FSU SPM 4013 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY
GRADED A+
Globalization Ans✓✓✓Broad concept encompassing many elements
and characteristics of life in the post-industrial era; been going on for 20
years; social and economic issues; more prominent following Cold War;
result of this is tension between heterogenization (maintaining
differences) and homogenization (making similar)
Consumer Culture Ans✓✓✓Used to describe the capitalist or market
economy ideology whereby individuals aspire to ever-higher standards
of living and material consumption
Globalization in Sport Ans✓✓✓Difficult to find the economic and
cultural balance; Olympic committee attempts to balance with opening
and closing ceremonies; mainly driven by economic considerations;
highly Americanized because international sports are driven by the
West; gained momentum following WWI; refers to the movement of
athletes around the world in pursuit of work
Internalization Ans✓✓✓Used to describe the worldwide dissemination
of sport, driven by the 20th century consumer culture
Internalization of Sports Ans✓✓✓Increased opportunities for fan
involvement and enjoyment; provided exposure to cultures from around
the world; paved the way for Coakley's 3 main areas:
1) Market Economies
, 2) Changing Demographics
3) Large Scale Capital Investment by Public & Private Sources
Commodification Ans✓✓✓The influence of economic forces on the
structure and practice of sport (trade); has turned into an economic
practice like selling goods, airtime, and earning a living as an athlete /
coach / cameraman
Regionalism Ans✓✓✓Set of countries with similar characteristics (UK)
Nationalism Ans✓✓✓Shared sense of what a country stands for;
socially constructed concept with ever-changing rituals
Glocalization Ans✓✓✓Global and local themes which creates a new
existence out of more cultural elements (ex: New Zealand All Blacks -->
rapid development of rugby)
Localization Ans✓✓✓Adaption of non-local elements to the local
context (ex: language and rules, adapting to advertisements
Beware or Binaries Ans✓✓✓Examining cultures against each other
rather than simultaneously analyzing each on its own merits; seeing
issues as black & white or right & wrong; cultures - "we do it 'right'
because they do it wrong"; global issues often come in shades of grey
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY
GRADED A+
Globalization Ans✓✓✓Broad concept encompassing many elements
and characteristics of life in the post-industrial era; been going on for 20
years; social and economic issues; more prominent following Cold War;
result of this is tension between heterogenization (maintaining
differences) and homogenization (making similar)
Consumer Culture Ans✓✓✓Used to describe the capitalist or market
economy ideology whereby individuals aspire to ever-higher standards
of living and material consumption
Globalization in Sport Ans✓✓✓Difficult to find the economic and
cultural balance; Olympic committee attempts to balance with opening
and closing ceremonies; mainly driven by economic considerations;
highly Americanized because international sports are driven by the
West; gained momentum following WWI; refers to the movement of
athletes around the world in pursuit of work
Internalization Ans✓✓✓Used to describe the worldwide dissemination
of sport, driven by the 20th century consumer culture
Internalization of Sports Ans✓✓✓Increased opportunities for fan
involvement and enjoyment; provided exposure to cultures from around
the world; paved the way for Coakley's 3 main areas:
1) Market Economies
, 2) Changing Demographics
3) Large Scale Capital Investment by Public & Private Sources
Commodification Ans✓✓✓The influence of economic forces on the
structure and practice of sport (trade); has turned into an economic
practice like selling goods, airtime, and earning a living as an athlete /
coach / cameraman
Regionalism Ans✓✓✓Set of countries with similar characteristics (UK)
Nationalism Ans✓✓✓Shared sense of what a country stands for;
socially constructed concept with ever-changing rituals
Glocalization Ans✓✓✓Global and local themes which creates a new
existence out of more cultural elements (ex: New Zealand All Blacks -->
rapid development of rugby)
Localization Ans✓✓✓Adaption of non-local elements to the local
context (ex: language and rules, adapting to advertisements
Beware or Binaries Ans✓✓✓Examining cultures against each other
rather than simultaneously analyzing each on its own merits; seeing
issues as black & white or right & wrong; cultures - "we do it 'right'
because they do it wrong"; global issues often come in shades of grey
