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

287Independent Study

460Seminar In Mass Communication

Research Interests & Areas

Repair of Public Image, Media Pedagogy

Ph D Communication

University of Missouri

Columbia, Missouri

MA

Saint Louis University

BA

Loyola University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

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, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New

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.

Blaney, J. R. (in press). 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.

Book, Scholarly-New

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.

Edited Book

Blaney, J. R. (Ed.). (2016). Putting Image Repair to the Test: Quantitative Applications of Image Restoration Theory. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.

Journal Article, Academic Journal

Blaney, J. R. (2017). American media framing of the cardinalate appointments of Pope Francis. International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics, 13, 319-326.