AEJMC Sports Communication

Chicago.

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Sports Communication Interest Group:

Thursday 6:45 business meeting followed by social.
Friday baseball. White Sox vs KC

ARE WE IN DANGER OF THE PHENOMENON INVADING THE WORLD OF SPORTS JOURNALISM?

Is sports media immune or do we already get a bit of it (maybe not fake but certainly slanted), with sports teams and leagues producing their own content? With athletes and their reps providing their own narrative? With access to newsmakers getting more difficult than ever? With accountability issues?

Are sports fans more knowledgable or more circumspect than your average political observer/voter?

Just a few thoughts......

JOIN US IN CHICAGO FOR THESE PAPER PANELS AND SESSIONS - Friday

Hats off to the great scholarship being done by the AEJMC Sports Communication Interest Group:

Scholar-to-Scholar Session, Friday, Aug. 11, 2:15 p.m.

Collaborative Touchdown with and : Sentiment Analysis of Tweets Expressing Colin Kaepernick’s Refusal to Stand During National Anthem and Its Association with *
Joseph Yoo, Texas; Jordon Brown, Texas; Arnold Chung, Texas

Just how they drew it up: How in-house reporters fit themselves into the sport-media system**
Michael Mirer, Wisconsin

Off the record: The popularity, prevalence, and accuracy of unnamed sources in NBA trade coverage
Sada Reed, Arizona State; Guy Harrison, Arizona State

Sometimes It’s What You Don’t Say: College Football Announcers and their Use of In-Game Stereotypes
Brad Schultz, Mississippi; Mary Sheffer, Southern Mississippi; Nathan Towery, Mississippi

Sponsor Advertisement Embedded in Instant Replay Video (AIRV): The Effectiveness of AIRV in Professional Tennis Events
Jay Kim, Georgia; Joe Phua, Georgia

Sport for Development and Peace: Framing the Global Conversation
Virginia Harrison, Penn State; Jan Boehmer, Penn State

Twitter and Olympics: Exploring Factors which Impact Fans Following American Olympic Governing Bodies
Bo Li, St. Ambrose; Olan Scott, Canberra; Steve Dittmore, Arkansas; Shang Weng, Sussex

Two Sides of the Chinese Sports Media Story: Contrasting State-Owned and Commercially-Sponsored Chinese Websites by Nation and S*x of Athlete
Andrew Billings, Alabama; Qingru Xu, Alabama; Mingming Xu, Beijing Sport

*--Second place, student paper competition
**--Second place, faculty paper competition