{"title":"On Advancing to Decade Two: Editorial Insights on Submission Congruence, Review Quality, and an Eye Toward the Future","authors":"A. Billings, Marie Hardin","doi":"10.1177/21674795221144117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795221144117","url":null,"abstract":"This issue represents two journalistic benchmarks as we begin our second year as Editors and our second decade of advancing knowledge in the pages of Communication","PeriodicalId":46882,"journal":{"name":"Communication & Sport","volume":"11 1","pages":"3 - 7"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2022-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43747316","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}
{"title":"“Dabo Wears Male Rompers”: Examining Expressions of Hegemonic Masculinity and Identity in ESPN’s College GameDay","authors":"Katie M. Lever","doi":"10.1177/21674795221140315","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795221140315","url":null,"abstract":"It has long been held that sport functions as a site of identity and belonging. Identity is also a key element that lays the framework for elite sport and social gathering as well as fan identification with teams and athletic figureheads (athletes and coaches) associated with their favored team. Sports fans often exercise identity in the communal bonding experiences of sport, including watching and attending games and other sports programming in groups. Outside of sporting events themselves, perhaps the most prominent sport-centric community and identity-building spectacle is ESPN's \"College GameDay.\" First aired in 1987 as a rundown of college football scores and commentary, the popular show is now known for its in-depth analysis of high-stakes football match-ups, predictions of game outcomes, celebrity guest pickers who select the team they believe will win during the morning show, and the quirky signs made by fans who strive to be televised or featured on GameDay’s social media platforms. I argue that these popular elements of the show offer fans the opportunity to enact and express identities of hegemonic masculinity in widespread and potentially problematic ways.","PeriodicalId":46882,"journal":{"name":"Communication & Sport","volume":"11 1","pages":"667 - 687"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2022-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49657825","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}
Colm Kearns, G. Sinclair, J. Black, M. Doidge, T. Fletcher, D. Kilvington, Katie Liston, Theo Lynn, P. Rosati
{"title":"A Scoping Review of Research on Online Hate and Sport","authors":"Colm Kearns, G. Sinclair, J. Black, M. Doidge, T. Fletcher, D. Kilvington, Katie Liston, Theo Lynn, P. Rosati","doi":"10.1177/21674795221132728","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795221132728","url":null,"abstract":"The rise of online hate speech in sports is a growing concern, with fans, players and officials subject to racist, sexist and homophobic abuse (in addition to many other prejudices) via social media platforms. While hate speech and discrimination have always been problems in sports, the growth of social media has seen them exacerbated exponentially. As a consequence, policy makers, sport governing bodies and grassroots anti-hate organisations are largely left playing catch-up with the rapidly shifting realm of online hate. Scholars have attempted to fill this vacuum with research into this topic, but such is the evolving nature of the issue that research has been diverse and fragmentary. We offer a scoping review into the scholarship of online hate in sport in order to encourage and facilitate further research into this urgent issue. Our review will achieve this through offering a comprehensive cataloguing of previously employed methodologies, case studies and conclusions. In doing so, it will not only equip future researchers with a concise overview of existing research in the field, but also illuminate areas and approaches in need of further examination.","PeriodicalId":46882,"journal":{"name":"Communication & Sport","volume":"11 1","pages":"402 - 430"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2022-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42089487","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}
{"title":"In the Wake of a ‘Racial Reckoning’: Resistance… or Persistence in Sporting Representations?","authors":"Marie Hardin, A. Billings","doi":"10.1177/21674795221132598","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795221132598","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46882,"journal":{"name":"Communication & Sport","volume":"10 1","pages":"1019 - 1022"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2022-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42709106","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}
{"title":"Speaking Up and Speaking Out: Collective Voice in Women’s Sports Media","authors":"Monica Crawford","doi":"10.1177/21674795221131794","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795221131794","url":null,"abstract":"This qualitative textual analysis considers “voice” in a new sports media platform Just Women’s Sports. Using communicative injustice and collective voice as its theoretical framework, this study considers whose voices are represented in women’s sports media and how those voices are represented. The unique position of Just Women’s Sports as a news outlet independent from mixed-gender sports media outlets and funded by venture capital investments makes it an interesting case study to consider new avenues in sports media production. The findings of this study indicate that Just Women’s Sports’s voice consists of diverse women who promote an inclusive and activist community. Furthermore, this study provides a theoretical intervention in the study of women’s sports media by introducing communicative injustice as an informative theoretical lens.","PeriodicalId":46882,"journal":{"name":"Communication & Sport","volume":"11 1","pages":"688 - 705"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2022-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48696966","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}
{"title":"A U.S. Medal Agenda? Clock-Time and Salience Analyses of Biological Sex Representation in the 2020 and 2022 NBC Olympic Telecasts","authors":"James R. Angelini, Zachary W. Arth","doi":"10.1177/21674795221132830","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795221132830","url":null,"abstract":"This report examines how the National Broadcasting Company’s (NBC’s) primetime telecasts of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games and the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games presented male and female athletes. Clock-time analyses (of how much time each sporting event was featured in primetime) and salience analyses (of the most mentioned athletes by NBC employees) are reported. Results show that women received the majority of clock-time and name mentions during both Olympiads, a further continuation of NBC’s most recent Olympic broadcast practices, which appears to continue to be driven by American women winning the majority of the United States’ medals during both the Summer and Winter Games.","PeriodicalId":46882,"journal":{"name":"Communication & Sport","volume":"11 1","pages":"1042 - 1057"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2022-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88860703","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}
Christiana Schallhorn, Daniel Nölleke, Philip Sinner, Christof Seeger, Jörg-Uwe Nieland, Thomas Horky, Katja Mehler
