“I Don’t Think It’s Worth the Risk”

Cassilo, David; Sanderson, Jimmy

doi:10.1177/2167479516654513

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“…Debates around concussion are typically presented by the media, with concussion in sport (American football in particular but also soccer recently as noted above) featuring in mainstream press reporting in addition to the sport media (Cassilo & Sanderson, 2018). Ahmed and Hall (2017) explored the description of sports concussion in online sports news articles on hockey, American football, soccer and rugby.…”

Section: Media Framing Of Concussionmentioning

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Duty of Karius: Media Framing of Concussion Following the 2018 UEFA Champions League Final

Parry

Humphries

et al. 2020

Communication & Sport

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Concussion is a growing issue within sport, including within soccer. Despite the developing medical understanding of concussion, there is still an array of sociocultural discourses and misconceptions around it. In the 2018 UEFA Champions League Final, Liverpool Football Club goalkeeper Loris Karius suffered a head collision in the 48th minute. Postmatch, he was subsequently diagnosed as being concussed. As a result of his concussion, Karius’ performance was arguably impeded, with suggestions that this may have resulted in him making some key errors in the game. Through an analysis of media framing in 52 news articles in the days following the incident, four dominant frames were identified: deflection away from concussion, misunderstanding concussion, education on concussion, and recommendations. Frames that focussed on the lack of awareness and preventative measures that are present in soccer served to highlight the lack of significance afforded to concussion at this particular point in time. In particular, we highlight differences in concussion discourses between those working inside and outside the soccer industry. Overall, these findings contribute to the growing body of sociological work examining concussion in sport.

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Section: Media Framing Of Concussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Duty of Karius: Media Framing of Concussion Following the 2018 UEFA Champions League Final

Parry

Humphries

et al. 2020

Communication & Sport

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“…Media messages can increase awareness for concussion risks (Hull & Schmittel, 2015), portraying concussions in the context of larger social issues of safety and risk (Cassilo & Sanderson, 2018). As media influence perceptions of the safety and longterm health of football players (Rugg, 2019), how the media choose to frame messages about injuries can affect cultural norms for prioritizing long-term health of athletes over immediate benefits (Sanderson et al, 2016).…”

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“It Might Also Be Good for Your Brain”: Cognitive and Social Benefits That Motivate Parents to Permit Youth Tackle Football

McGlynn

Boneau

Richardson

2020

Journal of Sport and Social Issues

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Concussions in youth sports are a rising health concern. Between 1.7- and 3-million concussions occur each year in youth sport and recreation settings. This qualitative study investigated how parents assess the physical and social risks of allowing their children to participate in tackle football. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 sets of parents ( N = 24) who had permitted their middle school aged children to play on tackle football teams. Guided by the theory of planned behavior, findings illustrate the complex risk decisions parents must make regarding football participation. Although parents in our study acknowledged the risk of concussions, they identified cognitive and social benefits of football participation that shaped positive attitudes toward football outcomes. Participants also noted social factors that limited control over their children’s football participation, including community pressures. The findings indicate key factors that motivate football enrollment, as parents must consider competing goals for their child of protection and development. Future research directions, theoretical implications, and practical applications are discussed.

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“…Much of the critical scholarship has explored the impact of media discourses on dominant cultural values and public awareness about the issue. These studies demonstrate how media portrayals produce conflicting interpretations of how much public concern about TBI is influencing hypermasculine values associated with collision sports (Anderson & Kian, 2012;Cabot, 2017;Cassilo & Sanderson, 2018;Furness, 2016;McGannon, Cunningham, & Schinke, 2013;Oates, 2017). Analysis of social media content about concussions indicates how this method of facilitating awareness offers mixed results (Hull & Schmittel, 2014;Workewych et al, 2017).…”

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The Curious Case of CTE: Mediating Materialities of Traumatic Brain Injury

Ventresca

2018

Communication & Sport

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This article investigates how media discourses are sites for multiple “becomings” of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a neurobiological condition associated with repetitive brain trauma. I explain that these discourses are contexts in which multiple actors (journalists, scientists, athletes, and sports organizations) struggle to represent the material complexities of CTE through competing ways of knowing. My analysis reveals two tensions underlying debates about sport-related traumatic brain injury. First, my examination reveals discursive clashes between emotionally charged representations of CTE as an urgent public health problem and commentary cautioning audiences about the scientific uncertainty surrounding CTE. I illuminate how, in the face of this uncertainty, scientific conclusiveness remains privileged as the basis for meaningful action to improve athletes’ health. Second, inconsistencies across representations I examined illustrate how CTE defies a straightforward material-semiotic divide. These contradictions demonstrate how the materialities of CTE exceed the medico-scientific and lay discourses through which the condition is commonly known. I argue that such limitations should not enable stakeholders to overlook calls for drastic changes to how sports are played or deflect questions about how sports violence impacts athletes’ lives. Instead, this level of uncertainty should accelerate (rather than delay) challenges to socially acceptable levels of sports violence.

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“I Don’t Think It’s Worth the Risk”

Cited by 40 publications

References 47 publications

Duty of Karius: Media Framing of Concussion Following the 2018 UEFA Champions League Final

Duty of Karius: Media Framing of Concussion Following the 2018 UEFA Champions League Final

“It Might Also Be Good for Your Brain”: Cognitive and Social Benefits That Motivate Parents to Permit Youth Tackle Football

The Curious Case of CTE: Mediating Materialities of Traumatic Brain Injury

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