Communication in the Community of Sport: The Process of Enacting, (Re)Producing, Consuming, and Organizing Sport

By Jeffrey W. Kassing, Andrew C. Billings, Robert S. Brown, Kelby K. Halone, Kristen Harrison, B. Krizek, L. Meân, Paul D. Turman. 2004

114 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Communication, Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science

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How researchers see this paper

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In Communication

1. Jimmy Sanderson
2. Jeffrey W. Kassing
3. Joe Phua
4. Tiffany R. Wang
5. Blair W. Browning

In Gender Studies

1. Jimmy Sanderson
2. Jeffrey W. Kassing
3. Joe Phua
4. Blair W. Browning

In Sociology and Political Science

1. Joe Phua
2. Jimmy Sanderson
3. Tiffany R. Wang
4. Alan K. Goodboy

Citations in the corpus

• Understanding the Memorable Messages First-Generation College Students Receive from On-Campus Mentors (2012, background): “Communication remains central to socialization because communication is the primary means by which socialization is achieved (Kassing et al., 2004; Mean, 2001).”
• Sports Fans and Media Use: Influence on Sports Fan Identification and Collective Self-Esteem (2010, background): “As Kassing et al. (2004) stated, through communication, members of social groups participate in the “enactment, (re)production, consumption and organizing of sport” (p. 374).”
• “You're the Kind of Guy That We All Want for a Drinking Buddy”: Expressions of Parasocial Interaction on Floydlandis.com (2009, background): “The data provide a unique chance for scholars interested in the community of sport to unpack how fans react to dramatic sporting events and the sporting ‘‘heroes’’ who produce them (Kassing et al., 2004).”