Preventing damage: The psychology of crisis communication buffers in organized sports |
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Authors: | Duncan Koerber Nick Zabara |
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Institution: | 1. School of Professional Communication, Ryerson University, Canada;2. Clinical Psychology, University of Waterloo, Canada |
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Abstract: | Sports crisis communication is a growing field of study, with research focusing on the image repair of athletes and teams, fan solidarity during crises, and the role of mass and new media in crisis development. However, reflecting a broader tendency in crisis communication to emphasize the study of response strategies at the expense of other factors, sports crisis communication research has not examined the unique factors in sports that prevent crises from causing severe image and reputation damage. In this paper, we apply Coombs’ notion of buffers to argue for new attention to two particularly important buffers in sports: communities and political economy. These buffers often preclude the need for any response at all, and crisis communication practitioners would do well to implement them around their own sports teams to prevent damage from crises. |
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Keywords: | Crisis communication Sports Psychology Image Reputation Buffers Stakeholders Public relations |
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