Issues in Sport Exam 1

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Which of the following statements is not true of content analysis?

Theory can be created after the data are analyzed.

As people age, they often move from participating in team sports to participating in individual sports.

True

If you are interested in the sociology of sport, you might want to join the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport.

True

If you wished to analyze a situation based on economics, you could use a conflict perspective.

True

In a 2013 Harris poll, less than 10 percent of respondents indicated that their favorite sport was professional basketball.

True

Interactionist theory is considered a "bottom-up" approach.

True

Large media corporations (e.g., ESPN, Fox) face potential conflicts of interest related to their involvement with certain sport leagues.

True

Most sport media owners could be described as functionalists.

True

One difference between play and games is the fact that games involve competition.

True

According to the textbook author, which of the following is not a sport?

Chess

Which theoretical perspective uses the concept of hegemony?

Critical theory

Which of the following is not an example of a financial effect of sport media?

As sports rely on television to increase the exposure of a sport, television gains more control of sport.

Sport participants are not likely to be sport spectators.

False

Sport sociology is the study of the individuals in a sport setting.

False

Survey research is typically conducted face to face with participants.

False

Tennis leaders and NASCAR leaders use the same marketing plan and sponsors.

False

The media are sensitive to racial issues in sport.

False

Which social group influences young children the most in terms of sport participation?

Family

If you wanted to write a paper based on research indicating that males receive 90 percent of the sport media's attention, which perspective would make the most sense for you to use?

Feminist

Which theory would agree that sport reinforces society's value system?

Functionalist theory

Which of these statements is true about the definition of sport?

It is always changing.

Which of the following is not an example of media influence on sport?

Media outlets change their programming to accommodate sporting events.

Which of the following is not an area of study in the biophysical domain?

Motor learning

Which of the following majors should be chosen by a person who wants to teach physical skills?

Pedagogy

Which of the following is another name for participation sport?

Recreational sport

Collegiate athletes may view sport as work.

True

One reason we study sport is that it affects our culture, traditions, and values.

True

Sport influences the media because it can attract huge television audiences.

True

Sport philosophy is an area of study in the sociocultural domain.

True

Television coverage of women's sport has decreased in recent years.

True

The U.S. Congress established the United States Olympic Committee by means of the Amateur Sports Act of 1978.

True

The media sometimes have the power to change the rules of a sport.

True

The sport media include print, radio, television, Internet, and social media outlets.

True

We could analyze how society views Pete Rose and his banishment from baseball-as well as the possibility of his reinstatement-through all of the research methods discussed in the chapter.

True

Your socioeconomic class influences which sport(s) you watch.

True

Which of the following is an example of social media use?

posting on Twitter by athletes

About 15 percent of high school athletes will participate in collegiate athletics.

False

Play and games differ, but sport and work do not.

False

Qualitative research collects information and uses statistical analyses.

False

Data collected about trends in sport participation do not indicate which of the following?

Inactivity has decreased among youth


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