Research InterestsMy primary research interests center on issues of content management in the digital age. These issues include the intersections of sport media rights, government regulation, copyright, and content restrictions.
I also research topics in which my doctoral students have interest. These frequently focus on the use of social media in sport. As of September 1, 2020, I have authored or co-authored 45 peer-reviewed articles, 3 textbooks, 11 book chapters, and 70 refereed conference presentations. A third edition of a Sport Public Relations textbook on which I am co-author will be published in October 2020 I am active member of the Society for American Baseball Research and am engaged in researching the biography of deceased player whose career in baseball spanned more than 30 years. |
Recent Journal Articles |
Dittmore, S. W. (2020). George Scales and the making of Junior Gilliam in Baltimore, 1946. Paper submitted to The National Pastime, published by the Society for American Baseball Research, 34-37.
Wilkerson, T. A., Stokowski, S., Fridley, A., Dittmore, S. W., & Bell, C. (2020). Barriers of Black football student-athletes in seeking mental health services. [special issue] Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics, 55-81. Turk, M. R., Stokowski, S., & Dittmore, S. W. (2019). “Don’t be open or tell anyone”: Inclusion of sexual minority college athletes. Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics, 564-589. Wood, E. A., Dittmore, S. W., Stokowski, S., & Li, B. (2019). Division I athletic director perceptions of requisite skills and experiences necessary for their positions. Journal of Higher Education Athletics and Innovation, 1(5), 102-122. Li, B., Dittmore, S. W., Scott, O., Lo, W-J., & Stokowski, S. (2019). Why we follow: Examining motivational differences in following sport organizations on Twitter and Weibo. Sport Management Review 22(3), 335-347. Li, B., Scott, O., & Dittmore, S. W. (2018). Twitter and Olympics: Exploring factors which impact fans following American Olympic governing bodies. Paper submitted to the International Journal of Sports Marketing & Sponsorship, 19, 370-383. Son, J., Koo, G-Y., Sung, J., & Dittmore, S. W. (2018). Effects of team identification on college adjustment: A cross-national study between American and Korean students. Journal of Contemporary Athletics, 12(3), 139-149. Li, B., Dittmore, S. W., & Scott, O. (2017). Points of attachment on social media: Exploring similarities and differences between Chinese and Western National Basketball Association fans. Asia Pacific Journal of Sport and Social Science, 6(3), 201-215. Stokowski, S., Dittmore, S.W., Stine, G.D., & Li, B. (2017). Resource decisions in academic services: Which factors predict positive APR scores at NCAA Division I institutions. Journal of Contemporary Athletics, 11(3), 173-188. Dittmore, S. W. & Li, B. (2017). Serve and volley: A political economy view of the Tennis Channel’s 6-year carriage battle. Paper accepted to Journal of Sports Media, 12(2), 103-123. Li, B., Stokowski, S., Dittmore, S. W., Malmo, J. & Rolfe, D. T. (2017). A case study of self-representation on Twitter: A gender analysis of how student-athletes portray themselves. Global Sport Business Journal, 5(1), 61-75. Dittmore, S. W. & Hutchins, B. (2017). Privilege over innovation: Sports broadcasting, mobile television and the case of Aereo. Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport, 27, 3-18. Li, B., Stokowski, S., Dittmore, S. W. & Scott, O. M. (2017). For better or for worse: The impact of social media on Chinese sports journalists. Communication & Sport, 5(3), 311-330. Dittmore, S. W. (2016). College athletic departments as media organizations, and the regulation of content: Issues for the digital age. Marquette Sports Law Review, 26(2), 713-733. Eddy, T., Reams, L. & Dittmore, S. (2016). Motivations and mediated consumption habits of users of mixed-martial-arts online message boards. International Journal of Sport Communication, 9(4), 440-459. Li, B., Stokowski, S., Dittmore, S. W. & Scott, O. M. (2016). How mediated sporting events constituted nationalism? An analysis of Chinese newspapers covering the 2014 Incheon Asian Games. International Journal of Sport Communication, 9, 79-96. |
Selected Books and Book Chapters |
Dittmore S. W. & Stokowski, S. E. (2020). Interviews. In D. P. S. Andrew, P. M. Pedersen, & C. D. McEvoy. Research methods and design in sport management (2nd ed.). (pp. 99-110). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
Dittmore, S. W. (2019). Sport programming as a public good: A complicated Congressional legacy. In G. G. Armfield, J. P. McGuire, & A. Earnhardt (Eds.). (pp. 3-21). The ESPN Aftereffect and the Changing Sports Media Marketplace. New York: Peter Lang Publishing. Part of Communication, Sport, and Society series edited by L. Wenner, A. Billings, & M. Hardin. Stoldt, G. C., Dittmore, S. W., & Pedersen, P. M. (2018). Communication in the sport industry. In P. M. Pedersen, & L. Thibault (Eds.). Contemporary Sport Management (6th ed.). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics. Stoldt, G. C., Dittmore, S. W., & Pedersen, P. M. (2014). Communication in the sport industry. In P. M. Pedersen, & L. Thibault (Eds.). Contemporary Sport Management (5th ed.). (pp. 338-359). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics. Dittmore, S. W., & McCarthy, S. T. (2014). Sports marketing and new media. In A.C. Billings & M. Hardin (Eds.). Routledge Handbook of Sport and New Media. (pp. 165-176). Oxfordshire, UK: Routledge. Dittmore, S. W., & Fields, T. E. (2013). Content, copyright and carriage: Issues for sports media rights in the digital age. In P. M. Pedersen (Ed.). Routledge Handbook of Sport Communication. (pp. 228-237). New York: Routledge. Dittmore, S.W., Clavio, G., & Miloch, K.S. (2013). Promotional mix, public relations and emerging technologies in sport. In B. Turner, K. Miloch, & B. Parkhouse (Eds.). Sport Marketing: Winning Strategies for Business Success. (pp. 173-191). Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing. Dittmore, S. W. (2013). Sports media and PR. In J. Beech & S. Chadwick (Eds.). The Business of Sport Management (2nd ed.). (pp. 488-509). Essex, England: Pearson Education Limited. Stoldt, G. C., Dittmore, S. W., & Branvold, S. (2012). Sport Public Relations: Managing Stakeholder Communication (2nd ed.). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics. |