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Sports Journalism
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:26:00
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | KSK_066 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Communication Sciences | Target Audience: | Communication Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Anda Rožukalne | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 20 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Introduction to journalism. News journalism. Methods and genres of journalism. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To familiarise with the nature of sports journalism, to learn the specifics of this type of journalism, to be able to create works in sports journalism for the needs of different media. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | History, stages of development, modern trends, regularities of sports journalism, life and work experience of world and Latvian sports journalists. Peculiarities and specifics of sports journalism. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | General and sports journalism. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | General regularities and specific skills for sports journalism in the press, radio, TV and internet environment. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Specifics of work at sports events in Latvia, as well as at larger sports events – at European and world championships and Olympic Games. Common and differences. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Tests to be faced by a sports journalist (compared with other journalists), a sports journalist from a small country, a sports journalist (also a journalist in general) from a small language base. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Practical familiarising with sports events – games of Latvian national teams, leading clubs, other international competitions, popular sports events. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Practical experience with a sports journalist’s accreditation procedure, evaluation of work conditions, participation in presentation of competitions, interviews, press conferences. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Familiarising with an accreditation procedure, work conditions, participation in evaluation of competitions, creation of interviews, participation in press conferences. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Preparation of sports news, reports, interviews evaluating their specifics on radio, TV, press, website. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Practical classes: attendance of competitions and other sports events, meetings with athletes, coaches, sports functionaries. Writing and mutual evaluation of news, press releases, descriptions, comments. Description of Latvian leading sports journalists (according to the prepared list) and its presentation. Sports in different media – comparative evaluation. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | The assessment takes into account: attendance of lectures and practical classes and cognitive activity during them. Results of performance of individual tasks and the level of readiness at practical classes. Presentation of a description. Understanding of the place of sports in the social structure. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | On successful completion of the study course students obtain knowledge about the history and development of sports; about showing of sports on radio, TV, press, websites, and about basic ethical principles of sports journalism. | ||||||||
| Skills: | On successful completion of the study course students are able to provide a comparative evaluation of sports and sports disciplines, able to prepare news, reports, interviews, press releases on radio, TV, press, websites. Able to organise a talk/interview with an athlete, coach, sports functionary. Able to prepare a summary and evaluation of statistical materials. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | On successful completion of the study course students are competent in knowing the sports system and the ability to compare it with other countries, as well as the development and place of different sports in the general system. Able to argument and defend own opinion. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Staģis A. (2014) Staģis, Andris, Latvijas vieglatlētikas vēsture. 1. un 2. daļa. | ||||||||
| 2 | Latvijas olimpiskā vēsture. (2003). Jumava. | ||||||||
| 3 | Latvijas sporta vēsture. (1994). Zvaigzne. | ||||||||
| 4 | Kennedy E.; Hills L. (2009). Sport, Media and Society, Berg. | ||||||||
| 5 | NewWorldEncyclopedia | ||||||||
| 6 | Wikipedia | ||||||||
| 7 | English, P. (2016)...... Mapping the sports journalism field: Bourdieu and broadsheet newsrooms. Journalism, 17(8) 1001–1017. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Walsh D (2013). Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong. London: Simon & Schuster. | ||||||||
| 2 | Steen R. (2007). Sports Journalism: A Multimedia Primer. Routledge. | ||||||||
| 3 | Andrews P. (2005). Sports Journalism: A Practical Introduction. SagePublications. | ||||||||
| 4 | Wilstein, S. (2001). Sports Writing Handbook, McGraw-Hill. | ||||||||
| 5 | Nicholson M, Zion L and Lowden D (2011). A profile of Australian sports journalists (revisited). Media International Australia 140: 84–96. O’Donnell P, McKnight D and Este J (2012) | ||||||||
| 6 | Mary Lou Sheffer and Brad Schultz,. “Paradigm Shift or Passing Fad? Twitter and Sports Journalism,” International Journal of Sport Communication 3, no. 4 (2010): 472-484. | ||||||||
| 7 | Kenon A. Brown, Josh Dickhaus and Mia C. Long. “LeBron James and “the Decision”: An Empirical Examination of Image Repair in Sports,” Journal of Sports Media 7 (2012): 149-175. | ||||||||
| 8 | K. Hull and Annalie Schmittel. “A Fumbled Opportunity? A Case Study of Twitter’s Role in Concussion Awareness Opportunities during the Super Bowl,” Journal of Sport & Social Issues 39, no. 1 (2014): 78-94. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalism | ||||||||
| 2 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_commentator | ||||||||
| 3 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcasting_of_sports_events | ||||||||
| 4 | http://sportsandpr1.wordpress.com/2012/04/25/history-of-spo… | ||||||||
| 5 | http://journalism.about.com/od/SportsJournalism/ | ||||||||
| 6 | http://www.journalismdegree.com/sports-journalism-careers/ | ||||||||
| 7 | http://www.wikihow.com/Become-a-Sports-Journalist | ||||||||
| 8 | Paul Mark Pedersen, Janet Parks, Jerome Quarterman and Lucie Thibault Contemporary Sport Management. 4th ed. (Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 2011). | ||||||||
