Social media in sport management education: Introducing LinkedIn

Samuel López-Carril; Christos Anagnostopoulos; Petros Parganas

doi:10.1016/j.jhlste.2020.100262

Social media in sport management education: Introducing LinkedIn

Samuel López-Carril
, Christos Anagnostopoulos^*
, Petros Parganas

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Social media provide innovative teaching and learning pedagogical frameworks that change means of communication within academic institutions and enable students to develop digital skills that are helpful for a successful professional career. LinkedIn, a social media tool that focuses on professional networking and career development, has become the most popular professional social network, used by all stakeholders of the sport industry, and can therefore be used by students to stay in touch with experts and the latest trends in the sports industry. The purpose of this article is to define the main features and functionalities of LinkedIn from a sport management perspective and share guidelines to embrace and introduce it effectively into sport management courses.

Original language	English
Article number	100262
Journal	Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education
Volume	27
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhlste.2020.100262
Publication status	Published - Nov 2020
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

LinkedIn
Pedagogical innovation
Professional career
Social media
Sport management education

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