SOC Chapter 14 Sport and the Mass Media

Which of the following is an example of a functionalist perspective of media?

Established rules in sports is a key component of

media execs, editors, or reporters who can choose to pursue/not pursue a particular news story

Secularization refers to

Which development in mass communications was developed by the Sumerians?

What is the process where media decides the issues that will receive coverage?

The Greeks building athletic facilities and providing pensions for athletes is an example of

The digital divide describes the gap between

respected individuals in the community

Which activity is linked with the bureaucratization of sports?

practice of giving people central/ noncentral positions on the basis of race or ethnicity

Which of the following is not a characteristic that distinguishes sport as a social institution

Which of the following is not required for something to be considered a sport?

What are media execs, editors, or reporters called who open/close the gate on a story?

Which of the following sports is an example of direct competition?

What is the gap between those with access to new technologies and those without called?

Respected people n the community who evaluate media messages & pass the info 2 friends r called

Which of the these is not considered a valid perspective for studying sport as a social issue?

Stacking refers to assigning people to sports positions based on

What do conflict theorists believe about minority representation in media?

Which of the following terms can be linked to the process of rationalization?

everything that makes up a community

a community in which the exchange of information is the main social and economic activity

Johannes Gutenberg invented

Which of the following is an example of indirect competition measured against a pre-set scale?

Which sector of society benefits, according to the knowledge-gap hypothesis?

Which perspective argues that media messages are skewed because media is owned by the elite?

situation where people accept a view, which causes people who disagree less likely to disagree

When following sports, white fans tend to prefer watching which types of players?

having roles, norms, and values that distinguish it from other institutions

The conflict perspective focuses on sport in terms of

Which of the following sports is an example of indirect competition?

the merging of different media technologies

the gap between those with access to new technologies and those without

the action where every aspect of human behavior is subject 2 calculation, measurement & control

as new info enters society, the wealthy & educated get it faster than poor & less-educated

The knowledge-gap hypothesis concerns the ability of people to access

After passing Title IX, participation in sports for whom increased dramatically?

act of setting the boundaries of public debate by deciding what issues will get media coverage

Which of the following social perspectives focuses on how sport provides a distraction?

Which of the following is not a focus of the interactionist perspective of sport?

Social networks & the norms paired with them that encourage ppl to do things for each other is

competitive games that r won/lost on the basis of physical skills & played with specific rules

Minorities are still underrepresented in which role in sports?

act that bars discrimination on the basis of gender at any institution receiving federal funds

Which of the following is not considered a sport?

Which form of media is declining in use among Americans?