Sport and society
Topic 5: Sport and society
Overview
Students will understand the dynamic relationship between sport and society. They will understand the parallels between societal changes and sport and will utilise this knowledge and understanding to consider historical and contemporary events and trends and potential future developments.
Students will understand how, as society developed and became increasingly commercial and political, these phenomena were reflected in sport. Students will understand the context of varying ethics, pressures on performers to cheat and consider a range of factors that influence deviance and the response of national and international organisations.
Students will understand the relationship between media and sport and the role of social media.