Презентация на тему Sports in Society: Issues & Controversies

social and cultural contexts in which we live

Sports provide

stories & images used to explain & evaluate these contexts

Sports provide a window into culture and society

society
Sociology provides useful
Concepts
Theories
Research methods

These tools enable us to “see”

behavior as it connected with history, politics, economics, and social life

create in a group or society
These ways of life

are created and changed as people interact with each other, as they come to terms with, and even struggle over how to
Do things and organize their lives
Relate to each other
Make sense out of their experiences

geographical territory
United through
a political system
a shared

sense of self-identification that distinguishes them from other people.

of attributes & processes that exist inside individuals

Sociologists study

behavior in terms of the social conditions and cultural contexts in which people live their lives

social problems and social issues associated with sports
Look beyond

scores to see sports as social phenomena
Make informed choices about sport participation and the place of sports in our lives
Transform sports in progressive ways

produce findings that suggest changes in the organization of

sports and the organization of social life

Those who benefit from the status quo may be threatened by these research findings

images are part of people’s lives
Sports are connected with

ideologies in society
i.e., the “viewpoints” that underlie people’s feelings, thoughts, and actions
Sports are connected with major spheres of social life such as:
family, economy, media, politics, education, & religion

use
To give meaning to the world
To make

sense of the world
To identify what is important, right, and natural in that world

established “once and for all time”
They emerge as people

struggle over the meaning and organization of social life
They are complex and sometimes inconsistent
They change as power relationships change in society

by people who have power and influence in society


Dominant

ideologies serve the interests of people with power and influence

ideas about masculinity, femininity, and relationships between men and

women

Dominant Gender ldeology consists of prevailing notions of “common sense” about maleness and femaleness in a group or society

ideas that people use to give meaning to skin

color and to evaluate people in terms of racial classifications

Dominant Racial Ideology consists of prevailing ideas about the meanings of skin color and the characteristics of people classified in various racial categories

with major spheres of social life
Family
Economy
Media
Politics
Education
Religion

:
The International Sociology of Sport Association (ISSA)
The North American

Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS)
The Sport Sociology Academy (SSA) in AAHPERD (American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance)

field see themselves as
Sport sociologists concerned with sport

science issues
Sociologists concerned with social and cultural issues
Scholars may see themselves as
professional experts (interested in consulting and the application of knowledge to improve sports)
critical sociologists (interested in social & cultural transformation), or
knowledge builders (interested in using research to accumulate knowledge about social life)

That Are

Physical
Competitive
Institutionalized
Motivated by a combination of internal &

external rewards

rules
Organizational & technical aspects of the activity become important
Learning

game skills becomes formalized

done for its own sake; it is often spontaneous

and guided by informal, emergent norms

Dramatic Spectacle involves performances to entertain an audience for the purpose of obtaining rewards

activities are identified as sports in a society

Determine whose

sports count the most when it comes to obtaining support and resources