The world of science communication and technology is greatly impacting the world of sports, both the athletes and spectators. As new technologies are emerging the world of sports is changing. Relatively recently the vaults have changed from the horse vault to the table vaults, greatly increasing the safety of the event.
Old Vaulting Horse Picture from http://qwickstep.com/search/vaulting-on-a-horse.html |
New Table Vault Picture from http://visual.merriam-webster.com/ |
One of my friends also pointed out that the media allows for people who wouldn't normally follow the sport to do so. She said she loves to watch gymnastics on t.v. but it weren't covered by the media she would never watch it. The media does have a very large impact on sports in general for everyone, not just those directly involved.
1 comments:
A nice post--I really like how you're connecting smoothly to the themes of the class. I'd be interested to know how gymnasts received a new technology like the shift in vaults above. Would be great to link to an article or commentary on this topic.
Great work!
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