nk4144 Sociology of Sport

Faculty of Sports Studies
spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
7/7/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Aleš Sekot, CSc. (lecturer)
PhDr. Arnošt Svoboda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Zora Svobodová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Bc. Veronika Kubíčková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Arnošt Svoboda, Ph.D.
Department of Physical Education and Social Sciences – Faculty of Sports Studies
Supplier department: Department of Physical Education and Social Sciences – Faculty of Sports Studies
Prerequisites
BOZP_OK(bozp_po_stud) && BOZP_OK(bozp_po_stud_fsps)
Completion of the course Introduction to Sociology hology
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Sociology is very helpful when it comes to studying sports as a social phenomenon. It provides concepts, theoretical approaches, and research methods to describe and understand behaviour and social interactions as they occur in particular social and cultural contexts. Just qualitative changes in sports have updated new concepts as physical recreation, professional sport, high-performance sport, elite sport etc. Becoming involved and staying in sports occurs in connection with the general socialization process in the lives of people. The phenomenon of sport has been strongly transformed during the past two or three decades, mostly as a consequence of the process of commercialisation and medialization of elite professional sports, mostly to a global extent. The main objective of the lesson is to properly understand the mutual relations of sport and society in local, regional and global contexts.
Learning outcomes
Main output from the perspective of knowledge of the students is deeper understanding of mutual relations os society and sport in the context of sedentary, postindustrial, consumerist society.
Syllabus
  • Sociological Relevance of Sport; Modern Sport; Sport and Popular Culture; Sport and Mass Media; Commercial Sport; Sport, Politics and Nation-States; Sport as a Means of Resistance; Sport and Sport Subcultures; Alternative Sports; Sport and Socialization; Sport and Social Cohesion; Sport and Development: 'Sport as a Tool' 1; Sport and Development: 'Sport as a Tool' 2
Literature
    required literature
  • SEKOT, Aleš. Sociologie sportu (Sociology of Sport). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita a Paido, 2006, 412 pp. Pedagogická edice. ISBN 80-210-4201-X. info
  • SEKOT, Aleš. Sociologické problémy sportu (Sociological problems of sports). 1st ed. Praha: GRADA Publishing, 2008, 224 pp. Sociologie. ISBN 978-80-247-2562-8. info
    recommended literature
  • SEKOT, Aleš. Pohybové aktivity pohledem sociologie (Motion activity in perspec tive of sociology). 1st ed. Brno: muniPRESS, 2015, 151 pp. sociologie. ISBN 978-80-210-7918-2. info
Teaching methods
Lectures based on recomended literature. Sekot, A: Sociologie sportu, 2006 Sekot, A. Aktuální problémy sociologie sportu, 2008
Assessment methods
Written test on relevant sociological literatire
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms spring 2021, spring 2022, spring 2023, spring 2024.
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