{"title":"Mediatization in Times of Pandemic: How German Grassroots Sports Clubs Employed Digital Media to Overcome Communication Challenges During COVID-19.","authors":"Christiana Schallhorn, Daniel Nölleke, Philip Sinner, Christof Seeger, Jörg-Uwe Nieland, Thomas Horky, Katja Mehler","doi":"10.1177/21674795221109759","DOIUrl":"10.1177/21674795221109759","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on all societal domains, including sports. Social distancing measures and the closure of sports facilities posed especially severe challenges for grassroots sports clubs, which thrive on joint activities and member social contact. Drawing on mediatization theory, the study examines the communication challenges faced by grassroots sports clubs and the perceived potential of digital media to overcome these obstacles during and beyond the pandemic. Based on in-depth interviews with 32 club officials of German grassroots sports clubs, the study identified ongoing uncertainty about COVID-19 regulations, preserving members' sense of belonging during social distancing, and involving everyone in formal processes as the major communication challenges. While most of the interviewees valued the potential of digital media to address these challenges, they acknowledged that the benefits of digital media for individual members would depend on their skill, motivation, and concerns, as well as on the availability of digital infrastructure. For that reason, digital media were not considered a substitute for face-to-face social contact or sporting activity but were seen to extend opportunities for communication and training. More generally, these findings raise new questions about the relationship between mediatization and social cohesion.</p>","PeriodicalId":46882,"journal":{"name":"Communication & Sport","volume":"10 5","pages":"891-912"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9234375/pdf/10.1177_21674795221109759.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9910739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“On the Tour, They’re Always Sticking a Microphone in Your Face”: Mediatization of Professional Tennis From the 1980s to the Early 2010s","authors":"Lena Küpper, Greta Kossing, Thomas Birkner","doi":"10.1177/21674795221105480","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795221105480","url":null,"abstract":"Although the intertwining of sports and media, especially in soccer and from an organization-centered perspective, has been highlighted in communication research, little attention has been paid to the perception and evaluation of the mediatization of professional tennis. The aim of this study was to close this research gap by presenting the athletes’ perspective. Based on the autobiographies of four top international athletes, we systematized their perceptions of the media before the rise of social media, using a qualitative content analysis. We demonstrate a significant influence of the media system and the perceived media logic: Tennis is closely intertwined with the media, and mediatization processes have strong effects on the players, both positive and negative. Players are aware of the importance of public attention for tennis and actively adapt to the perceived media logic. On the other hand, they often feel inhibited by the press and reject adaptations to media affordances. Our study demonstrates once again the research potential of mediatization as a beneficial concept in studies on sports communication, stresses the need to focus also on the dysfunctional influences of media and mediatization, and opens the path for further research on social media influences.","PeriodicalId":46882,"journal":{"name":"Communication & Sport","volume":"10 1","pages":"872 - 890"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43209611","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}
Simon Ličen, K. Frandsen, Thomas Horky, C. Onwumechili, Wei Wei
{"title":"Rediscovering Mediatization of Sport","authors":"Simon Ličen, K. Frandsen, Thomas Horky, C. Onwumechili, Wei Wei","doi":"10.1177/21674795221123675","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795221123675","url":null,"abstract":"Throughout the last decade, the term “mediatization” has attracted a great deal of attention among a growing number of scholars with an interest in the media and sport nexus (e.g., Frandsen, 2020; Hutchins, 2019; Wenner & Billings, 2017; Whannel, 2013). The term indicates “all the transformations of communicative and social processes (...) which follow from our increasing reliance on technologically and institutionally based processes of mediation” (Couldry & Hepp, 2017, pp. 3–4). When studying mediatization, authors generally focus on the proliferation of communication media and how this influences long-term social change and structural transformations in almost all sectors of modern societies. The aim of this special issue is to introduce mediatization as an analytical concept and phenomenon in relation to sport, and to illustrate how it is culturally contextualized and can therefore play out in different ways. Thus, our intention is to introduce more geographic and cultural diversity to our scholarly knowledge about dependencies between media and sport and to show the consequences these dependencies may have. Obviously, mediatization is not a new phenomenon, and there is a history of cooperation between some sports and the media which has influenced both parties involved. Media and cultural studies scholar Michael Real described the relationship between electronic media and spectator athletics as a “sacred union” (Real, 1975, p. 32)","PeriodicalId":46882,"journal":{"name":"Communication & Sport","volume":"10 1","pages":"795 - 810"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48905881","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}
Dongdong Yang, David J. Atkin, Michael Mudrick, Yuren Qin
{"title":"Auditory Cuteness in Sports Podcasting: A New Lookism?","authors":"Dongdong Yang, David J. Atkin, Michael Mudrick, Yuren Qin","doi":"10.1177/21674795221117783","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795221117783","url":null,"abstract":"A major challenge facing female sportscasters resides in their being frequently judged based on physical appearance. However, little is known about the influence of audience perceptions of female sports podcasters’ physical attractiveness when their image is unavailable. Drawing from source credibility and social role theories, the present study employed a posttest-only quasi-experimental design to examine whether Chinese female sports podcasters’ auditory cuteness influences audience perceptions of their credibility, information satisfaction, and podcast continuance intentions. Results demonstrate that female podcaster auditory cuteness is positively connected with audience information satisfaction and perceived attractiveness, both of which further predict perceived expertise. Moreover, audience gender role beliefs dampen their perceived expertise, which along with information satisfaction, is positively associated with podcast continuance intentions. Finally, stronger gender role believers rely more on perceived attractiveness when rating the female sportscaster’s expertise—and less on perceived expertise—when evaluating their podcast continuance intentions.","PeriodicalId":46882,"journal":{"name":"Communication & Sport","volume":"11 1","pages":"929 - 948"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2022-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42939967","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}