LYTP1001 Sport and Media (4 cr)
Description
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.
Completion methods
Active participation in lectures (20 hours) and the lecture exam. 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.
Assessment details
Lectures and the exam 50 % and the book exam (two books) 50 %
Learning outcomes
- demonstrate an understanding of the key aspects and issues related to sport media and the logic of broadcasting of sport
Additional information
spring term
Study materials
Book exam (two books):
1) 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
2)
Laine, A. 2011. Urheilujournalismin Suomi–Ruotsi-maaottelu. Helsinki: Edita. (ss. 1–132 ja 165–324, yht. 290 s.) AND Rowe, D. 2011. Global Media Sport: Flows, Forms and Futures. London: Bloomsbury. (192 pages)
Completion methods
Method 1
Book exam (2 cr)
Book exam (two books) as an e-exam. It is possible to answer either in Finnish or in English in the book exam.
Teaching
1/7–5/31/2021 Exam
Lectures and lecture exam (2 cr)
Lectures 20 hours. Lectures will be held in English, but it is possible to answer either in Finnish or in English in the lecture exam.