35933 - Sociology of Sport and Communication

Learning outcomes

The Course aims to help the student to see and to analyse the main social trends of the modern society in the field of the sport communication. So the student will be more able to better appreciate the social relevance of the communication for the great sport events and for all the activities in the leisure time.

Course contents

The Course of Sociology of the Sport and Communication will teach the main concepts and theories useful to analyse the up-to-date changes which are leading to the “post”-modern society, and the relevance of the communication in all the sport activities and events.

In the course you can distinguish three parts, the following ones:

 

a)      in the general part the Course will present the main sociological theories, which seems to be useful to study the up-to-date changes which are leading to the “post”-modern society.

 

b)      in the monographic part the Course will present the main findings of sociological studies and researches in the communication of the great sport event and activities, as the Olympics, the Paralympics, and the Euro Football Cahampionships (2000-2008).

 

c)      the aim of the seminarial part of the Course is to promote the students' cognitive interests in the field of the sport communication, and to show studies and empirical researches in the sociology field, which be useful to satisfy them. In the midst of the numerous hours of practice (24 h.), which will be spent in the Uni. Rimini's well equiped Laboratories, the student will have many stimula and chances, in order to learn as old and new media communicate the sport events today.

Readings/Bibliography

Three books are required at least (the minimum program): two are the common books, the third one is chosen by the student.

 

A) For the GENERAL Part of the Course (the 1st common book:):

Martelli S., Waddington I. (2010), La comunicazione dello sport e della salute, special issue of “Sociologia e Politiche sociali”, n. 2 (FrancoAngeli, Milano).

 

B) For the MONOGRAPHIC part of the Course (the 2nd common book:)

 

Martelli S. (2010), Lo sport “mediato”. Le audience televisive di Olimpiadi, Paralimpiadi e Campionati europei di calcio, FrancoAngeli, Milano.

 

C) For the SEMINARIAL Part of the Course (you can choose at the minimum a book among the following titles:)

Balducci S. (2007), L'industria della comunicazione sportiva. Analisi, teorie, metodologie e strumenti, Franco Angeli, Milano.

Bondonio P., Dansero E., Guala C., Mela A. e Scamuzzi S. (a cura di) (2007), A Giochi fatti. Le eredità di Torino 2006, Carocci, Roma; minimum program: chs. 1-11 (pp. 1-217).

Martina A. (2006), Comunicare la città. Il caso di Torino olimpica, Bruno Mondadori, Milano.

Mazza B. (2007), Giochi di retroscena. La comunicazione nel management di un'impresa sportiva, Rai-Eri, Roma.

Martelli S. (2009), La comunicazione al servizio del volontariato, FrancoAngeli, Milano.

Martelli S. (1999), Sociologia dei processi culturali. Lineamenti e prospettive, La Scuola, Brescia [minimum program: Part I, chs. 1 and 4; Part II chs. 1-3].

Martelli S. (a cura di) (2003 4th ed.), Videosocializzazione. Processi educativi e nuovi media, FrancoAngeli, Milano [minimum program: chs. 1, 2, 4, 6 e 7].

Porro N. (2006), L'attore sportivo. Azione collettiva, sport e cittadinanza, la Meridiana, Molfetta (BA).

Teaching methods

Lectures and case studies introduced by the new technologies of communications.

 

Assessment methods

Writed exam about 3 books (minimum program) or more books (enlarged program), chosen by the student between the above listed books.

 

The test will be composed by 30 topics (minimum program) or more - 10 topics for each other book (enlarged program)

Questions and answears will be already written in the test, so that the student will have only to choise the answear(s) which he/she will keep as right.

 

Time: 1' for each topic, maximum 30' for the minimum program, +10' for each chosen book.

 

A) An exemple of minimum program:

i)         La comunicazione per lo sport e la salute

ii)        Lo sport “mediato” +

iii)      1st seminarial book, e.g.: Giochi di retroscena

                         Amount: 30 questions; available time: 30'

 

B) An exemple of enlarged program:

i)         La comunicazione per lo sport e la salute

ii)        Lo sport “mediato” +

iii)      1st seminarial book, e.g.: Comunicare la città

iv)      2nd seminarial book, e.g.: A Giochi fatti (I-III sections)

                      Amount: 40 questions; available time: 40'

 

or others combinations, too.

 

 You can pass the exam if you'll gain 18 right answears in the test for minimum program, and +6 right answears for each chosen book (enlarged program).

 

N.B.: Sociology of Sport Communication is a matter of an Integrated Course, so that the achieved vote will go to compose the final vote, as an average of those achieved in the other matters of the same Course.

 

Be attention, please!

You had to enter your name in the electronic list for the exam within the 5th day before the fixed date (you can have access to the e-list in the Dean of Faculty website, at the url: http://scmot.unibo.it/V2/default.aspx).

You had to be present at minimum to the 70% of the lessons. Presences under this minimum may be integrated by studying a book more than the minimum program (a forth book, chosen between the listed ones). No presence at all don't allow to gain the Uec.s, so that the student cannot be admit to the exam.

 

Teaching tools

Presentations by Power Point.

Surfing the Internet.

Slides.

Research outcomes, published by SportComLab-Sport Communication Laboratory,  University of Bologna '"Alma Mater Studiorum" – see at: http://www.sm.unibo.it/Scienze+Motorie/ Facolta/Strutture+di+servizio/lab.htm

 

Links to further information

http://www.unibo.it/SitoWebDocente/default.htm?UPN=s.martelli@unibo.it

Office hours

See the website of Stefano Martelli