Sport, Media and Society

This Honours level optional course provides an analysis of the mass media in industrial and industrialising societies, and considers the position of sport in the print, broadcast and electronic media from sociological, comparative and historical perspectives. Different approaches to the study of the mass media in society and the process by which media messages are produced, distributed and interpreted are critically assessed. The course covers: historical accounts of the development of the media-sport nexus; technological innovations; infotainment; celebrity culture; sexuality and gender; semiotics; national militarism; critical discourse analysis; 'sectarianism'; sporting legacy claims. Credit Level: 10 Year taken: Year 4 Undergraduate

Not running in 2025/26