SOC Chapter 14 Sport and the Mass Media

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

Established rules in sports is a key component of

Secularization refers to

Johannes Gutenberg invented

respected individuals in the community

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

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

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

Which of the following is not considered a sport?

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

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

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

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

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

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

The conflict perspective focuses on sport in terms of

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

everything that makes up a community

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

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

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

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

Minorities are still underrepresented in which role in sports?

Which form of media is declining in use among Americans?

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

Which development in mass communications was developed by the Sumerians?

the merging of different media technologies

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

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

Which activity is linked with the bureaucratization of sports?

What do conflict theorists believe about minority representation in media?

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

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

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

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

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

The digital divide describes the gap between

Stacking refers to assigning people to sports positions based on

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

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

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