Learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

• assess how the contrast between media sources and published academic research on doping may illustrate some of the topics and arguments that make up a contemporary issue
• identify how contemporary issues, such as doping, often benefit from a little social context and/or background history to help explain the present day
• describe how the framing, arguments made and overall evaluation of a contemporary issue benefit from a critical approach to reading and viewing material.