This Sporting Planet - Audio
This Sporting Planet - Audio
The Open University
Sport is a massive global phenomenon. Events and sporting heroes attract an enormous amount of interest. What’s going on? Why do sporting heroes matter so much and why is the media full of sports news? This album uses interviews with four key people in sport (Ed Smith, Sue Tibballs, Ed Warner and Sunder Katwala) to explore the relationship between sport and the media and considers the role of media representations in constructing our understanding of sport and creating its place in the wider popular culture. Course chair, Professor Kath Woodward also reflects on the course and the material in this album through two academic perspectives. This material forms part of the course D170 This Sporting Planet.
This Sporting Planet
A short introduction to this album.
Apr 13, 2010
49 sec
Transcript -- This Sporting Planet
A short introduction to this album.
Apr 13, 2010
What Sport Tells us About Life
Ed Smith, professional cricketer and author of 'What Sport Tells Us About Life' (2008), discusses how and why sport has come to acquire such intense and diverse social meanings.
Mar 22, 2009
18 min
Transcript -- What Sport Tells us About Life
Ed Smith, professional cricketer and author of 'What Sport Tells Us About Life' (2008), discusses how and why sport has come to acquire such intense and diverse social meanings.
Mar 22, 2009
Sport and Change
Sue Tibballs chief Executive of the Women’s Sports Foundation (WSF) focuses on the role of women in sport and their representation. The WSF ensures that women are central to sport and not on the sidelines.
Mar 22, 2009
17 min
Transcript -- Sport and Change
Sue Tibballs chief Executive of the Women’s Sports Foundation (WSF) focuses on the role of women in sport and their representation. The WSF ensures that women are central to sport and not on the sidelines.
Mar 22, 2009
Running for a Business
Ed Warner is a city businessman who became part-time, non-executive chair of UK Athletics in 2007 and has had a pivotal role in preparing UK Athletics in the run up to the 2012 Olympics. His appointment highlights the links between commerce and sport.
Mar 22, 2009
20 min
Transcript -- Running for a Business
Ed Warner is a city businessman who became part-time, non-executive chair of UK Athletics in 2007 and has had a pivotal role in preparing UK Athletics in the run up to the 2012 Olympics. His appointment highlights the links between commerce and sport.
Mar 22, 2009
Governing Global Sport
Sunder Katwala is General Secretary of the Fabian Society and writes extensively on political issues, including the political and social significance of sport and critical debates about the governance of sport.
Mar 22, 2009
17 min
Transcript -- Governing Global Sport
Sunder Katwala is General Secretary of the Fabian Society and writes extensively on political issues, including the political and social significance of sport and critical debates about the governance of sport.
Mar 22, 2009
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