This document discusses the field of sports sociology. It defines sociology as the scientific study of society and how culture and social conditions influence human behavior. Sports sociology specifically examines the relationship between sports and society, including how values and culture shape sports and how sports influences those areas in turn. It explores topics like the socialization of individuals into and out of sports roles and the institutionalization of sports. The document maintains that studying sports through the lens of sociology provides useful insights into gender, racial, and other ideologies prevalent in a society.

1. The sociology of sports
By
Muhammad Aamir
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2. What is Sociology
Sociology is the scientific study of society.
Or
Sociologists are the persons who study
behaviour in terms of the social conditions
and cultural contexts in which people live their
lives.

3. Sociology concern with these features
Culture
Art, music and literature
Communications and information
technologies
media
Family, gender, and sexuality
Leisure
Peace, war, and conflict
Race and ethnic relations
Religion

4. Sociology provides useful tools which provide
Concepts
Theories
Research methods

5. These tools enable us to see
History
Politics
Economics
social life

6. Branches of Sociology
Sports sociology
Historical Sociology
Criminology
Sociology of Economy
Political Sociology
Industrial Sociology
Sociology of Race
Sociology of Planning

7. Sports sociology
Sociology of sports is the study
of the relationship between sports
and society

8. Sports sociology examines
How culture and values influence sports
How sports influences culture and values
The relationship between sports and media
The relationship between sports and politics
The relationship between sports and economics
The relationship between sports and religion
The relationship between sports and race,
gender, youth, etc

9. Key point of Sports Sociology
•Sports provide a window
into culture and society

10. Relationship of Sports Psychology and
Sports Sociology
 Psychological studies have focused on personality
characteristics, moral development, and achievement
motivation, sense of competence, self-esteem, and body
image.
 Sociological studies, have focused on three main topics:
(1) Socialization into sport, dealing with the initiation and
continuation of sport participation;
(2) Socialization out of sport, dealing with termination and
changes in sport participation;
(3) Socialization through sport, dealing with participation
and multiple facets of social development

11. Culture
It is defined as the symbols, language, beliefs,
values, and things that are part of any society.
There are two basic components of culture:
Ideas and symbols
Artefacts (material objects)

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Ideas and symbols: This type is called
nonmaterial culture, includes the values,
beliefs, symbols, and language that define a
society.
Artefacts (material objects) :The second type
called material culture, includes all the society’s
physical objects, such as its tools and
technology, clothing, eating tools, and means of
transportation.

13. Why we study relationship of sport in
society
Sport is a part of people’s lives.
Sport is connected with important ideas and
meanings in life.
Sport is connected to major spheres of social
life

14. SOCIETY
Living in a defined geographical region
which are United through
A political system
A shared sense of self-identification that
distinguishes them from other people

15. How sociology help sports
 Identify & understand social problems and social issues
associated with sports
 Look beyond scores to see sports as social phenomena
 Make informed choices about sport participation and the place
of sports in our lives
 Transform sports in progressive ways
 To spread sports culture in society

16. Why sports are important for society
 Sports activities and images are part of people’s lives
 Sports are connected with ideologies in society
 the “viewpoints” that inspire people’s feelings,
thoughts, and actions
 Sports are connected with major spheres of social life
such as: family, economy, media, politics, education, &
religion

17. Ideologies
• sets of interrelated ideas that people use
Dominant Ideologies used in sports sociology:
• Two main ideologies serve in sports
Gender Ideology
Racial Ideology

18. Gender Ideology
Gender ideology consists of general ideas of “common
sense” about maleness and femaleness in a group or
society
This consists of:
 A set of interrelated ideas about masculinity(maleness)
 Femininity(femaleness)
 relationships between men and women

19. Racial Ideology
• A set of interrelated ideas that people use to give
meaning to:
 Skin color
 To evaluate people in terms of racial classifications
 The characteristics of people classified in various racial
categories

20. Institutionalization Occurs When
Rules become standardized
Official agencies enforce rules
Organizational & technical aspects of the
activity become important
Learning game skills becomes formalized

21. Future Directions for the Field of
sports sociology
 Sociology has a foundational interest in the structural relations of 'race' and
ethnicity, sex and gender, sexuality, age, and etc.
 Given the determination of the structural inequalities associated with sport,
it would be perverse and destructive to marginalise the relationship
between sport and power.
 It needs to embrace sport as popular pleasure as well as focus of critique.
 Sport is about movement and progression and it is on the move to go
forward.