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Undergraduate 2
12/12/2011

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Maintaining Health and Fitness

 

 

Past  goverment support was based on belef that

Definition

1 playing sports improve fitness

2fitness improves health

3 Good heath reduces medical cost

Term

Maintaining Health and Fitness

 

Recent goverment support often take into account research shows that

Definition
  • Illiness is related to enviroment factors more than workers fitness
  • competive sports have few benefits for productivity
  • concerns about sport performance may increase athlete demand for health care
Term

Promoting prestige and power

 

Belief that success in sport provides recognition nd status for the sponsering goverment

Definition
  • National teams bring international recognition
  • Local teams bring plublicity to community 
Term

Promoting prestige and power

 

 

 

B I R G

Definition

 

 

Back in reflective glory

Term

Promoting prestige and power

 

fitness gram

Definition
require by law for students grade 3 - 12 require fitness test
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Is walking advocated because it is low risk low benifits true of false
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True

Term

Promoting idenity belonging and unity

 

 

Definition
  • Sports to promote idenity & unity
  • Tradition to reaffirm ties imagine communities
  • sport base unity is temporary & superfical
  • sports do not change the relative of diversity everyday differences & inequality
  • emphasizing values consist w/ dominate ideology
  • potestant worh ethic 
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Increasing supprt for political Leaders
Definition
Some formers atheletes use their  celeberty status from sportst togain popular support
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Political leaders use sports to boost their legitimacy in the eyes of citizens.
Definition
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  • Most citizens  see through this strategy when leader lack legitamacy
  • leaders like to be photograpjed w top atheletes
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Ethoncetrism

Definition
  • your way of culture is the superior or correct way 
Term
Sports have no influnce when it comes to serious diplomacy
Definition
  • Sports do not affect matters of vital national interest
  • Leaders do not use sports in discussions of vital national interest 
Term
Sports may be useful at the level of public diplomacy
Definition

sports provide opportunities to meet an greet

 

(table tennis)

Term
olympism
Definition
is a philosophy of life, exalting and combining in a balance whole the qualities of body will and mind..
Term

olympic Games

How to control nationalism & commercialism

 

overall goal

Definition
Take olympism seriosly make th Olympis more than a global marketing opprotunity for corp. & global stage for wealthy nations to promote their ideologies
Term

 

 

Mexico city games of 1968

Definition
  • Over 30 students were killed by army troops when a campus protest turn into a riot
  • Black power salute by tommie Smith & John Carlos during the national Anthem as protest against racism in the US 
Term
Beijing 2008
Definition
  • Awarded Games despite poor human rights history

 

Term
WHat did the IOC say about how the games would help China
Definition
  • It will bring social change & openess to China
  • They hope that this vote contributes to improving the human rights situations 
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Politics in sports

Definition
 Conclusion: politics & political processes are inherent in organized sports; our goal is to make them fair & just
Term

 

Print Media

Definition
newspaper magazines books catalogs fanzing trading cards
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electronic media
Definition
Radio television and film
Term
Function of Media
Definition
It provides information interpretation entertainment and opportunity for interactivity
Term
How sports is equal to unique form of enterainment
Definition
  • New + entertainment
  • media   
Term
Dose commercial sport depend on media
Definition
Yes when they are formed ass commercial entertainment..
Term
Do Sports depend on the media?
Definition

Meida coverage attracts attention to sports provided news of the Ressult

 

Television coverage remains key factor in the grwth and exspansion of commercial sport

Term
Masculinity rules in the coverage in sports
Definition
Coverage prevales men over women by nearly 6 to 1
Term
What is the coveragre rate on all sports compared to women
Definition
80% to men
Term
Race and ethnicity
Definition
Media imagines and narrative based on explicit racial and stereotypes are are today
Term
What are some of the reaccuring themes (6)
Definition
  • white males as voices of athority
  • Sports as a Mansworld
  • Women as sexy props girl prize commercal
  • aggressive players get the prize (nice guys fininsh last)
  • Give up your body for the team
  • Sport is war 
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