Head Game - Mental Health in Sports Media

List of contents

Acknowledgments - Head Game: An Introduction - Key Media Moment #1: Michael Phelps - Key Media Moment #2: Kevin Love - Key Media Moment #3: Naomi Osaka - Key Media Moment #4: Simone Biles - The Storytellers: Marking a Moment - Organizational Synergy: Teamwork in Making Mental Health Work - Case Study: Michael Phelps, Olympic Swimmer - Case Study: Kearnan Myall, Premiership Rugby Union - Case Study: Brandon Bostick, National Football League - Case Study: Gracie Gold, Olympic Figure Skater - Case Study: Trey Moses, College and Professional Basketball - Case Study: Amanda Beard, Olympic Swimmer - Case Study: Corey Hirsch, NHL Goaltender - Case Study: Katie Uhlaender, Olympic Skeleton - Disclosing Mental Illness: Strategies & Considerations - Notes on Authors - Index.

About the author

Andrew C. Billings (Ph.D., Indiana University, 1999) is the Ronald Reagan Chair of Broadcasting in the Department of Journalism & Creative Media at the University of Alabama. He has published over 230 journal articles and book chapters along with 23 book projects, the majority of which pertain to issues of media content and effects.

Scott Parrott (Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 2013) is an associate professor in the Department of Journalism & Creative Media at the University of Alabama. His research examines media and mental health.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew C Billings, Andrew C. Billings, Billings Andrew C., Scott Parrott
• Assisted by: Lawrence A Wenner (Editor), Marie Hardin (Editor)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.01.2023
• EAN: 9781433191091
• ISBN: 978-1-4331-9109-1
• No. of pages: 210
• Weight: 317 g
• Series: Communication, Sport, and Society
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Miscellaneous; Stigma, Sport, Depression, mental, sports, Media, Media Studies, Game, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Head, Framing, Mental Health, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, Health, ANDREW, Olympics, Mental health services, Scott, Communication Studies, Anxiety, Parrott, MENTAL HEALTH IN SPORTS, Scott Parrott, HEAD GAME, Billings, Andrew C. Billings