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Dr. Joseph Blaney

Associate Dean for Research, Facilities, and IT
Dean of Arts and Sciences
Office
Stevenson Hall - STV 141
Office Hours
By appointment
Office Phone
(309) 438-5669office
phone
Email
jrblane@ilstu.eduemail
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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.

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, Authored

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.

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.
Blaney, J. R. (2016). Democrats and Republicans: In their own words. In N. S. Lind and E. Rankin (Eds.). Today's Economic Issues: Democrats and Republicans. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger.
Blaney, J. R. (2016). Image restoration theory: Time for the quantitative turn. In J. R. Blaney (Ed.). Putting Image Repair to the Test: Quantitative Applications in Image Restoration. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Blaney, J. R. (2016). Radio, politics, and elections. In W.L. Benoit (Ed.). Praeger Handbook of Political Campaigning in the United States. Westport, CT: Praeger.
Twork, J. D. , and Blaney, J. R. (2013). Reputation differences between mortification only and mortification/corrective action strategies following a transgression by a professional athlete. In Blaney, J. R., Lippert, L. R., and Smith, J. S. (Eds.). Repairing the Athlete's Image: Studies in Sports Image Restoration. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.

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.

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., & 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. R., Hunt, S. K., and Oleson, L. A. (in press). Football (soccer) and trans-Atlantic considerations in mitigation of fan dissatisfaction with ticket price increases. Journal of Sport, 9.

Presentations

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.
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