SDCOA303-22B (HAM)
Sport, Media and Communication
15 Points
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Convenor(s)
Belinda Wheaton
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belinda.wheaton@waikato.ac.nz
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Paper Description
Paper Structure
2 sessions each week:
1 hour lecture (mostly face-to-face). See Moodle each week for updates.
2-hour lecture/workshops (face to face).
All taught elements will be made available via Moodle along with lecture/workshop slides.
Students who wish to take the paper in a more flexible way should sign up to the NET version.
In-class group activities are designed to develop students' abilities in argument construction and academic writing, as well as to provide opportunities for students to discuss and debate the multiple ways power operates through the sports media and its effects on individual's and groups' sense of identity.
Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the paper should be able to:
Assessment
In this course, students will engage in three different assessment tasks designed to achieve these learning outcomes.
1). Students will complete a critical media journal throughout the semester to develop their abilities for critical thinking about various forms of media. There are 6 of these to submit.
2) They will also produce a piece of critical media
The assignment (creating a media product) consists of three parts:
Part 1: the proposal
Part 2: In small groups of no more than four, students will produce a media product i.e. a high-quality newspaper article, magazine article for a real magazine, Youtube clip, blog, short movie or photo exhibition that critically examines some aspect of the following class themes:
- Men and masculinities in sport or leisure
- Women in sport or leisure
- Body image
- Race and ethnicity in sport or leisure
- Sport and National Identity
- Disability in Sport and Leisure
- Youth (or youth culture) in sport or leisure
- Action sports
- Or another topic agreed upon with the lecturer
Part 3: Presentation to the class
During the final 2 weeks of class students (in the groups in which they completed Part A) must give a 10-minute maximum presentation about the media they produced.
Assessment Components
The internal assessment/exam ratio (as stated in the University Calendar) is 100:0. There is no final exam.
Required and Recommended Readings
Required Readings
A set of required readings can be accessed (downloaded and printed) via the online reading list - see the link in moodle.
Useful journals and books are also available in the Library and via the Library databases (especially SportDiscus and Physical Education Index), and these should be consulted for assignments.
Useful journals such as: Journal of Sport and Social issues; Sociology of Sport Journal; International Review for the Sociology of Sport; Communication and Sport; Media, Culture and Society; Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies; New Media and Society; Metro (Film, Television, Radio, Multimedia); NZ Journal of Media Studies, and Australian Journalism Review, are also available via the library databases or the Central Library.
Recommended Readings
Online Support
The course outline with week by week content, assignment details, guidelines and regulation are available on Moodle.
Lecture slides and a panopto will be uploaded each week after the lecture.
Workload
As with all 300 level papers, this paper has a minimum expectation for student workload of 200 hours. This includes 48 hours of class time and at least 152 hours out of class reading, study and assignment preparation. These 200 hours are a University wide requirement and reflects a professional commitment.
Absences can create problems for both an individual's learning progress but also for their student colleagues. If students are prevented from attending classes for any reason, they should advise their lecturer. If students know in advance that they will be absent from a lecture or if they unavoidably miss the class, the paper co-ordinator or lecturer should be advised. It is the student's responsibility to make sure they catch up up on any work missed.
Linkages to Other Papers
Prerequisite(s)
Prerequisites: A minimum of 60 points at 200 level
Restriction(s)
Restrictions: SPLS304