SPORTS MEDIA
Examines sports media using the frameworks of media and cultural studies. The relationship between sports and popular culture provides an important site for understanding and critiquing the media's relationships to social, cultural, economic, and political structures. Topics for discussion will include sports media industries and technologies; representations of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, and other identities; and the intersection of sports media cultures with such issues as activism and social change, ethics and morality, gambling and fantasy sports, celebrity athletes, and fandom.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: COM ARTS 250 or 351 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Draw connections between sports media, sports, and culture Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explain the development of sports media industries Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze representations of race, class, gender, sexuality, etc. in sports media Audience: Undergraduate 4. Explore the different ways audiences and sports fans engage with sports media Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Draw connections between sports media, sports, and culture Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explain the development of sports media industries Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze representations of race, class, gender, sexuality, etc. in sports media Audience: Undergraduate 4. Explore the different ways audiences and sports fans engage with sports media Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027