Sean R Sadri
Biographic Data
| ID | 354328 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sean R Sadri |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sean R |
| FAMILY NAME | Sadri |
| SIGNATURE | SADRI S R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alabama |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9904-0461 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 20 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Introduction to the Special Issue
This Communication & Sport special issue explores the complex intersection of sport, media, and migration from multiple interconnected perspectives. As human migration accelerates globally, understanding how sports media facilitates and contests migration narratives is increasingly critical. The issue examines four foundational concepts—media, sport, migration, and culture—to investigate how athlete mobility and national identity are constructed …
Skating, Loss, and Solidarity
In January 2025, a Blackhawk helicopter and American Airlines flight collided above the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., killing all 67 passengers aboard both aircraft. Most adversely affected by this tragedy was the figure skating community, which had 11 youth figure skaters, four coaches, and 13 family members returning from a national development camp. Through the theoretical lens of framing theory, quantitative content analysis was employed…
Sports News and the Artificial-Intelligence-Generated Article
To better understand factors that influence news credibility and online sharing likelihood of artificial-intelligence (AI) -generated articles, a national survey of U.S. adults was conducted ( N = 355). Using a 3 (authorship) × 2 (byline) factorial design, participants were asked to evaluate the credibility of a sports-news article written by a human author or an AI-language model (ChatGPT or Google Gemini), with a byline indicating that the arti…
Navigating Gender Roles From the Sports Sidelines
Using gender schema theory as a primary theoretical framework, in-depth interviews were conducted with current and former female sideline reporters ( N = 17) to provide qualitative insights related to the expectations of their role in the sports-media ecosystem, perceptions about hierarchical gender structures in sports reporting, and the increasing importance of relationship building in the profession. The study determined that a female sideline…
Negotiating Credibility Perceptions as a Female Sideline Reporter
Political protest on the Persian Twittersphere
During the 2022 FIFA World Cup, players on Iran's national team avoided singing the national anthem before their first match. This was interpreted as an expression of solidarity with the ongoing protests in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman arrested for opposing the country's mandatory hijab requirements. This study focuses on how regular users and government propaganda social media accounts sought to shape the …
The In-House Balance
The sports media landscape has shifted to favor outlets with inside access to sports organizations, teams, and athletes. This study interviews 21 NFL in-house reporters working at 19 official team websites to determine how they view their roles as sports journalists, including ethical standards and shifts in media boundaries. Qualitative interviews uncovered that cultivating a positive team image and protecting the interests of stakeholders super…
The Dichotomy of Male Sports and Female Announcing
During a 2018 Amazon Prime simulcast alongside the Fox broadcast announced by Joe Buck and Troy Aikman, Hannah Storm and Andrea Kremer became the first all-female broadcast team for a National Football League game. Utilizing a national sample of 415 subjects, a four-cell post-test-only experimental design of the on-air commentary was utilized to examine perceptions of announcer credibility. Incorporating social identity theory, findings reveal wo…
Anti-Asian Media Labeling in the Covid-19 Pandemic
This study examines the roles of sports fan identity and political affiliation on the perceived accuracy of mediated information during a global pandemic, which adversely affected the sports world through national and international league stoppages and newly developed health and safety protocols. A 4 (news source) × 3 (pandemic term) experimental design was incorporated. 420 subjects read one of twelve factually accurate sports articles but with …
Compatriot” or “Stateless”
The only Iranian woman to ever win an Olympic medal, Taekwondo Athlete Kimia Alizadeh, immigrated to Germany and became a refugee participant for the 2020/2021 Tokyo Games, competing against her former compatriot, teammate, and friend. This study content analyzes four Iranian media sources as they rendered the story of a former national hero-turned-refugee. A total of 15 frame categories were applied to each of the media sources: (a) Twitter ( n …
Loyalty as permission to forgive
A national survey of 314 Americans was employed to determine whether core forms of group identification (sport, political, and religious) predict one's likelihood to forgive a leader within that group for an intentional/preventable transgression. Three forms of transgressions (assault and battery, sex with a minor, stealing money) were presented as possible scenarios for leaders of sport, political, and religious groups. Sports leaders were more …
Psychophysiological Responses to Gendered Sports Announcing
