Schedule, readings & discussion prompts
DEADLINES
Paper #1 Sunday, Feb 23
Paper # 2 Sunday, April 6
Final Paper Sunday, April 27
Paper #1 Sunday, Feb 23
Paper # 2 Sunday, April 6
Final Paper Sunday, April 27
WEEK 1. INTRODUCTION
Thursday, Jan. 23
What we will do in class: Discuss our own fandom and what makes us fans
WEEK 2. WHY ARE WE SPORTS FANS?
Tuesday, Jan 28
What we will do in class: Discuss what makes fandom different, plan for the rest of the course
What is due next class?
READ:
What we will do in class: Discuss Serazio and Wann.
What is due next class?
READ:
WEEK 3. EARLY THEORIES OF SPORTS FANDOM
Tuesday, Feb. 4
What we will do in class: Watch two video clips: 2018 | 2017 and discuss in terms of “They Saw a Game.” Then talk about we/them and BIRGing.
What is due next class:
READ:
"Die-Hard and Fair-Weather Fans: Effects of Identification on BIRGing and CORFing Tendencies" by Daniel L. Wann & Nyla R. Branscombe
"The Process of Becoming a Sports Fan: The Psychological Continuum Model" by D.L. Wann & Jeffrey D. James
DISCUSSION POINTS:
Describe the PCM in layman's terms
What are the four stages of connection and how do they apply to you personally?
Thursday, Feb. 6
What we will do in class: SNOW DAY!
What is due next class:
READ (same readings as the ones assigned Tuesday):
"Die-Hard and Fair-Weather Fans: Effects of Identification on BIRGing and CORFing Tendencies" by Daniel L. Wann & Nyla R. Branscombe
"The Process of Becoming a Sports Fan: The Psychological Continuum Model" by D.L. Wann & Jeffrey D. James
DISCUSSION POINTS:
WEEK 4.
Tuesday, Feb 11
What we will do in class: Discuss Super Bowl and everything above.
What is due next class:
READ
"Points of Attachment" by D.L. Wann & Jeffrey D. James
"Motivation and Sport Fandom" by D.L. Wann & Jeffrey D. James
DISCUSSION POINTS:
Thursday, Feb. 13
What we will do in class: Discuss points of attachment and motivation; Introduce prompt for Paper #1.
WEEK 5.
Tuesday, Feb. 18
Thursday, Feb. 20
WEEK 6.
Tuesday, Feb. 25
Thursday, Feb. 27 NO CLASS; ATTEND FEB. 26 HOME & HOME SERIES FEATURING KATIE BARNES, FELICE DUFFY & BECKY CARLSON
WEEK 7.
Tuesday, March 4
Thursday, March 6
WEEK 8.
No class
Spring Break
WEEK 9.
Tuesday, March 18
Thursday, March 20
What we will do in class: Guest speaker Ryan Beatty, assistant manager, ticket operations, The Ryan Center
WEEK 10.
Tuesday, March 25
Thursday, March 27
WEEK 11.
Tuesday, April 1
Thursday, April 3
WEEK 12.
Tuesday, April 8
Thursday, April 10
WEEK 13.
Tuesday, April 15
Thursday, April 17
WEEK 14.
Tuesday, April 22
Thursday, April 24
WEEK 15.
Tuesdsay, April 29.
FINAL WEEK.
Thursday, Jan. 23
What we will do in class: Discuss our own fandom and what makes us fans
WEEK 2. WHY ARE WE SPORTS FANS?
Tuesday, Jan 28
What we will do in class: Discuss what makes fandom different, plan for the rest of the course
What is due next class?
READ:
- "Keeping the Faith: The Elementary Forms of Sports Life" in The Power of Sports: Media and Spectacle in American Culture by Michael Serazio
- "Using Sport Fandom to Fulfill Personal and Societal Needs" by Daniel L. Wann (in Routledge Handbook of Sport Fans and Fandom)
- Why do humans become sports fans?
- How did sports and religion become intertwined? And how are they still today?
