[Commlist] New issue of Communication & Sport journal (vol. 13, iss. 4) published

This year’s fourth issue of Communication & Sport journal (vol. 13, iss. 
4, August 2025) is accessible at 
https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/coma/13/4 
<https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/coma/13/4>.

EDITORIAL (FREE ACCESS): Formative Knowledge at the Youth and University 
Levels: Communication and Sport Within Unique National Contexts
Andrew C. Billings
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251339902 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251339902>

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
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241232404 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241232404>

Show HBCU Referee Bias the Red Card: Testing Communication Theory in 
Division I Women’s College Soccer
Andrew Dix
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241239562 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241239562>

Northwestern’s Lack of Direction: A Mishandling of Hazing Allegations
James T. Morton and Chris Hanna
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241261334 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241261334>

“You Don’t Want Us to Solve This”: Agenda Setting in the Federal 
Hearings on Name, Image, and Likeness
Molly Harry
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241265008 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241265008>

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
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241267197 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241267197>

“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
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241289839 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241289839>

OPEN ACCESS: Depersonalized Harmony and Sustained Belonging: Shaping 
Online Collective Identities in a University Sports Team
Chenyu Ni, Toni Bruce and Margaret Henley
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241309021 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241309021>

“A Pillar of all HBCUs”: Deion Sanders, Aspirational Prophecy, and the 
Divine Promise of Jackson State University Football
Rico Self
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251321753 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251321753>

Using Psychological Reactance and Bandwagon Cues to Explain High School 
Sports Coaches’ Resistance to Concussion Communication Policies
Daniel E. Hartman and Gregory Cranmer
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241281803 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241281803>

Exploring Message Framing's Impact on Parent-Child Communication about 
Sport-Related Concussions in Youth Sports
Daniel E. Hartman and Brian Quick
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241287413 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241287413>

OPEN ACCESS: Risk, Responsibility, and Prevention in Injury Management: 
Implications of Concussion (mis)education on Youth Athlete Knowledge Uptake
Kaleigh Pennock and Braeden McKenzie
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251321759 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251321759>

Loved It, Miss It, Would Never Go Back: Why U.S. Local Television Sports 
Broadcasters are Leaving the Industry (OPEN ACCESS!)
By Kevin Hull
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241234822 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241234822>

“Perjurers, Rapists, and Zealots are Ending Abortion”: Sports 
Journalists’ Symbolic Annihilation of Women Athletes on Social Media 
During the National Loss of Abortion Rights
By Kelli S. Boling, Jessica Walsh, Brian Petrotta, and Jason Stamm
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241261329 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241261329>

Representatives, Reflection, Roles, and Responsibilities: The 
Metajournalistic Discourse on the Press Boycott of Naomi Osaka (OPEN 
ACCESS!)
By Lena Maria Küpper
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241267948 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241267948>

Communication and Sport (C&S) is a cutting-edge, peer-reviewed bimonthly 
journal that publishes research to foster international scholarly 
understanding of the nexus of communication and sport. C&S publishes 
research and critical analysis from diverse disciplinary and theoretical 
perspectives to advance understanding of communication phenomena in the 
varied contexts through which sport touches individuals, society, and 
culture. It is indexed by the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and 
in the Scopus database. The journal does not require payment for 
manuscript submission, processing or publication. The journal’s website 
can be accessed here: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/COM


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