During live sporting events, female announcer teams for men’s sports are becoming increasingly common, however, there is a lack of research examining viewers response to this.. Using psychophysiological measures, this study examines sports fan arousal and depicted emotion while watching sports highlights with female announcers, comparing it to the same highlights using male announcers. Results show that male participants were more aroused than fe…
A Misinformation Insurrection
On 6 January 2021, American citizens stormed the US Capitol in an effort to reverse the results of the presidential election. The incident and the baseless claims that ignited the insurrection highlight the shortcomings of media platforms at curbing misinformation. To better understand factors that influence media credibility, the researchers conducted a survey across a nationwide sample of US adults (N = 413). Study participants evaluated the cr…
Sports Journalism’s Uncertain Future
In March 2020, the sporting landscape was paused indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To understand how the job function and routines of newspaper sports journalists were impacted during the initial U.S. outbreak (March to July 2020), semi-structured in-depth interviews with 23 members of United States (US) print sports media were conducted. Interviewee responses elucidated three main themes: the future of sports journalism is unknown and f…
How Sports Identification Compares to Political and Religious Identification
A national survey of 314 Americans was utilized to determine the degree in which sport identification functions similarly to political and religious identification as well as the degree to which each of the three forms of group hyper-identification correlate with violent extremism and violent radicalization. Results found that sport identification correlated with extremism but not radicalization, political identification correlated with both, and…
No Access, No Travel, and No Relationship Building
When the sports world abruptly shut down in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, sports journalists were left without live events to cover. To better understand how sports reporters adapted to these unforeseen circumstances, 23 in-depth interviews were conducted with American sports journalists working at local and national newspapers to acquire firsthand accounts of story topics, newsgathering procedures, and impacts on the industry moving f…
Sports Journalism Content When No Sports Occur
On March 11, 2020, the National Basketball Association suspended its season after a player tested positive for COVID-19. Within days, the rest of the sports world similarly suspended play in the wake of the pandemic. This study focuses on sports media storytelling when covering athletic competition was no longer an option. Utilizing four distinct time periods and framing theory as the foundation of our theoretical framework, the content analysis …
Gendering 'Thursday Night Football
On 27 September 2018, history was made when Hannah Storm and Andrea Kremer became the first all-female broadcast team to call a major professional men’s team sport – a National Football League game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Minnesota Vikings. Storm provided the play-by-play and Kremer was the analyst for a ‘Thursday Night Football’ livestream on Amazon Prime, which was simulcast alongside a Fox television broadcast with veteran announc…
Cutting Editors Faster Than We’re Cutting Reporters”
Since its 2016 launch, negative attitudes toward The Athletic, a network of hyperlocal subscription sports news sites, have resonated throughout the journalism community because of the new media startup’s nontraditional approach, one centered on hiring established journalists from the hometown newspaper. Therefore, to accurately paint a picture of The Athletic’s perceived impact on print journalism, 22 in-depth interviews were conducted with news…
Poaching the News Producers
When The Athletic, a conglomerate of subscription-based sports sites, launched in 2016, both its business model and editorial stance were viewed as a seismic shift in the journalism industry. Built on the notion that readers would eagerly pay a monthly fee to have access to the type of in-depth, customized coverage that print outlets often failed to deliver, The Athletic garnered a reputation for poaching newspapers’ top sports talent with percei…
Sports Journalism Content When No Sports Occur
On March 11, 2020, the National Basketball Association suspended its season after a player tested positive for COVID-19. Within days, the rest of the sports world similarly suspended play in the wake of the pandemic. This study focuses on sports media storytelling when covering athletic competition was no longer an option. Utilizing four distinct time periods and framing theory as the foundation of our theoretical framework, the content analysis …
Compatriot” or “Stateless”
The only Iranian woman to ever win an Olympic medal, Taekwondo Athlete Kimia Alizadeh, immigrated to Germany and became a refugee participant for the 2020/2021 Tokyo Games, competing against her former compatriot, teammate, and friend. This study content analyzes four Iranian media sources as they rendered the story of a former national hero-turned-refugee. A total of 15 frame categories were applied to each of the media sources: (a) Twitter ( n …
Sports Journalism’s Uncertain Future
In March 2020, the sporting landscape was paused indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To understand how the job function and routines of newspaper sports journalists were impacted during the initial U.S. outbreak (March to July 2020), semi-structured in-depth interviews with 23 members of United States (US) print sports media were conducted. Interviewee responses elucidated three main themes: the future of sports journalism is unknown and f…
