RESEARCH
My research focuses on new technologies in media, including social media, digital news, streaming television, and live streaming video. Within these projects, I often examine the communication of larger societal issues such as health, race, and sport. In these areas, my research has included study on social media portrayal of health initiatives, digital media depiction of social justice issues and athlete activism, and consumer data for subscription-based streaming television services.
For a complete list and links to my research, see below:
Journal Articles
Cassilo, D. (in press). Shifting the coverage: Understanding why reporting and attitudes changed about the NFL and player safety. Journal of Sports Media.
Cassilo, D., & Coombs, D. (in press). International media coverage of the Pakistan Super League. International Journal of Sport Communication.
Cassilo, D. (2020). Royce White, DeMar DeRozan and Media Framing of Mental Health in the NBA. Communication & Sport, 2167479520933548.
Cassilo, D. (2019). Privacy violations and mobile streaming video: examining organizational social media policies and Antonio Brown’s Facebook live stream. Sport in Society, 1-17.
Coombs, D., Lambert, C., Cassilo, D., & Humphries, Z. (2019). Flag on the play: Colin Kaepernick and the protest paradigm. Howard Journal of Communication, 1-20.
Cranmer, G., Cassilo, D., & Sanderson, J. (2019). Social media discourse about Division-I football players’ early exit announcements: The role of expressed fandom. Communication & Sport.
Sanderson, J., & Cassilo, D. (2019). “I’m glad I played when the country still had gonads”: Bottom-up framing around Pop Warner’s kickoff policy. Journal of Sports Media, 14(1), 1-22.
Sanderson, J., & Cassilo, D. (2019). “Support is what really helped me get through”: Investigating athletes’ pursuit and receipt of social support during concussion recovery. Journal of Athlete Development and Experience, 1(1), 3.
Shrader, J., & Cassilo, D. (2019). Home field advantage? Exploring credibility of British and American announcers covering United States soccer. Soccer & Society, 1-15.
Cassilo, D., & Sanderson, J. (2018). From social isolation to becoming an advocate: Exploring athletes’ grief discourse about lived concussion experiences in online forums. Communication & Sport.
Cassilo, D., & Sanderson, J. (2017). “They hired a baseball guy”: Media framing and its influence on the isomorphic tendencies of organizational management in professional football. International Journal of Sport Communication, 10(3), 290-306.
Coombs, D., & Cassilo, D. (2017). Athletes and/or activists: LeBron James and Black Lives Matter. Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 41(5), 425-444.
Cassilo, D., & Sanderson, J. (2016). “I don’t think it’s worth the risk”: Media framing of the Chris Borland retirement in digital and print media. Communication & Sport, 6(1), 86-110.
Book Chapters
Hull, K., Romney, M., & Cassilo, D. (2019). Tune it or stream it? Can millennials and the Internet save ESPN? In G. G. Armfield, J. McGuire, & A. Earnheardt (Eds.), The ESPN aftereffect and the changing sports media marketplace. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc.
Conference Paper Presentations
Cassilo, D., Hull, K., & Romney, M. (April, 2020). Hulu and Netflix have everything I need: How college students impact the future of fable and streaming subscriptions. Broadcast Education Association Conference, Las Vegas, NV. (Conference canceled)
Cranmer, G., Cassilo, D., & Sanderson, J. (November, 2019). Social media discourse about Division-I football players’ early exit announcements: The role of expressed fandom. Annual Conference of National Communication Association, Baltimore, MD. Selected as Top Paper in Communication and Sport Division.
Coombs, D., & Cassilo, D. (August, 2019). Media coverage of the Pakistan Super League (Cricket). Annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Toronto, ON.
Cassilo, D., & Sanderson, J. (November, 2018). From denying it happened to becoming an advocate: Athletes’ discussion recovery disclosures and grief management in online forums. Annual Conference of National Communication Association, Salt Lake City, UT.
Cassilo, D., & Humphries, Z. (August, 2018). Why do you follow? A closer look at sport fan engagement with athletes on Twitter. Annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Washington, DC.
Cassilo, D. (November, 2017). Privacy violations and mobile streaming video: Examining organizational social media policies and Antonio Brown’s Facebook Live Stream. Annual Conference of National Communication Association, Dallas, TX. Selected for Top Papers in Communication and Sport Division.
Cassilo, D. (October, 2017). Media’s impact on the 2016 presidential election: Comparing agenda-setting theory and spiral of silence theory. Annual Conference of the Ohio Communication Association, Springfield, OH.
Sanderson, J., & Cassilo, D. (August, 2017). Contributing to the decline of the American male: Bottom-up framing of Pop Warner safety policies. Annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Chicago, IL.
Coombs, D., Lambert, C., Cassilo, D., & Humphries, Z. (March, 2017). "Kap takes a knee”: A media framing analysis of Colin Kaepernick’s anthem protest. International Public Relations Research Conference, Orlando, FL.
Cassilo, D., & Sanderson, J. (August, 2016). “I don’t think it’s worth the risk”: Media framing of the Chris Borland retirement in digital and print media. Annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Minneapolis, MN. Second Place Faculty Paper in Sports Communication Interest Group.
Cassilo, D. (March, 2016). Media Framing of Concussions in the NFL: How the Chris Borland retirement was portrayed by digital media. Ninth Summit on Communication and Sport, Grand Rapids, MI.