Social Media of Sport Custom Ebook: Rio Hondo College (Woods)

This custom ebook includes chapters from Social Issues in Sport, Third Edition. It is specifically designed for students taking the course, Social Media of Sport at Rio Hondo College.

What Is Sport and Why Do We Study It?

Sport Through the Ages

Definition of Sport

Study of Sport

Chapter Summary

Participants Versus Spectators

Sport Participants

Factors Affecting Sport Participation

Trends in Sport Participation

Sport Spectators

Trends in Spectator Sports

Chapter Summary

Media and Sport

Evolution of Sport Media

Interplay of Sport and Media

How Sport Affects the Media

Ideology of Sport Through the Media

Careers in Sport Media

Chapter Summary

Youth Sport

History of Youth Sport

Sponsors of Youth Sport

Privatization of Youth Sport

Current Status of Youth Sport

Organized Youth Sport

Why Kids Participate—and Stop Participating—in Sport

Burnout in Youth Sport

Reforms for Youth Sport

Chapter Summary

International Sport

Globalization of Modern Sport

U.S. Influence on World Sport

Olympic Games

Media Effects on the Globalization of Sport

Nationalism Versus Economics

Athletes and Coaches as Migrant Workers

Using Sport for Better World Understanding

Chapter Summary

Sporting Behavior

Sporting Behavior at Different Levels of Sport

Youth Attitudes

Development of Moral Values

Moral Values Applied to Sport

Moral Values Taught Through Sport

Strategies for Good Sporting Behavior

Chapter Summary

Women and Sport

Historical Role of Women

Women and Sport Before Title IX

Title IX

Women and Sport After Title IX

Social Issues in Women’s Sport

Global Status of Women in Sport

Barriers for Women in Sport

Media Coverage of Women’s Sport

Golden Age of Sport Reborn

Chapter Summary

Politics and Sport

Government Promotion of Physical Activity and Health

Government in Sport

Government Promotion of Identity and Unity Among Citizens

Nationalism and Sport

Sport and the Promotion of Social Values

Politics Within Sport

Chapter Summary

Violence and Rule Breaking in Sport

Rule Breaking

Emotion and Sport

Aggression and Sport

Violence in Sport

Chapter Summary

Future Trends in Sport

Social Trends

Conflict Between Performance Sport and Participation Sport

Effects of Social Changes

Effects of Spectatorship

Effects of Technology

Effects of the Electronic Media

Will Sport Change?

Who Will Lead the Way?

Who Will Fight for Change?

Chapter Summary