Concussion in live sport broadcast coverage: How do the public perceive it?
Karen A. Sullivan, Keeley Lappin, MOHAMAD AZWAN AZIZ · 2026
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Description
Karen A. Sullivan and two colleagues survey how the public reads concussion coverage inside live sport broadcasts. Such broadcasts reach huge audiences, so their injury talk shapes what families and junior coaches believe and do. An online survey of 163 people mixed fixed choice and open questions about how broadcasts portray concussion and how that portrayal should change. Answers were compared across backgrounds such as personal concussion history.
Half or more of respondents backed twelve of thirty statements about the portrayal, including that it should improve. Ten of twelve fix ideas won agreement, led by putting player health first. Background made no clear difference to views. Sullivan and the team say community backing exists for broadcasts that teach more and dramatize less.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Karen A. Sullivan, Keeley Lappin, MOHAMAD AZWAN AZIZ |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |