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- Title
Reflections on Being a Neophyte Sport Psychologist in the Media: Conversations With My Younger Self.
- Authors
Lindsay, Pete; Thomas, Owen
- Abstract
The mass media focus on sporting events (Kristiansen, Hanstad, & Roberts, 2011), coupled with the interest in reporting the psychological aspects of sporting performance (Jones, 2005) can place practitioners in stressful situations (Fletcher, Rumbold, Tester, & Coombes, 2011). Concerns over "misrepresentation," "misquotation," "misinterpretation," and being "incorrectly reported or understood" by the media can be at odds with a practitioner's honest desire to disseminate findings and provide informed commentaries related to the discipline. This article aims to highlight the ethical, professional and personal challenges faced by Pete Lindsay while working as the resident sport psychologist for an international television broadcaster during a World championship sporting event. The autoethnographic account provides a series of reflective fragments that were abstracted from professional development documentation, supervisory meeting records of the time, and the authors recalled reflections of when Pete undertook the role. Practical implications for the training and certification of practitioners in relation to working within the media are considered.
- Subjects
MASS media &; sports; SPORTS psychology; ATHLETES in mass media; TELEVISED sports; SPORTS journalism
- Publication
Sport Psychologist, 2014, Vol 28, Issue 3, p290
- ISSN
0888-4781
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1123/tsp.2012-0087