Vintage golf postcards are an underexplored resource for an increased understanding of visual-historical sport communication. This rhetorical analysis of a collection of vintage golf postcards reveals insight into…
Inoculation theory is a classic theory of resistance to influence-an explanation for how positions can be made more resistant to future change through preexposure to weakened forms of…
Josh Compton, Professor of Speech, has been awarded the 2022 Distinguished Book Award from the Communication and Social Cognition Division of the National Communication Association for his book, Persuasion…
Our analysis adds to a growing body of sport image repair scholarship and adds to the theorizing of inoculation strategies in the face of disappointing seasons or losses.
What she did next, though, stretches the boundaries of image repair, engaging in something more in line with image prepare—an approach in line with inoculation theory—to anticipate and prepare…
It is our hope that this book serves as a valuable ‘jumping-off point’ for introducing prominent persuasion and communication work to those in the sport and exercise psychology…
By providing contemporary theoretical and research coverage, alongside practical recommendations for message design and communication methods, we hope this book will not only stimulate new research developments, but…
We also contend that there was a missed opportunity for image prepare. Josh Compton & Jordan Compton https://speechandtheatremo.org/journal-archive/ The Camden Hills high school football season was cancelled mid-season…
Just as muscle builds through periods of failure and recovery, during attitudinal inoculation, an attitude (or a belief, behavior, or’ some other related construct) becomes stronger during periods…
This case study is situated in a growing interest in a sense of community in sport – a focus of research, theorizing, and conceptual model building that moves beyond specific…