COMM 407 Communication, Politics, Culture, & Sport - 3 credits

Prerequisite(s): COMM 206
Facilitates in-depth understanding and application of theory to the study of sport as a communicative space that both influences and is influenced by the political. Teaches analysis and critique of how sport serves as a historical, cultural, and ideological influence upon cultural values and local and global political and social movements. Topics may include examination of sport as a site of political struggle, sport and activism, international conflict and sport, and sport within social and political movements.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall