Media And The Spectacle Of Sports Analysis

The Chapter I chose to write about is chapter 11, which is on Popular Culture, Media and the Spectacle of Sports. The question that this chapter is trying to make is what kind of impact does the media, advertising, and sports have on our culture? The evidence in the text that supports this question are mass media and television gender roles, the kinds of symbolism males and females have in their roles of media/advertising, and how men and women are perceived differently in the sports world. The strength that the text starts out with is about the affect of mass media and gender roles that are imposed upon the human population. Mass media encompasses all of our books, television, Internet, newspapers, magazines, books, CDs, and films. They help shape images of what people want to aspire to be in life and what they know about the world around them. We know this is true because over 40% of Americans get their news from the Internet and may also get their news from television. The average American will spend only more time at work and sleeping than they will on the television and the Internet. With this very large allocation of time, it gives mass media ways to shape our society and culture to what the producers desire. This in turn …show more content…
Sadly sexual harassment and sexual abuse do happen from male coaches and managers to their female players but I think that is such a small number than the book said. Overall I think it is turning more of an excuse than a barrier to women. With today’s vast media coverage, I think organizations are more careful in their hiring process as to not get negative attention. One other thing I wish the text would have expanded more is the existence of sports that can be either participation or competitive and how males are looked upon in their sports. Are they looked upon as still masculine? Or are they looked as a lesser of a man for that