How Social And Cultural Factors Affected The 21st Century

Question 1

Social class

Answer 1

Sports which in the past has a definite link with a particular social class now are much more mixed
Spectating also more mixed eg football used to be only working class now varied audience
Especially since formation of the premier league in 1992
Some sports still associated with particular classes I.e golf/skiing/polo with middle class
Often due to cosy of equipment

Question 2

Gender

Answer 2

Continued move to female equality
Certain activities still gender stereotyped eg dance for women team sports men
More women are now involved in physical exercise and female participation in team sports such as rugby cricket football is much larger
Increase in female sports presenters in media less instances of discrimination against women
Inc in female role models Inc participation

Question 3

Law and order

Answer 3

Law becoming specific to sport
Litigation over injuries in sport- suing another player
Increased criminal prosecutions against sports people for violent conduct on the field
Laws passed to prevent sports people misusing drugs to gain unfair advantage
Increased police attention to match fixing/ illegal betting made it easier to detect

Question 4

Education/literacy

Answer 4

Pe and sport maintain part of curriculum
Education about health benefits increase participation
PE/sport science an ever increasingly popular course
Sporting initiatives in school increase participation
Extra curricular sport Inc opportunity
School club links Inc opportunity for competitive sport
Fee paying schools generally still offer more sporting opportunity

Question 5

Availability of time and money

Answer 5

Free time and disposable income continues to shape participation in sport large regional differences in uk
Participation higher than previous eras but dropped since olympics in 2012
Negative impact of world economic recession 2008 and Covid on opportunities for participation
Work life balance issues, money rich time poor

Question 6

Transport

Answer 6

Quicker transport and communications mean the world is getting smaller
Transport increased
In Britain’s most households own at least one car
Further spectating and participation opportunity
Inc in high level competitions frequency
Road congestion and reliability of public transport negatively affect participation/spectating
Inc in availability of affordable air fares