スポーツ健康学部Faculty of Sports and Health Studies

Since the 1980s, new relationships have developed between sport and the media. From an observer of the sports system, the media, especially television, have become actors in the sport system. This development is illustrated in the lecture with case studies (football, biathlon, handball, winter sports, etc.) and later systematized. In an analytical part, the scope and staging forms of sports reporting (on television) in various European countries are empirically analyzed. Special consideration will be given to the Tokyo 2020/21 Olympic Games.

-acquisition of basic knowledge on the relationship between sports and the media
-intercultural engagement with Europe
-experiencing and practicing elementary research and analysis techniques
-practicing searches of relevant information (desk research)

英語 / English

-lecture/s by the professor
-reading of scientific and popular texts
-presentation of (online and offline) search results

あり / Yes

あり / Yes

※各回の授業形態は予定です。教員の指示に従ってください。

1：Introduction

Media Sports and Spectators Sports (lecture on mediatization of sports and sportification of media resp. the interdependencies between sports and media).
-Introduction of the professor and the participants
-the Seminar’s goals and methods
-expectations of the students and the prof.
supplementary literature: Frandsen 2014 (as PDF)

2：The European Sports & Media Agenda

calendar and highlights, international mainstream sports (soccer, winter sports, handball, volleyball, boxing etc.) and national top events( horse racing, cricket, gaelic sports etc.)
In the lecture, the students acquire basic knowledge (online and offline) about the European sports organizations and the highlights of European sports events.
Literature: T.B.A.

3：Soccer – European’s Sport No. 1

national and international organizations, competitions, stadiums, transmission rights, TV and the changing soccer rules
Literature: online ressources (T.B.A.)

4：Soccer – European’s Sport No. 1

national and international organizations, competitions, stadiums, transmission rights, TV and the changing soccer rules
Literature: online ressources (T.B.A.)

5：Typical TV-Formats of soccer coverage (using examples of Germany)

Traditional television broadcasters, dedicated sports channels and streaming services have developed a wide variety of formats in which soccer are covered and discussed. Characteristic cases will be presented in the lecture.
Literature: online ressources

6：Winter sports I: Four Hills Tournament – the formula 1 of winter sports

Regardless of international championships (World Championships, etc.), the so-called Four Hills Tournament in ski jumping (a series of competitions on four different ski jumps) has been the absolute highlight of coverage of winter sports for 70 years. Only three athletes could win all four jumps of one year. The lecture presents this event and its media processing, and also deals with highlights from Alpine skiing.
Literature: online ressources

7：Winter sports II: Biathlon as a mediated sport

No winter sport has evolved since the 1980s like biathlon, a combination of skiing and target practice. New competitions, changed appearance in the stadiums and in the media have made this sport one of the most popular in Central Europe, Scandinavia, France and so on. The lecture will trace the "birth" of a TV sport and highlight current developments.
Literature: online ressources

8：Tour de France, Wimbledon, Ascot etc. – Summer sport highlights

The European sports calendar contains a whole series of highlights of international and also just national importance in many sports in the summer. Some are popular only in a few countries, others throughout Europe. The lecture will present the "lighthouses" of the sports summer, but also some very special national events. There will be a discussion on the relationship between "media sports" and "fringe sports".

9：Olympic Games and the Media I

national and international organizations, competitions, transmission rights, Olympic Games and changing media technologies

10：Olympic Games and the Media II

structure of coverage, examples of dominant formats

11：Olympic Games: the opening ceremony in Germany and Japan

The opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games celebrate sport, peace and international understanding. They have a fixed ceremonial and a cultural part, in which the host presents itself.
The marching in of the participating nations symbolizes the world as it is politically, culturally and sportingly at that time. The commentaries on this state of affairs in the respective national TV programs are therefore particularly interesting: Interpretations, stereotypes, frames.

12：Olympic Games: the opening ceremony in Germany and Japan

The opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games celebrate sport, peace and international understanding. They have a fixed ceremonial and a cultural part, in which the host presents itself.
The marching in of the participating nations symbolizes the world as it is politically, culturally and sportingly at that time. The commentaries on this state of affairs in the respective national TV programs are therefore particularly interesting: Interpretations, stereotypes, frames.

13：Summary

The findings of the case studies are systematized and classified: theoretical generalizations, glimpses into the future.
Special attention is given to the impact of the Corona pandemic on European sports ("Can sports recover?").
Finally, a reflection and critique of the course will take place.

14：Written exam.

Written exam.

reading oft texts; short written summary of textsm, online research
searching of relevant information about sports system in Europe.
（本授業の準備学習・復習時間は各 1 時間 を標準とします）

Pedersen, Paul M. (ed.): Routledge Handbook of Sport Communication. Routledge: New York 2013

-Frandsen, K. (2014): Mediatization of sport. In Lundby, K. (ed.) The Handbook of Mediatization of Communication. Mouton de Gruyter: Berlin, pp. 525-543.
-Horne, J.; Manzenreiter, W. (eds.): Sport mega-events: social scientific analysisof a global phenomenon. Sociological Review 2006; Suppl. 2

Short essays, written answers of questions during the lecture (25%)
written exam (75%)

The new lecture couldn’t have any comments.