1. How do people find out about what’s happening in the world of sport? 1.Television 2.Radio 3.Newspapers/magazines 4.Internet

2. Types of coverage Informative – information about diffferent sports information about diffferent sportsinformation about diffferent sports Educational Revision programmes Revision programmesRevision programmes Instructive - coaching programmes coaching programmescoaching programmes Entertainment – Question of Sport Question of SportQuestion of Sport match of the day match of the day

3. Task What does each type of Coverage do? Give examples of programmes 1.Informative – 2.Educational – 3.Instructive – 4.Entertainment – Who decides what we see in these programmes? What problems could this cause the sport or sports people?

4. More info for the spectator means they can appreciate it and understand it better. The demand to see personalities in the media invades their personal lives/no privacy. Money from broadcasting rights go direct to the sport. Seeing sport on tv may encourage higher levels of participation. Coverage of minority sports could increase their popularity.

5. Directors of programme dictate what you view. They chose what will be shown on their programme. Replaying incidents and pundit analysis may undermine the referees decisions. The more coverage a sport gets, the easier it is to attract more sponsors therefore more money for the sport.

6. Media Most articles (sport) – Most articles (male/female) -

7. Advantages and Disadvantages Media in sport has advantages and disadvantages. Can you think of anything that a sports person has done that has made the headlines? If you had done the same thing, would you have made the headlines?

8. Advantages and Disadvantages of Media Why was the tie break introduced in tennis? 20 years ago, all football league matches were played at 3pm on a Saturday. Why is this not the case anymore? Why do clubs offer cheap tickets for Monday evening matches? What sports get the most coverage on Sky Sports? What happens to the money that TV channels pay for the right to broadcast certain events?

9. Exam Question 17 The media has a large influence over sport. Identify one type of media and describe two ways in which it can have a positive effect on sport. Type of media.................................................................... Positive effect 1................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Positive effect 2.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................