Course details

Name: ENWR - 250

Title: SPECIAL TOPIC: THE SPORTS MEDIA AND SOCIETY

Section: 02

Semester: Fall - 2010

Credits: 3

Description:
Through its widespread appeal, the sports industry informs and educates on a wide range of social issues. Often it is the forum from which young people learn to think critically about race, class, drugs, gender equity, nationalism, amateurism, capitalism and consumerism. This course will scrutinize the athletes (and institutions) that have fueled such controversies, from Muhammad Ali to Alex Rodriguez and especially focus on the influence of the sports media’s coverage. Students will be expected to enthusiastically participate in class discussion and debate, and to report and write analytically. The course will be taught by Harvey Araton, who wrote the Sports of the Times column for the New York Times for 15 years, and Dave Kaplan, a former sports editor for the New York Daily News and presently the director of the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center.

Schedule: Tuesday,Thursday From 8:30 am To 9:45 am

Graduation requirements:

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Teaching Faculty: Araton Harvey (aratonh)

Is course canceled: No