Full Description
Health Communication and Sport: Connections, Applications, and Opportunities aggregates sport and health communication into a collective resource that advances scholarly inquiry at the intersection of these two fields. Through bringing together a collaborative of scholars and practitioners who are doing work in areas ranging from mental health, to media, to youth sports, and social media, this volume evaluates health communication issues in sport contexts and inspires work that will answer contemporary questions and problems.
Contents
Chapter 1: Media Framing and Athlete Mental Health
David Cassilo, Kennesaw State University
Chapter 2: Media Framing, Sport, and Public Health
Travis R. Bell, University of South Florida
Janelle Applequist, University of South Florida
Chapter 3: Developing a Rhetoric of Mental Health from a Communication and Sport Perspective
Katherine L. Lavelle, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Chapter 4: Corporate Social Responsibility and Health Promotion Campaigns among Major U.S. Professional Sporting Leagues
Adam Rugg, Fairfield University
Chapter 5: Parents and Child Communication and Health Risks in Sport:
Joseph McGlynn, University of North Texas
Chapter 6: Coach-Athlete Communication and Implications for Health
Gregory A. Cranmer, Clemson University
Rikishi T. Rey, Clemson University
SaiDatta Mikkilineni, University of Alabama
Chapter 7: Why Kinesiology and Athletics Departments Should Collaborate to Advance Health Equity
Larry D. Proctor, Grambling State University
Sarah Stokowski, Clemson University
Danielle McArdle, University of Massachusetts
Keith Harrison, University of Central Florida
Chapter 8: Health Policymaking in Organizations
Nicole Butterbaugh, Baylor University
Blair Browning, Baylor University
Chapter 9: Sport and Health Risk Culture
Jennifer McMahon, University of Tasmania
Kerry R. McGannon, Laurentian University
Chris Zehntner, Southern Cross University
Chapter 10: The U.S. Center for SafeSport: Preventing Abuse and Misconduct in Sport
Erin McConnell, U.S. Center for SafeSport
Nicole Johnson, U.S. Center for SafeSport
Chapter 11: Athletes, Social Media, and Health
Ellen MacPherson, University of Toronto
Erin Wilson, University of Toronto
Gretchen Kerr, University of Toronto
Chapter 12: Athletes, Mental Health, and the COVID-19 Pandemic:
Carly Perry, University of Central Lancashire
Ali Bowes, Nottingham Trent University
Alex Culvin, Leeds Beckett University
Chapter 13: Athletes, Wearable Technology and Health Implications:
Roth Smith, Illinois State University
