ADSA 8012 Sports Media and Public Affairs
The American sports media is going through a period of profound disruption--this course will offer a comprehensive examination that business and culture. Combining scholarly knowledge with cutting-edge professional insight, associate professor of communication Mike Serazio will deliver class sessions focused on the history, theory, and critique of sports media while NFL alum and ESPN expert Matt Hasselbeck will provide behind-the-scenes stories and analysis of how the sports spectacle is produced. Topics will include sports journalism and commercialization as well as more controversial issues like politics, violence, and sexism/racism.
Course overview
- Department
- Advancing Studies
- School
- ADV
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Graduate
- Offered
- Periodically in the Fall, Periodically in the Spring, Periodically in the Summer
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.09 / 5 · Very Good
- Instructor rating
- 4.22 / 5 · Very Good
- Terms evaluated
- 6
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | Neal Bendesky | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4–6 hrs/week | 18 of 21 |
| Summer 2025 | Lisa Stokes | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4–6 hrs/week | 10 of 17 |
| Spring 2025 | Neal Bendesky | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4–6 hrs/week | 18 of 21 |
| Summer 2024 | Lisa Stokes | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4–6 hrs/week | 16 of 16 |
| Spring 2024 | Neal Bendesky | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4–6 hrs/week | 16 of 19 |
| Spring 2023 | Lisa Stokes | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4–6 hrs/week | 19 of 22 |