Health Communication and Sport: Connections, Applications, and Opportunities

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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.

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Ive always been baffled that more ties between sports and health communication havent been made. Apparently, Jimmy Sanderson and Melinda Weathers share this sentiment as well. Assembling a diverse set of authors, perspectives, and concepts, this volume does not merely make highlight areas where the linkage of sport and health research can be fruitfulit creates an educational imperative for doing so.

"A timely and comprehensive text, Health Communication and Sport: Connections, Applications, and Opportunities is essential reading for postgraduate students and scholars in the fields of sport sociology, sport psychology, sport theory, and other related sport science disciplines. Jimmy Sanderson and Melinda Weathers bring together an excellent group of experts and bring to life cutting-edge topics. A must read."

Author Bio

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.