How Sports Identification Compares to Political and Religious Identification
A national survey of 314 Americans was utilized to determine the degree in which sport identification functions similarly to political and religious identification as well as the degree to which each of the three forms of group hyper-identification correlate with violent extremism and violent radicalization. Results found that sport identification correlated with extremism but not radicalization, political identification correlated with both, and…
Poaching the News Producers
When The Athletic, a conglomerate of subscription-based sports sites, launched in 2016, both its business model and editorial stance were viewed as a seismic shift in the journalism industry. Built on the notion that readers would eagerly pay a monthly fee to have access to the type of in-depth, customized coverage that print outlets often failed to deliver, The Athletic garnered a reputation for poaching newspapers’ top sports talent with percei…
A Misinformation Insurrection
On 6 January 2021, American citizens stormed the US Capitol in an effort to reverse the results of the presidential election. The incident and the baseless claims that ignited the insurrection highlight the shortcomings of media platforms at curbing misinformation. To better understand factors that influence media credibility, the researchers conducted a survey across a nationwide sample of US adults (N = 413). Study participants evaluated the cr…
Cutting Editors Faster Than We’re Cutting Reporters”
Since its 2016 launch, negative attitudes toward The Athletic, a network of hyperlocal subscription sports news sites, have resonated throughout the journalism community because of the new media startup’s nontraditional approach, one centered on hiring established journalists from the hometown newspaper. Therefore, to accurately paint a picture of The Athletic’s perceived impact on print journalism, 22 in-depth interviews were conducted with news…
Poaching the News Producers
When The Athletic, a conglomerate of subscription-based sports sites, launched in 2016, both its business model and editorial stance were viewed as a seismic shift in the journalism industry. Built on the notion that readers would eagerly pay a monthly fee to have access to the type of in-depth, customized coverage that print outlets often failed to deliver, The Athletic garnered a reputation for poaching newspapers’ top sports talent with percei…
No Access, No Travel, and No Relationship Building
When the sports world abruptly shut down in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, sports journalists were left without live events to cover. To better understand how sports reporters adapted to these unforeseen circumstances, 23 in-depth interviews were conducted with American sports journalists working at local and national newspapers to acquire firsthand accounts of story topics, newsgathering procedures, and impacts on the industry moving f…
Sports Journalism Content When No Sports Occur
On March 11, 2020, the National Basketball Association suspended its season after a player tested positive for COVID-19. Within days, the rest of the sports world similarly suspended play in the wake of the pandemic. This study focuses on sports media storytelling when covering athletic competition was no longer an option. Utilizing four distinct time periods and framing theory as the foundation of our theoretical framework, the content analysis …
Gendering 'Thursday Night Football
On 27 September 2018, history was made when Hannah Storm and Andrea Kremer became the first all-female broadcast team to call a major professional men’s team sport – a National Football League game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Minnesota Vikings. Storm provided the play-by-play and Kremer was the analyst for a ‘Thursday Night Football’ livestream on Amazon Prime, which was simulcast alongside a Fox television broadcast with veteran announc…
Sports Journalism’s Uncertain Future
In March 2020, the sporting landscape was paused indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To understand how the job function and routines of newspaper sports journalists were impacted during the initial U.S. outbreak (March to July 2020), semi-structured in-depth interviews with 23 members of United States (US) print sports media were conducted. Interviewee responses elucidated three main themes: the future of sports journalism is unknown and f…
How Sports Identification Compares to Political and Religious Identification
A national survey of 314 Americans was utilized to determine the degree in which sport identification functions similarly to political and religious identification as well as the degree to which each of the three forms of group hyper-identification correlate with violent extremism and violent radicalization. Results found that sport identification correlated with extremism but not radicalization, political identification correlated with both, and…
Loyalty as permission to forgive
A national survey of 314 Americans was employed to determine whether core forms of group identification (sport, political, and religious) predict one's likelihood to forgive a leader within that group for an intentional/preventable transgression. Three forms of transgressions (assault and battery, sex with a minor, stealing money) were presented as possible scenarios for leaders of sport, political, and religious groups. Sports leaders were more …
