Lindner Andrew M, Hawkins Daniel N
Department of Sociology, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, United States.
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE, United States.
Front Sports Act Living. 2021 May 26;3:655890. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2021.655890. eCollection 2021.
News outlets, sports coverage, and even Hollywood movies have highlighted the growing body of research documenting the long-term negative consequences of traumatic injury in athletics, particularly, (sports-related) concussions. Despite so much media coverage, little is known about how much attention members of the American public pay to sports concussion news. Disparities in attention to concussion news among sociodemographic groups may contribute to further inequalities in rates of concussions that stem from participation in collision sports. In this study, using a 2017 nationally representative survey of US residents ( = 964), we examine the social, political, and demographic correlates of individuals' attention to news about concussions in sports. Regression results indicate that older, more educated, Democratic-leaning respondents reported that they pay more attention to news about concussions. Additionally, respondents with a greater past competitive athletic participation and those who regularly watch baseball and football reported higher levels of attention to concussion news. These findings are consistent with previous research showing higher levels of news consumption and trust in science among the highly educated and Democrats. The increased levels among football viewers may be in response to the inclusion of concussion news in game coverage.
新闻媒体、体育报道，甚至好莱坞电影都强调了越来越多的研究，这些研究记录了运动中创伤性损伤，特别是（与运动相关的）脑震荡的长期负面后果。尽管有如此多的媒体报道，但对于美国公众对体育脑震荡新闻的关注程度却知之甚少。社会人口群体对脑震荡新闻关注度的差异可能会导致因参与碰撞性运动而引发的脑震荡发生率进一步不平等。在本研究中，我们使用2017年对美国居民的全国代表性调查（n = 964），考察了个人对体育脑震荡新闻关注的社会、政治和人口统计学相关因素。回归结果表明，年龄较大、受教育程度较高、倾向民主党的受访者表示，他们更关注脑震荡新闻。此外，过去有更多竞技运动参与经历的受访者以及经常观看棒球和足球比赛的受访者对脑震荡新闻的关注度更高。这些发现与之前的研究一致，即高学历人群和民主党人对新闻的消费程度更高，对科学的信任度也更高。足球观众中关注度的增加可能是由于比赛报道中包含了脑震荡新闻。
