Health Communication and Sport

Jimmy Sanderson is assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Sport Management at Texas Tech University. Melinda R. Weathers is associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Sam Houston State University.

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