Psychophysiological Responses to Gendered Sports Announcing
During live sporting events, female announcer teams for men’s sports are becoming increasingly common, however, there is a lack of research examining viewers response to this.. Using psychophysiological measures, this study examines sports fan arousal and depicted emotion while watching sports highlights with female announcers, comparing it to the same highlights using male announcers. Results show that male participants were more aroused than fe…
A Misinformation Insurrection
On 6 January 2021, American citizens stormed the US Capitol in an effort to reverse the results of the presidential election. The incident and the baseless claims that ignited the insurrection highlight the shortcomings of media platforms at curbing misinformation. To better understand factors that influence media credibility, the researchers conducted a survey across a nationwide sample of US adults (N = 413). Study participants evaluated the cr…
The In-House Balance
The sports media landscape has shifted to favor outlets with inside access to sports organizations, teams, and athletes. This study interviews 21 NFL in-house reporters working at 19 official team websites to determine how they view their roles as sports journalists, including ethical standards and shifts in media boundaries. Qualitative interviews uncovered that cultivating a positive team image and protecting the interests of stakeholders super…
The Dichotomy of Male Sports and Female Announcing
During a 2018 Amazon Prime simulcast alongside the Fox broadcast announced by Joe Buck and Troy Aikman, Hannah Storm and Andrea Kremer became the first all-female broadcast team for a National Football League game. Utilizing a national sample of 415 subjects, a four-cell post-test-only experimental design of the on-air commentary was utilized to examine perceptions of announcer credibility. Incorporating social identity theory, findings reveal wo…
Anti-Asian Media Labeling in the Covid-19 Pandemic
This study examines the roles of sports fan identity and political affiliation on the perceived accuracy of mediated information during a global pandemic, which adversely affected the sports world through national and international league stoppages and newly developed health and safety protocols. A 4 (news source) × 3 (pandemic term) experimental design was incorporated. 420 subjects read one of twelve factually accurate sports articles but with …
Compatriot” or “Stateless”
The only Iranian woman to ever win an Olympic medal, Taekwondo Athlete Kimia Alizadeh, immigrated to Germany and became a refugee participant for the 2020/2021 Tokyo Games, competing against her former compatriot, teammate, and friend. This study content analyzes four Iranian media sources as they rendered the story of a former national hero-turned-refugee. A total of 15 frame categories were applied to each of the media sources: (a) Twitter ( n …
Sports News and the Artificial-Intelligence-Generated Article
To better understand factors that influence news credibility and online sharing likelihood of artificial-intelligence (AI) -generated articles, a national survey of U.S. adults was conducted ( N = 355). Using a 3 (authorship) × 2 (byline) factorial design, participants were asked to evaluate the credibility of a sports-news article written by a human author or an AI-language model (ChatGPT or Google Gemini), with a byline indicating that the arti…
Navigating Gender Roles From the Sports Sidelines
Using gender schema theory as a primary theoretical framework, in-depth interviews were conducted with current and former female sideline reporters ( N = 17) to provide qualitative insights related to the expectations of their role in the sports-media ecosystem, perceptions about hierarchical gender structures in sports reporting, and the increasing importance of relationship building in the profession. The study determined that a female sideline…
Negotiating Credibility Perceptions as a Female Sideline Reporter
Political protest on the Persian Twittersphere
During the 2022 FIFA World Cup, players on Iran's national team avoided singing the national anthem before their first match. This was interpreted as an expression of solidarity with the ongoing protests in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman arrested for opposing the country's mandatory hijab requirements. This study focuses on how regular users and government propaganda social media accounts sought to shape the …
Introduction to the Special Issue
This Communication & Sport special issue explores the complex intersection of sport, media, and migration from multiple interconnected perspectives. As human migration accelerates globally, understanding how sports media facilitates and contests migration narratives is increasingly critical. The issue examines four foundational concepts—media, sport, migration, and culture—to investigate how athlete mobility and national identity are constructed …
Skating, Loss, and Solidarity
In January 2025, a Blackhawk helicopter and American Airlines flight collided above the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., killing all 67 passengers aboard both aircraft. Most adversely affected by this tragedy was the figure skating community, which had 11 youth figure skaters, four coaches, and 13 family members returning from a national development camp. Through the theoretical lens of framing theory, quantitative content analysis was employed…
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