Health Communication and Sport

This edited collection brings together a collaboration of sport and health scholars and practitioners to evaluate current topics in sport and health communication with the aim to provide a holistic resource for scholars interested working at the intersection of these fields.

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.

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