Analysis of the historical rise of football as a working-class leisure pursuit, its commercialisation, impact on and roots in popular culture. Including a consideration of industrialisation, professionalisation, globalisation, new technologies, the media, and violence as they affect football culture.

Assessment 1 = Learning Outcomes 1-4

Assessment 2 = Learning Outcomes 1 and 4



The first assessment (essay) will allow students to address a single topic (from a choice of questions) relating to examining an aspect of football culture from a global menu.

The second assessment (contributions to asynchronous discussion board topics) will enable students to widen their scope of research (both historical and contemporary) in order to contribute effectively to and engage effectively with debates. These debates will be led by current and historical topics within football, the sports media, and society.



Diversity

Football culture has multiple areas in which diversity, both historical and contemporary, will be widely discussed. The focus will be on a global perspective of the culture, encouraging students to look beyond the UK and into areas where football established itself and became inextricably linked with society and identity. This represents a significant decolonisation from the start point of football culture in the UK. The role of women in global football culture will also be examined and discussed, as will the growth of football and allied cultures in ethic groups.

13 x lectures (3 hours) - total 39 hours (13x3 online) to introduce, outline and examine and discuss the role, influence and effectiveness of the sports journalist and the sports media.

Directed study and independent learning focused on in the student's own time - total 163 hours.

Overall time commitment - 200 hours

Key Information Set:
19% scheduled Learning and Teaching activities
81% guided independent learning



Students will be expected to research in depth topics on a weekly basis prior to accessing learning materials on Blackboard VLE and particularly ahead of contributing to the asynchronous Discussion Forums (Flipped Learning).



Students will use assessed discussion board forums to share ideas and respond to class materials/readings.

1. Demonstrate a critical understanding of the centrality of football to the media and to society/culture, both historically and as a contemporary phenomenon.

2. Critically analyse and evaluate theories purporting to explain the growth, diversification and global presence of football and football in the media

3. Conduct a thorough examination of the dominant role of the media in diffusing, promoting and perpetuating hierarchies within football culture

4. Demonstrate an ability to disseminate ideas and theories on the wider social and cultural influences of football through an essay and asynchronous discussion boards.

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Sugden/Tomlinson. Sport and Peace-Building in Divided Societies (2019). Routledge.

Toffoletti/Mewett. Sport and Its Female Fans (2012). Routledge.

Coakley, J. (2009). Sports in Society: Issue and Controversies. 10th edition, London: McGraw Hill
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An academic module which examines the culture of sport globally, the way in which it is portrayed and the way in which sports is governed domestically and overseas.

Sports culture asks the question why is sport so important to our everyday lives? How has it evolved to become so important to society and, in turn, the media?

Sports governance looks at organisations such as FIFA, UEFA, IOC, CAS and many more. The governing bodies and regulatory authorities who lay down the laws and rules of sport. But who are they, and what do they really do? This is essential knowledge for any good sports journalist.