News in Review Extreme Sports: Tempting Fate?
News in Review Extreme Sports: Tempting Fate?
Like most News in Review stories, this analysis of the phenomenon of proliferating and increasingly dangerous “sports” is much more than what first meets the eye. This is a story about human behaviour, human needs and contemporary social values. The story asks many fundamental questions: What is the nature of sport? When is the line crossed in terms of risk in a sport? Why do people engage in any recreational activity that puts their lives at risk, be it mountain climbing, drug use, heli-skiing, day trading or reckless driving? Do extreme sports fulfill extreme needs? What social conditions or psychological needs generate these activities?
- 1999
- 00:15:04
- 13-14
- Added on: 12/15/1999
Metadata
- Edition
- December 1999
- Subjects
- Extreme sports [LCSH] Extreme sports -- Psychological aspects [LCSH] Athletes -- Psychology [LCSH] Risk-taking (Psychology) [LCSH] Sensation seeking [LCSH] Search and rescue operations -- Canada [LCSH] Nature and nurture [LCSH] Behavior genetics [LCSH] Social sciences [LCSH] Psychology [LCSH] Sports [LCSH] Science [LCSH] Biology [LCSH] Medical sciences [LCSH]
- Team
- Knowlton Nash (Host), Kelly McCLughan (Journalist)
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