LYTP1001 Sport and Media (4 cr)
Grading scale
0-5
Teaching languages
English
,
Finnish
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this course, student is able to:
- demonstrate an understanding of the key aspects and issues related to sport media and the logic of broadcasting of sport
Study methods
Lectures 20 hours and a reading assignment (a book exam, two books). Lectures will be held in English but it is possible to answer either in Finnish or in English in the lecture exam and the book exam.
Content
Definition of mass media, introduction to media as audience former, sports as media content, sport journalism and journalists, the challenges of sport in mass media.
Further information
spring term
Literature:
| ISBN-number | Author, year of publication, title, publisher |
|---|---|
| Billings, A. C. & Hardin, M. (Eds.). 2014. Routledge Handbook of Sport and New Media. London: Routledge. (pages 1-269) | |
| AND | |
| Rowe, D. 2011. Global Media Sport: Flows, Forms and Futures. London: Bloomsbury. (192 pages) | |
| OR | |
| Laine, A. 2011. Urheilujournalismin Suomi鈥揜uotsi-maaottelu. Helsinki: Edita. (ss. 1鈥�132 ja 165鈥�324, yht. 290 s.) | |
| AND | |
| Rowe, D. 2011. Global Media Sport: Flows, Forms and Futures. London: Bloomsbury. (192 pages) |
Assessment criteria
Lecture exam 50 % and the book exam (two books) 50 %