Jeffrey Kassing

Published Books:

Kassing, J. W., & Meân, L. J. (2022). The art of tifo: Identity, representation, and performing fandom in football/soccer. Peter Lang.

Waldron, V. R., & Kassing, J. W. (2018). Negotiating workplace relationships (retitled second edition of Managing risk in communication encounters: Strategies for the workplace). Cognella.

Kassing, J. W. (2011). Dissent in organizations. Polity.

Waldron, V. R., & Kassing, J. W. (2011). Managing risk in communication encounters: Strategies for the workplace. Sage.

Edited Books:

Kassing, J. W., & Lee, S. (in press). Football and diaspora: Connecting dispersed communities through the global game. Routledge.

Kassing, J. W., & Meân, L. J. (2017). Perspectives on the U.S.-Mexico soccer rivalry: Passion and politics in red, white, blue and green. Palgrave Macmillan.

Recent Journal Articles:

Kassing, J. W. (2022). Coach Lasso and the embodiment of American exceptionalism: NBC Sports promotion of English Premier League football as the foreign sport. Soccer & Society, 23, 386-399.

Kassing, J. W. (2020). Messi hanging laundry at the Bernabéu: The production and consumption of Internet sports memes as trash talk. Discourse, Context, & Media. Article 100320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcm.2019.100320.

Kassing, J. W. (2020). Overcoming American exceptionalism and media antipathy via the digital pitch: Soccer, attitudinal change, and video game play. Soccer & Society, 21, 778-787.

Kassing, J. W. (2019). ‘Mes que un club’ and an empty Camp Nou: A case study of strategic ambiguity and Catalan nationalism at Football Club Barcelona. International Journal of Sport Communication, 12, 260-274.

Kassing, J. W. & Nyaupane, P. (2019). “I just couldn’t believe I was there”: An exploration of soccer pilgrimage. International Journal of Sport Communication, 12, 167-184.

Kassing, J. W. (2019). Paradox and the gift of an indestructible ball: A case study of the One World Futbol Project. Soccer & Society, 20, 569-583.

Recent Book Chapters:

Kassing, J. W., Utley, I. D., & Kiourkas, S. A. (2023). ‘Kicking hate out of our game’: San Diego Loyal Soccer Club’s stand against racism and homophobia. In T. L. Retner & D. P. Burns (Eds.), Social issues in sport communication: You make the call (pp. 75-85). Routledge.

Kassing, J. W., Clark, M. H. Kaput, C., Winton, T. Katayama, K., Day, S., Utley, I., & Fisher, A. (2022). Ghost games and artificial soundscapes: Sports media and fan reactions to the return of European soccer matches in empty stadia. In J. Krieger, A. Henning, & L. Parks (Eds.), Restart—Sport After the COVID-19 Lockdown (pp. 283-302). Common Ground Research Networks.

Kassing, J. W. (2021). Connecting global and local audiences: Communication in, around and about Football Club Barcelona. In M. L. Butterworth (Ed.) Handbook of communication and sport (pp. 235-252). De Gruyter Mouton.

Gallagher, H., Wright, C., & Kassing, J. W. (2021). “I’m not going to the f***ing White House’: Fan discourse about Megan Rapinoe during the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup. In R. McGrath (Ed.) Contemporary perspectives on athlete activism (pp. 144-154). Routledge.