SPM 4012 Completed Study Guide Final Slide Set 2 1 Five aspects that make up sport a Structured b Goal oriented c Competitive d e Physical Ludic 2 Sports universal attributes a Utilitarian relates to a material social purpose i Muscular Christian use our bodies to the glory of God b Expressive expresses understandings of self and collective identity i Olympics Berlin used it to show Nazi power c Pleasurable source of visceral or sensual enjoyment i Plaisir the pleasure derived from sporting participation or spectating a pleasing ii affirmation of self Jouissance a transcendent sense of ecstasy or bliss taking the self beyond the normative being 3 Contested terrain a Dominant cultural practices and meanings constantly struggle for their position of ascendancy against residual and emergent practices and meanings 4 Sociological imagination slide set 2 slide 56 58 a The individual is made by society and by its historical push and shove b The essence of sport is to be found within the nature of its relationship to the broader stream of societal forces of which it is a part Slide Set 3 5 What is politics a The structures processes and practices of governance the mechanisms whereby people s lives are controlled shaped and regulated by external forces 7 What makes up American Neoliberal Democracy a The contemporary US is dominated by the inter relationship between political and 6 Sport is completely inter related to the nature of a The system of governance b The power structure c Political order hierarchy d Political relations economic interests i Democratic state ii Free market economy 8 Core tenants of Neoliberal Democracy a Don t waste public money b c Corporate business friendly anti union climate Lessen the tax burden i Trickledown economics d Commercial privatization e Free market economy 9 What makes up Chinese State Capitalism a Authoritarian State and Privatizing Economy 10 Two Chinas a 1 Authoritarian politics Chinese State controls all aspects of society b 2 Consumerist Culture Slide set 4 11 What is the economy a The system whereby a society reproduces itself b The system of producing distributing and consuming resources within a society c A specific type of economic system 12 Commercial corporation 13 Definition of corporatization a Profit driven institutions generating capital for private individuals a Social institutions adopt the institutional structure managerial hierarchies and profit driven focus of commercial corporations 14 Corporate sport a Highly regulated controlled and predictable mass entertainment product designed to generate maximum profit across numerous revenue streams a Traps individuals in highly organized structured and rule based and productivity and goal 15 Definition of iron cage oriented forms of existence 16 Elements of McDonaldization services a Efficiency streamlining of production processes and the simplification of products and b Calculability products and services are evaluated according to objective measures c Predictability creation of institutionally uniform and standardized products and services d Control increased influences of rules regulations and non human technologies over the experience of workers and consumers i A social form that is generally indigenously conceived controlled and comparatively rich in distinctive substantive content i A social form that is generally centrally conceived controlled and comparatively devoid of distinctive substantive content 17 Somethings and nothings a Somethings b Nothings Slide set 5 18 Definition of culture a A set of practices system of meaning through which we learn the values ideas and beliefs of the society in which we live 19 Social welfare function of mass communications media neoliberal function a b In social welfare Inform Educate and Entertain are all equal functions In Neoliberal Entertain is the main function then informing then educating 20 Debord s Society of the spectacle a Mediated commercialization of everyday life i Monumental Spectacle mass mediated happenings ii iii Commodity Spectacle mass mediated commodities brands Individual Spectacle Mass mediated personas 21 5 reasons for the sport media convergence It is explicit and telegenic physicality Its innate competitive structure Its nurturing of deep rooted individual identifications and loyalties Its relatively straight forward and inexpensive production demands Its potential for generating visceral excitement a b c d e 22 Monumental spectacle a A high profile mass interest commercially oriented sporting event b Televised sport coverage is more spectacular and thereby entertaining to a primetime 23 Forces creating the celebrity age or celebrity culture a Political the dominance of neo liberal political system and ideology focuses on audience individualism b Economy the influence of a consumer economy and culture through which one s individual identity is expressed c Technology the dominance of individualizing media such as television and the internet 24 Individual spectacle a Celebrities b Well knownness created by the image or trademark which is created by the media i Television coverage ii Promotional appearances iii Print media coverage iv Biographical texts v Endorsements 25 Commodity spectacle a Branding meaning feelings associated with products i Stimulates mass consumption Slide set 6 26 Ontology 27 Dialectic ontology a The study of the nature of being existence i Karl Marx 28 Social construction of the individual a Experiences Identities and bodies a Men make their own history under the circumstances in which they are given Ideological formations values beliefs ideas i ii Cultural texts media forms and content iii Cultural practices acts performances and routines iv Institutional Structures rules codes and organization a A system of classifications determined by biological structure and function a A system of culturally determined roles expectations and identities associated with two a A system of unequal gender roles identities and experiences which privilege the 29 What is sex 30 Definition of gender sex types 31 What is patriarchy position of men 32 Masculinity in organized sport a Organized sport is considered to be a male oriented social institution because at its core are sporting practices which are based upon personal attributes traditionally associated with masculinity i Strength ii Toughness iii Aggression iv violence 33 Sources of masculinity a Sporting prowess b Physical aggression c Sexual conquest 34 Hyper