Matthew Zimmerman

Biographic Data

ID9773043
NAMEMatthew Zimmerman
GIVEN NAMESMatthew
FAMILY NAMEZimmerman
SIGNATUREZIMMERMAN M
AFFILIATIONSMississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX0

  • Social Media Scholarship in Sport Studies and College Athletes’ Name, Image, and Likeness Opportunities

    Edward M Kian, Matthew H Zimmerman et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Sport…2023

    The passage of name, image, and likeness (NIL) laws in individual states within the United States has provided intercollegiate athletes opportunities to potentially profit from their personal NIL in a free marketplace. Concurrently, the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) also allowed college athletes to utilize their NIL rights. Thus far, most college athletes’ NIL deals for payments are for posts on the athletes’ own social media ch…

  • “You Had One Job!” A Case Study of Maladaptive Parasocial Interaction and Athlete Maltreatment in Virtual Spaces

    Jimmy Sanderson, Matthew H Zimmerman et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Sport…2020

    This research explored maladaptive parasocial interaction (PSI) expressed toward Chicago Bears kicker Cody Parkey after he missed a potential game-winning field goal in the 2019 NFL (National Football League) playoffs. Using a sample of 512 tweets posted during the week after the game, qualitative analysis revealed that maladaptive PSI manifested in the following ways: criticism, threats, anger, and support. The results help better illuminate the…