Jimmy Sanderson

Best Publications

• I'm Going to Instagram It! An Analysis of Athlete Self-Presentation on Instagram

  Lauren Reichart Smith;Jimmy Sanderson

  527
  Citations

• Fan–Athlete Interaction and Twitter Tweeting Through the Giro: A Case Study

  Jeffrey W. Kassing;Jimmy Sanderson

  334
  Citations

• The Positives and Negatives of Twitter: Exploring How Student-Athletes Use Twitter and Respond to Critical Tweets

  Blair Browning;Jimmy Sanderson

  270
  Citations

• Tweeting Prayers and Communicating Grief Over Michael Jackson Online

  Jimmy Sanderson;Pauline Hope Cheong

  206
  Citations

• To Tweet or Not to Tweet: Exploring Division I Athletic Departments’ Social-Media Policies

  Jimmy Sanderson

  192
  Citations

• “You're the Kind of Guy That We All Want for a Drinking Buddy”: Expressions of Parasocial Interaction on Floydlandis.com

  Jeffrey W. Kassing;Jimmy Sanderson

  192
  Citations

• The Blog is Serving Its Purpose: Self-Presentation Strategies on 38pitches.com.

  Jimmy Sanderson

  190
  Citations

• It's a Whole New Ballgame: How Social Media Is Changing Sports

  James Sanderson

  189
  Citations

• When Athlete Activism Clashes With Group Values: Social Identity Threat Management via Social Media

  James Sanderson;Evan L Frederick;Mike Stocz

  162
  Citations

• Framing tiger's troubles: comparing traditional and social media.

  Jimmy Sanderson

  152
  Citations

• From Yellow to Blue Exploring Lance Armstrong’s Image Repair Strategies Across Traditional and Social Media

  Marion E. Hambrick;Evan L. Frederick;Jimmy Sanderson

  148
  Citations

• Covering the Scandal in 140 Characters: A Case Study of Twitter’s Role in Coverage of the Penn State Saga

  Jimmy Sanderson;Marion E. Hambrick

  146
  Citations

• From Loving the Hero to Despising the Villain: Sports Fans, Facebook, and Social Identity Threats

  Jimmy Sanderson

  125
  Citations

• Playing in the New Media Game or Riding the Virtual Bench: Confirming and Disconfirming Membership in the Community of Sport

  Jeffrey W. Kassing;Jimmy Sanderson

  101
  Citations

• “I Was Able to Still Do My Job on the Field and Keep Playing” An Investigation of Female and Male Athletes’ Experiences With (Not) Reporting Concussions

  Jimmy Sanderson;Melinda Weathers;Katherine Snedaker;Kelly Gramlich

  97
  Citations

• Talking About Trayvon in 140 Characters Exploring NFL Players’ Tweets About the George Zimmerman Verdict

  Annelie Schmittel;Jimmy Sanderson

  94
  Citations

• ‘How could anyone have predicted that #AskJameis would go horribly wrong?’ Public relations, social media, and hashtag hijacking.

  Jimmy Sanderson;Katie Barnes;Christine Williamson;Edward T. Kian

  77
  Citations

• “You Are the Type of Person That Children Should Look up to as a Hero”: Parasocial Interaction on 38pitches.com

  Jimmy Sanderson

  68
  Citations

• Extending and Withholding Forgiveness to Josh Hamilton Exploring Forgiveness Within Parasocial Interaction

  Jimmy Sanderson;Betsy Emmons

  65
  Citations

• Snapchat and child sexual abuse in sport: protecting child athletes in the social media age.

  Jimmy Sanderson;Melinda R. Weathers

  55
  Citations