In these essays, 30 scholars of sports communication tackle a wide range of subjects, including the ways in which people root for their teams and the uses of technology to cultivate fan communities. The volume takes an interdisciplinary approach through the fields of communication, psychology and telecommunications.

Mass communication is used by governments to support their war efforts while media images are created or manipulated to inform, persuade or guide the consumers of those images. This work examines examples that reflect the role of the media or mass communication or both during wartime.