Dr. Joseph Blaney
Professor of Communication
School of Communication
Office
Fell Hall - FEL 402
Office Hours
By appointment
Office Phone
Email
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Research
Biography
Dr. Blaney is a graduate of Loyola University Chicago (B.A.), Saint Louis University (M.A.), and the University of Missouri (Ph.D.). He has several books in print as well as dozens of scholarly articles and book chapters. He is also a former media announcer, programmer, production director, and reporter.
Current Courses
341.001Media, Society, and Sport
304.001Freedom Of Speech And Press
Teaching Interests & Areas
Media Effects,
Campaigns,
Crisis Communication
Research Interests & Areas
Repair of Public Image, Reputation Management
Ph D Communication
University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri
MA
Saint Louis University
BA
Loyola University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Award of Excellence: Faculty Audio
Broadcast Education Association
2020
1st Place Experimental Audio
National Broadcast Society
2009
Award of Excellence
Broadcast Education Association
2009
Best of Competition
Broadcast Education Association
2009
1st Place Experimental Audio
National Broadcasting Society
2008
2nd Place, Medium Market Morning Show
Illinois Broadcasters Association
2007
Book Review
Blaney, J. Review "Journalism Manifesto". Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media (2022)
Blaney, J. Regulating the future: Broadcasting technology and governmental control (by W. A. K. Huff). Feedback 43.2 (2002): p 57.
Blaney, J. Big voices of the air: The battle over clear channel radio (by J. C. Foust). Feedback 41.4 (2000): p 54.
Blaney, J. Selling radio: The commercialization of American broadcasting 1920-1934 (by S. Smulyan). Nournal of Radio Studies 4 (1997): 296-298.
Book, Authored
Blaney, J., & Zompetti, J. The Rhetoric of Pope John Paul II. Lexington Press (2009)
Kristiansen, L., Blaney, J., Chidester, P., & Simonds, B. Screaming for change: Articulating a unifying philosophy of punk rock. Lexington Books (2009)
Donnelly, G., & Blaney, J. Technological issues in broadcast education: Critical challenges. Donnelly, G., & Blaney, J. R. (EDs). Praeger (2003)
Blaney, J., & Benoit, W. The Clinton scandals and the politics of image restoration. Praeger (2001)
Benoit, W., Blaney, J., & Pier, P. Campaign '96: A functional analysis of acclaiming, attacking, and defending. Praeger (1999)
Book, Chapter
Blaney, J.R. (2021). Pope Francis: An open book for increasingly closed minds. In J. R. Blaney (Ed.), Understanding Pope Francis: Message, media, and audience. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Blaney, J.R. (2021). What he said and what they heard: The audience has a mind of its own. In J.R. Blaney (Ed.), Understanding Pope Francis: Message, media, and audience. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Blaney, J. R. (2020). Social media analytics, radio advertising, and strategic partnerships. In J. A. Hendricks (Ed.), Radio's Second Century: A Reader. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
Blaney, J. R. (2020). The contradictory relationship between tuition increases, image repair, and NCAA sports: Take it to the bank (pp. 153-166). In M. Milford and Smith, L. R. (Eds.). Communication and contradiction in the NCAA: An unlevel playing field. Peter Lang: New York.
Blaney, J.R. (2018). The role of team success and failure in mitigating fan dissatisfaction with ticket price increases. In A. C. Billings, W.T. Coombs, and K.A. Brown (Eds.). Reputational Challenges in Sport. London: Routledge.
Book, Edited
Blaney, J.R. (Ed). (2021). Understanding Pope Francis: Message, Media, and Audience. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Blaney, J. R. (Ed.). (2016). Putting Image Repair to the Test: Quantitative Applications of Image Restoration Theory. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Blaney, J. R. (Ed.).(2016). Putting image repair to the test: Quantitative applications of image restoration theory.Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Blaney, J. R., Lippert, L. R., and Smith, J. S. (Eds.). (2013). Repairing the Athlete's Image: Studies in Sports Image Restoration. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Creative Works/Broadcast Media
Blaney, J. R. (2020). "Home Brew Challenge." Radio Commercial Exhibited in the Faculty Audio Competition of BEA On-Location.
Journal Article
Blaney, J. R., and Blaney, M. J. (2023). Persuasive attack and defense of campus free speech: Implications for the First Amendment. Communication Law Review, 23 (1), 71-100.
Blaney, J. R., & Hunt, S. K. (2021). Internet responses from the state broadcast associations: Community, industry, and extent of spread. Journal of Radio & Audio Media. https://doi.org/10.1080/19376529.2020.1870466
Blaney, J.R. (2021). A world grappling with Pope Francis: Laudato Si and the contested frames of a secular-minded church. Journal of Communication and Religion, 44 (2), 6-15.
Blaney, J. R. (2017). American media framing of the cardinalate appointments of Pope Francis. International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics, 13, 319-326.
Blaney, J. The VaticanÕs Response to the Sexual Abuse Crisis. The Rhetoric of Pope John Paul II (2009): 199.
Magazine/Trade Publication
Blaney, J., & Zompetti, J. The great persuader: In teaching and practice, Pope John Paul II. Columbia Magazine (2008): 20-21.
Presentations
Blaney, J. R., and Blaney, M.J. (2023). Persuasive Attack and Defense of Campus Free Speech: Implications for the First Amendment. A paper presented to the annual meeting of the Broadcast Education Association.
Blaney, J. R., & Hunt, S. K. (2022, April). Differentiation versus denial: Impact of messaging about player transactions on team reputation, ticket sales, and sports channel subscriptions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Broadcast Education Association, Las Vegas, NV.
"Testing the Compensation Strategy: Relationships Between Tuition Increases, Image Repair, and College Sports". Central States Communication Association. (2020)
Blaney, J.R. and Hunt, S. K. (2020, October). COVID-19 Internet responses from the state broadcast associations: Community, industry, and extent of spread. Paper presented to the Broadcast Education Association On-Location conference. Atlanta, GA (Re-scheduled to virtual). https://www.beaweb.org/OL/2020-schedulePaste your citation here.
Blaney, J. R. (2019). The future of image restoration research. Keynote address to the Department of Communication Graduate Program at Purdue University Northwest.Hammond, IN.
Blaney, J. R., Hunt, S. K., and Oleson, L. A. (2019). Football (soccer) and trans-Atlantic considerations in mitigating fan dissatisfaction with ticket price increases. Paper presented to the annual meeting of the National Communication Association. Baltimore, MD.
Reputation differences between mortification-only and mortification/correctiv action strategies following a transgression by a professional athlete. Fifth Summit on Communication and Sport. (2012)
Response: Top Three Scholarly Papers. National Broadcasting Society Convention. National Broadcasting Society. (2012)
Advancing the discipline: Expanding the role of communication in civic and political engagement. Annual Meeting of the Central States Communication Association. (2009)
Response: Communicating in a politically diverse society. Annual Meeting of the Central States Communication Association. (2007)
Grants & Contracts
Spanish language social media analytics for Univision-Chicago.. Univision Media. Private. (2017)
Broadcast Extension Services. Connoisseur Media. Private. (2006)