Mapping a Subfield's Sociology of Science

A 25-Year Network and Bibliometric Analysis of the Knowledge Construction of Sports Crisis Communication

Bibliographic Data

ID2349271
AuthorsJennifer L Harker (0000-0002-0483-5465, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA, corresponding author), Adam J Saffer (0000-0001-8032-4256, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Year2018
Volume42
Issue5
Pages369-392
Publication date2018-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Sport and Social Issues (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0193-7235 • E-ISSN: 1552-7638
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0193723518790011
OpenAlexW2890258122
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited48

Sport crisis communication research has emerged as a substantial subfield of communication, sport communication, and crisis communication. The purpose of this study is to assess the development and diffusion of the subfield's scholarly works to uncover the influential authors, theories, and journals central to the subfield's knowledge construction process. We chart the development of the subfield by combining network analysis and bibliometric methods. Our analysis of 25 years of scholarship in 25 journals reveals seven major areas of focus in sport crisis communication with an emphasis on applied and critical cultural scholarship. Furthermore, our research indicates that the Journal of Sport & Social Issues played an integral and interdisciplinary role in supporting the emergence of this area of study. We argue the subfield holds great opportunity for future growth, most notably in empirical research

Bibliometrics · Communication studies · Crisis communication · Library science · Political science · Public relations · Scholarly communication · Scholarship · Social network analysis · Social science · Sociology · Sport communication · Computer Science · Public Relations and Crisis Communication · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society

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