- What kind of societies engage in sport fandom?
- Wann writes of four "individual needs" and of four "societal needs" sport fandom satisfies. Jot down how you have engaged personally and as a member of society in sport (or other) fandom to satisfy each of these needs. Be read to talk about them.
What we will do in class: Discuss Serazio and Wann.
What is due next class?
READ:
- "They Saw A Game: A Case Study" by Albert Hastorf & Hadley Cantril
- "Basking in Reflected Glory: Three (Football) Field Studies" by Robert B. Cialdini, Richard Borden, et. al
- What happened in the Dartmouth-Princeton game?
- What is real and does it matter?
- What do we get from our favorite teams' success?
- Defend the use of "we" as fans when referring to favorite teams. What about "they?" Are there consequences of “we/they?”
WEEK 3. EARLY THEORIES OF SPORTS FANDOM
Tuesday, Feb. 4
What we will do in class: Watch two video clips: 2018 | 2017 and discuss in terms of “They Saw a Game.” Then talk about we/them and BIRGing.
What is due next class:
READ:
"Die-Hard and Fair-Weather Fans: Effects of Identification on BIRGing and CORFing Tendencies" by Daniel L. Wann & Nyla R. Branscombe
"The Process of Becoming a Sports Fan: The Psychological Continuum Model" by D.L. Wann & Jeffrey D. James
DISCUSSION POINTS:
Describe the PCM in layman's terms
What are the four stages of connection and how do they apply to you personally?
Thursday, Feb. 6
What we will do in class: SNOW DAY!
What is due next class:
READ (same readings as the ones assigned Tuesday):
"Die-Hard and Fair-Weather Fans: Effects of Identification on BIRGing and CORFing Tendencies" by Daniel L. Wann & Nyla R. Branscombe
"The Process of Becoming a Sports Fan: The Psychological Continuum Model" by D.L. Wann & Jeffrey D. James
DISCUSSION POINTS:
- Describe the PCM in layman's terms
- What are the four stages of connection and how do they apply to you personally?
- Watch the Super Bowl! Take some notes on how people express and how they feel about their fandom AND their "identity." This does not just apply to Chiefs' and Eagles' fans, either. It might also apply to Kendrick Lamar fans, Taylor Swift fans, fans of Donald Trump (who will be the first sitting president to attend), fans of the commercials or even of football itself. USE THE READINGS as your guide -- how are they "connecting?" How are they (and/or society) engaging with the personal and societal needs? is anyone BIRGing or CORFing?
WEEK 4.
Tuesday, Feb 11
What we will do in class: Discuss Super Bowl and everything above.
What is due next class:
READ
"Points of Attachment" by D.L. Wann & Jeffrey D. James
"Motivation and Sport Fandom" by D.L. Wann & Jeffrey D. James
DISCUSSION POINTS:
Thursday, Feb. 13
What we will do in class: Discuss points of attachment and motivation; Introduce prompt for Paper #1.
WEEK 5.
Tuesday, Feb. 18
Thursday, Feb. 20
WEEK 6.
Tuesday, Feb. 25
Thursday, Feb. 27 NO CLASS; ATTEND FEB. 26 HOME & HOME SERIES FEATURING KATIE BARNES, FELICE DUFFY & BECKY CARLSON
WEEK 7.
Tuesday, March 4
Thursday, March 6
WEEK 8.
No class
Spring Break
WEEK 9.
Tuesday, March 18
Thursday, March 20
What we will do in class: Guest speaker Ryan Beatty, assistant manager, ticket operations, The Ryan Center
WEEK 10.
Tuesday, March 25
Thursday, March 27
WEEK 11.
Tuesday, April 1
Thursday, April 3
WEEK 12.
Tuesday, April 8
Thursday, April 10
WEEK 13.
Tuesday, April 15
Thursday, April 17
WEEK 14.
Tuesday, April 22
Thursday, April 24
WEEK 15.
Tuesdsay, April 29.
FINAL WEEK.