Game On: Sports Media Foundations (11932.1)

Required texts

Required Text: Sport and the Media: Managing the Nexus    (Click on Ebook central to access the text.)  

Nicholson, M., Kerr, A., & Sherwood, M. (2015). Sport and the media: Managing the nexus (2nd ed). Taylor & Francis Group.

Other Sports Media Books are available at this link Links to an external site.. 

Other readings are provided in class.

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

Assessment Tasks are submitted via this unit's CANVAS site.

Artificial intelligence

Students are permitted to use generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) as indicated in the assessment instructions for this unit.

GenAI may only be used in authorised ways when completing assessments at UC. This means that GenAI can only be used for an assessment when:

1. the Unit Convener has authorised GenAI use for that assessment
2. the student uses GenAI in the way that the assessment instructions allow
3. the student fully acknowledges their use of GenAI, with proper citations, references and a GenAI Acknowledgement Statement in line with the assessment instructions.

Where the assessment instructions do not specifically state that GenAI may be used and how, then its use is not permitted for that assessment. Students must still provide the required GenAI Acknowledgement Statement to indicate whether GenAI has or has not been used in the preparation of the assessment. If unsure, students should seek advice from the Unit Convener.

The GenAI for StudentsLinks to an external site. Library Guide provides further information, including how to reference GenAI.

Special assessment requirements

Do what's right!

1. Report and interpret honestly, striving for accuracy, fairness and disclosure of all essential facts. Do not suppress relevant available facts, or give distorting emphasis. Do your utmost to give a fair opportunity for reply.

2. Do not place unnecessary emphasis on personal characteristics, including race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, age, sexual orientation, family relationships, religious belief, or physical or intellectual disability.

3. Aim to attribute information to its source. Where a source seeks anonymity, do not agree without first considering the source's motives and any alternative attributable source. Where confidences are accepted, respect them in all circumstances.

4. Do not allow personal interest, or any belief, commitment, payment, gift or benefit, to undermine your accuracy, fairness or independence.

5. Disclose conflicts of interest that affect, or could be seen to affect, the accuracy, fairness or independence of your journalism. Do not improperly use a journalistic position for personal gain.

6. Do not allow advertising or other commercial considerations to undermine accuracy, fairness or independence.

7. Do your utmost to ensure disclosure of any direct or indirect payment made for interviews, pictures, information or stories.

8. Use fair, responsible and honest means to obtain material. Identify yourself and your employer before obtaining any interview for publication or broadcast. Never exploit a person's vulnerability or ignorance of media practice.

9. Present pictures and sound which are true and accurate. Any manipulation likely to mislead should be disclosed.

10. Do not plagiarise. All work is original. If you have to cite someone else give them credit.  

11. Respect private grief and personal privacy at all times

12. Do your utmost to achieve fair correction of errors.

13. where necessary, inform people you interview that you work is for online publication

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Participation requirements

The key word for this unit is 'nexus'.

To fully understand the nexus of sport (i.e., its typology and how sport media functions within it), students should participate in lectures, read the assigned readings, and participate in tutorials. Such comprehension of the nexus will give you a secure and sustainable platform for other units in the Sport Media degree.

Nexus thinking is your opportunity to recognise the increasing complexities of bringing powerful Sport Media content to its publics! Thus the challenge in this unit is to yield sport-media-content-relevance meaningfully (to meet immedite needs and your longer term goals).           

Required IT skills

Internet use, web applications (such as Substack, CANVAS and Social Media) are required for this unit.  

Work placement, internships or practicums

Simluated social media presence, radio and television pre production, script writing, and reporting are required in this unit.    

• Semester 1, 2025, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (225127)
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