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This Sporting Planet - Audio

The Open University•www3.open.ac.uk
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Higher Education
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.
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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•19 min

Transcript -- What Sport Tells us About Life

Transcript -- 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

Transcript -- 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

Transcript -- 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•18 min

Transcript -- Governing Global Sport

Transcript -- 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

Academic Perspective

Course chair, Professor Kath Woodward, discusses her interest in sport and talks us through the content of the course and this album.

Mar 22, 2009•5 min

Transcript -- Academic Perspective

Transcript -- Course chair, Professor Kath Woodward, discusses her interest in sport and talks us through the content of the course and this album.

Mar 22, 2009

Academic Perspective 2

Course chair, Professor Kath Woodward, talks about the four interviewees that appear on this album and gives us an insight to their backgrounds and areas of expertise.

Mar 22, 2009•8 min

Transcript -- Academic Perspective 2

Transcript -- Course chair, Professor Kath Woodward, talks about the four interviewees that appear on this album and gives us an insight to their backgrounds and areas of expertise.

Mar 22, 2009
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