SOCIOL 2T03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hubris, Immorality, Association Football
16 Jan 2020
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Week 3 - socialization and deviance in sport. Definition of socialization: socialization is a process of learning and social development, which occurs as we interact with one another and become acquainted with the social world in which we live . It involves accenting, resting, revising messages about the world and who we are (ex. Definition used by c&d synthesizes a critical and interactionist theoretical approach. Concerned with the values and behaviours of sport participants. Research on sport has had limited value to understanding sports socialization. Research on this says that significant others as agents of socialization, who socialize athletes into particular activities and behaviours (ex. Concern with creating support for or reproducing exploitative economic conditions. There is limited research on socialization from a conflict theory perspective. Paired with critical theory to connect these experiences to larger structures: Socialization involves participatory learning through which people are involved in larger processes of cultural production, reproduction, and change .
