media reporting around international sporting events 4. Design and conduct their own studies of media sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Learning Activities Lecture 1Introduction to the ModuleLecture 2Sport, Symbolism and PsychologyLecture 3Media SportLecture 4Broadcasting and the Political Economy of SportLecture 5The Sport Media Content EconomyLecture 6Sporting Mega EventsLecture 7Sport and Representation in Television, Film and Print MediaLecture 8Working in Media SportLecture 9The Geopolitics of SportLecture 10Sport, Show Business, and CelebrityLecture 11Sport, Activism and Social Justice | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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