Sociology and Sport
SOCIOLOGY AND SPORT
Sociology is concerned with the social and cultural context in which behavior occurs and the connection between that behavior and the setting, and sports sociology specifically focuses on the relationship between sports and society. It gives us a closer look at human social behavior within the sports context. It is within sports sociology that the issues surrounding the relationships between individuals, groups, and sports are considered, explored, analyzed, and explained. In other words it examines how culture and values influence sports, how sports influences culture and values, sports and gender identity and the relationship between sports and media, politics, economics, religion, race, gender, youth, etc. It is also defined as the scientific investigation of relationships, social interactions, and culture that are created, maintained, changed, and contested in and through sport
CULTURE
Culture is another important concept to be considered within the sub discipline of sports sociology. Culture includes the established parts of life that are created by individuals -in a specific society. It is the means by which society defines itself. By establishing and passing on shared values, beliefs, artifacts, traditions, and appropriate behaviors of the group that have significant meaning, a culture affirms itself and is adopted by the individual participants of that group. Culture is also considered a patterned form of expression that becomes a product of habit rather than a conscious thought within groups of people. Culture is a human phenomenon that is diverse and has unlimited potential because of the creativity of people.
Although cultures are different, they also have common elements. For example, music, law, art, customs. They may be different and expressed in different ways, but the phenomena still exist from culture to culture. Specific forms of play, games, and sports have distinct roles and importance within different cultures.
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Sociology is concerned with the social and cultural context in which behavior occurs and the connection between that behavior and the setting, and sports sociology specifically focuses on the relationship between sports and society. It gives us a closer look at human social behavior within the sports context. It is within sports sociology that the issues surrounding the relationships between individuals, groups, and sports are considered, explored, analyzed, and explained. In other words it examines how culture and values influence sports, how sports influences culture and values, sports and gender identity and the relationship between sports and media, politics, economics, religion, race, gender, youth, etc. It is also defined as the scientific investigation of relationships, social interactions, and culture that are created, maintained, changed, and contested in and through sport
CULTURE
Culture is another important concept to be considered within the sub discipline of sports sociology. Culture includes the established parts of life that are created by individuals -in a specific society. It is the means by which society defines itself. By establishing and passing on shared values, beliefs, artifacts, traditions, and appropriate behaviors of the group that have significant meaning, a culture affirms itself and is adopted by the individual participants of that group. Culture is also considered a patterned form of expression that becomes a product of habit rather than a conscious thought within groups of people. Culture is a human phenomenon that is diverse and has unlimited potential because of the creativity of people.
Although cultures are different, they also have common elements. For example, music, law, art, customs. They may be different and expressed in different ways, but the phenomena still exist from culture to culture. Specific forms of play, games, and sports have distinct roles and importance within different cultures.
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