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Silence, Signals, and Split-Second Meaning: Nonverbal Communication and Collective Sensemaking in Elite Team Sports 沉默、信号和瞬间意义：精英团队运动中的非语言交际和集体意义

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Communication & Sport Pub Date : 2026-04-21 DOI: 10.1177/21674795261443451

ShouBin Li, Mary John

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Mega-Event Media Consumption in a Changing Landscape: A Meta-Analysis of U.S. Summer Olympic Audiences, 2008-2024 变化中的大型赛事媒体消费：2008-2024年美国夏季奥运会观众荟萃分析

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Communication & Sport Pub Date : 2026-04-15 DOI: 10.1177/21674795261443447

Tang Tang, Roger Cooper

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“Thug,” “Classless,” and the Policing of Black Womanhood in Sports: A Case Study of Racialized Language and Angel Reese “暴徒”、“无阶级”和体育运动中黑人女性的治安：种族化语言和安吉尔·里斯的案例研究

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Communication & Sport Pub Date : 2026-04-10 DOI: 10.1177/21674795261441593

Brianna Jones-Williams, Martha Karinna Ramirez, Letisha Engracia Cardoso Brown

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“Why You Speakin’ for Me?”: Hip-Hop Epistemology, Discursive Continuity, and Black Athlete-Led Media as Resistance to Hegemonic Whiteness “你为什么替我说话？”：嘻哈认识论、话语连续性和黑人运动员主导的媒体对白人霸权的抵抗

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Communication & Sport Pub Date : 2026-04-08 DOI: 10.1177/21674795261441547

Sayvon J. L. Foster

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The Illusion of Interaction: How Emotional Connection, Not Functional Engagement, Drives Viewer Loyalty in Social Sports Broadcasting 互动的幻觉：情感联系，而非功能参与，如何在社交体育广播中驱动观众忠诚度

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Communication & Sport Pub Date : 2026-03-31 DOI: 10.1177/21674795251415295

Jing Li

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Mapping East Asian Sport Scholarship: A Review of Communication and Sociology of Sport Literature, 2000–2024 绘制东亚体育学术：2000-2024年体育文学传播与社会学述评

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Communication & Sport Pub Date : 2026-03-13 DOI: 10.1177/21674795261435094

Sitong Guo, Kelsey Slater, Hokeun Choi, Dunja Antunovic

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Public Discourse on Doping Scandals in Sport: A Multi-Method Analysis of YouTube Comments in the Digital Public Sphere 体育兴奋剂丑闻的公共话语：数字公共领域YouTube评论的多方法分析

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Communication & Sport Pub Date : 2026-03-11 DOI: 10.1177/21674795261433589

Nastasya Mamonova, Oxana Mikhaylova

{"title":"Public Discourse on Doping Scandals in Sport: A Multi-Method Analysis of YouTube Comments in the Digital Public Sphere","authors":"Nastasya Mamonova, Oxana Mikhaylova","doi":"10.1177/21674795261433589","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795261433589","url":null,"abstract":"This article investigates how publics interpret and debate doping scandals in sport within YouTube’s communicative environment. It draws on theories of deviant behavior, labeling, moral panic, the digital public sphere, and McLuhan’s insight that media formats shape meaning. The study conceptualizes YouTube comments as a site where narratives of fairness, responsibility, and institutional trust are constructed. The empirical material comprises 1,304 comments under three types of sport-related videos: a news report, a documentary, and an athlete interview. A multimethod design integrates automated text and sentiment analysis, topic modeling, and network analysis. The findings reveal a predominantly neutral, analytical tone and low levels of meaningful interaction despite high formal connectivity, alongside a fragmented discourse in which politicized, scandal-oriented narratives overshadow medical and technical interpretations of doping. The article’s primary contribution is theoretical: it introduces fragmented rationality, which refines public sphere theory for digital environments, and routinized deviance, which extends moral panic theory to explain discursive fatigue under continuous scandals. It also offers a methodological contribution by combining computational text analysis, network modeling, and qualitative interpretation to understand audience fragmentation on digital platforms.","PeriodicalId":46882,"journal":{"name":"Communication & Sport","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147393719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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There is, Indeed, Much Ado About Sport-Based Social Media Research 的确，基于体育的社交媒体研究有很多争议

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Communication & Sport Pub Date : 2026-03-11 DOI: 10.1177/21674795261432235

Andrew C. Billings

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Sports Reporting, Reporter Sex, and Perceived Credibility: After 30 Years, What Do We Know? 体育报道、记者性别与可信度：30年后，我们知道些什么？

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Communication & Sport Pub Date : 2026-03-11 DOI: 10.1177/21674795261428470

R. Glenn Cummins

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How do Fans Respond to Athlete Migration in Social Media? The Cases of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo 体育迷如何回应运动员在社交媒体上的迁移？梅西和c罗的案例

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Communication & Sport Pub Date : 2026-03-03 DOI: 10.1177/21674795261431275

Lydia Yun, Yong Jae Ko, Junho Kim, Dongkyu Hwang

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