Communication & Sport, Vol. 13, 2025, No. 4

Introduction

Formative Knowledge at the Youth and University Levels: Communication and Sport Within Unique National Contexts
Andrew C. Billings

Research Articles

Mapping the Field: A Content Analysis of Marketable NCAA Athletes’ Social Media Self-Presentation
Claire V. Wanzer, Emily J. Pfender, Nicole P. Travis and Amy Bleakley

Show HBCU Referee Bias the Red Card: Testing Communication Theory in Division I Women’s College Soccer
Andrew Dix

Northwestern’s Lack of Direction: A Mishandling of Hazing Allegations
James T. Morton and Chris Hanna

“You Don’t Want Us to Solve This”: Agenda Setting in the Federal Hearings on Name, Image, and Likeness
Molly Harry

Effects of Cohesion With Teammates on Division-I Student-Athletes’ Mental Health: An Application of the Human Need to Belong and Transactional Stress Frameworks
Gregory A. Cranmer, Emma G. Cox, Rikishi T. Rey, Blair Browning and Leland G. Holbert

“I Was in a Position to Enact Change:” College Athletes’ Use of Social Media for Racial and Social Justice
Tomika Ferguson, Evan Frederick, Letisha Brown, Yannick Kluch, Meg Hancock and Nina Siegfried

Depersonalized Harmony and Sustained Belonging: Shaping Online Collective Identities in a University Sports Team
Chenyu Ni, Toni Bruce and Margaret Henley

“A Pillar of all HBCUs”: Deion Sanders, Aspirational Prophecy, and the Divine Promise of Jackson State University Football
Rico Self

Using Psychological Reactance and Bandwagon Cues to Explain High School Sports Coaches’ Resistance to Concussion Communication Policies
Daniel E. Hartman and Gregory Cranmer

Exploring Message Framing’s Impact on Parent-Child Communication about Sport-Related Concussions in Youth Sports
Daniel E. Hartman and Brian Quick

Open Access
Risk, Responsibility, and Prevention in Injury Management: Implications of Concussion (mis)education on Youth Athlete Knowledge Uptake
Kaleigh Pennock and Braeden McKenzie