Identify the major forms of the media, what they provide to people,…

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Identify the major forms of the media, what they provide to people,…
Identify the major forms of the media, what they provide to people, and the influence of commercial forces on media content.
Discuss how the new media, including the Internet, change spectator experiences, and what many people find attractive about playing sport video games and virtual sports.
Identify the ways that economics and ideology influence the relationship between sports and the media around the world.
Explain why corporations that sell alcohol, tobacco, soft drinks, confectionary products (candy), and fast food are likely to sponsor sports in the media.
Describe the major differences in the ways that men and women and blacks and whites are represented in media images and narratives.
Explain the differences between politics and government and between power and authority.
Identify reasons why governments become involved in sports.
Provide examples of how government intervention in sports protects the rights and safety of athletes and nonathletes alike.
Provide examples of how government intervention in sports may benefit some people more than others.
Critically discuss why the Olympic Games are important international events, and whether the changes suggested by the author are needed to control nationalism and commercialism in the Olympic Games.
Give examples of politics in sports, and explain why politics will always be a part of sports.
Identify and critically discuss the arguments for and against interscholastic sports.
Discuss what research tells us about the experiences of student-athletes in high schools, and explain why it is difficult to do research on the consequences of playing varsity sports.
Discuss the ways that varsity sports and sport participation influence student culture and the overall social organization of high schools in the United States.
Explain the conditions under which interscholastic sports may be valuable in high schools and in the lives of students who play sports.
Use research to critically assess popular ideas about the benefits of varsity sports in high schools and colleges.
Identify major problems associated with high school sports, and critically discuss the author’s recommendations for dealing with them.
Discuss why some black athletes have become socially isolated on major campuses where most of the student body comes from white, upper middle class households.
Discuss the ways that various models of sports can be used to envision possibilities for the organization of sports in the future.
Identify the major factors that will influence the trends and changes in sports in the future.
Discuss why issues related to gender, race and ethnicity, social class, and (dis)ability will remain important in sports over the next few decades.
Identify the major vantage points for making changes in sports, and discuss that major opportunities and challenges associated with trying to create change from each of those vantage points.
Explain what is meant by the statement that “changes in sports depend on envisioning possibilities and creating futures.”