Dr. Joseph Blaney
Professor of Communication
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MLB Milner Library 311f
Office Hours
By appointment
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Email
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected 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
COM 287.007 Independent Study
COM 341.001 Media, Society, and Sport
COM 341.002 Media, Society, and Sport
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
Grants and Contracts
Spanish language social media analytics for Univision-Chicago.
Joseph Blaney, Nathan Carpenter.
Univision Media. September 2017 - August 2023
Broadcast Extension Services
Joseph Blaney.
Connoisseur Media. April 2006 - April 2008
Book Review
Review "Journalism Manifesto"
Joseph Blaney.
(2022), https://doi.org/10.1080/08838151.2022.2134388, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media
Regulating the future: Broadcasting technology and governmental control (by W. A. K. Huff)
Joseph Blaney.
(2002), 43, p 57, Feedback
Big voices of the air: The battle over clear channel radio (by J. C. Foust)
Joseph Blaney.
(2000), 41, p 54, Feedback
Selling radio: The commercialization of American broadcasting 1920-1934 (by S. Smulyan)
Joseph Blaney.
(1997), 4, 296-298, Nournal of Radio Studies
Book, Authored
Screaming for change: Articulating a unifying philosophy of punk rock
L J Kristiansen, Joseph Blaney, Phillip Chidester, Brent Simonds.
(2009), Lexington Books
The Clinton scandals and the politics of image restoration
Joseph Blaney, W L Benoit.
(2001), Praeger
Campaign '96: A functional analysis of acclaiming, attacking, and defending
W L Benoit, Joseph Blaney, P M Pier.
(1999), Praeger
All the President’s scandals: the image restoration of President Bill Clinton
Joseph Blaney.
(1998)
Book, Chapter
Differentiation versus denial: Impact of messaging about player transactions on team reputation, ticket sales, and sports channel subscriptions.
Joseph Blaney, Stephen Hunt.
(2025), Media and crisis communication., Routledge
Pope Francis: An open book for increasingly closed minds.
Joseph Blaney.
(2021), Understanding Pope Francis: Message, Medium, and Audience, Lexington Books
What he said and what they heard: The audience has a mind of its own.
Joseph Blaney.
(2021), Understanding Pope Francis: Message, Media, and Audience, Lexington Books
Social Media Analytics, Radio Advertising, and Strategic Partnerships"
Joseph R Blaney.
(2020), Rutgers University Press
The contradictory relationship between tuition increases, image repair, and NCAA sports: Take it to the bank
Joseph R Blaney.
(2020), Communication and Contradiction in the NCAA: An Uneven Playing Field, Peter Lang
The role of team success and failure in mitigating fan dissatisfaction with ticket price increases.
Joseph R. Blaney.
(2018), Reputational Challenges in Sport, Routledge
Differences Between Democrats and Republicans: In Their Own Words
Joseph Blaney.
(2016), Today's Economic Issues: Democrats and Republicans, ABC-CLIO
Differences Between Republicans and Democrats: In Their Own Words
Joseph Blaney.
(2016), 1–10, Today’s Economic Issues: Democrats and Republicans, ABC-CLIO
Image Restoration Theory: Time for the Quantitative Turn
Joseph R Blaney.
(2016), Putting Image Repair to the Test: Quantitative Studies in Image Restoration, Lexington Books (Rowman & Littlefield)
Radio, Politics, and Elections
Joseph R. Blaney.
(2016), Praeger Handbook of Political Campaigning in the United States
Reputation differences between mortification-only and mortification/corrective action strategies following a transgression by a professional athlete.
Joseph Blaney, John D. Twork.
(2012), 414, Repairing the Athlete's Image: Studies in Sports Image Restoration, Lexington Books
The Vatican's response to the sexual abuse crisis in America: An image restoration study
Joseph Blaney.
(2009), 199-210, The rhetoric of Pope John Paul II, Lexington Press
Outcome differences in modular versus traditional instruction in audio production assignments
Joseph Blaney, G Donnelly, M Rouch.
(2003), Technological issues in broadcast education: Critical challenges, Praeger
Book, Edited
"Understanding Pope Francis: Message, Media, and Audience"
Joseph Blaney.
(2021), Lexington Books
Putting Image Repair to the Test: Quantitative Applications of Image Restoration Theory
Joseph Blaney.
(2016), Lexington Books
"Repairing the Athlete's Image: Studies in Sports Image Restoration"
Joseph Blaney, Lance Lippert, James Scott Smith.
(2012), 414, Lexington Books
The Rhetoric of Pope John Paul II
Joseph Blaney, Joseph Zompetti.
(2008), Lexington Press
Technological issues in broadcast education: Critical challenges
G Donnelly, Joseph Blaney.
(2003), Praeger
Creative Works/Broadcast Media
"Home Brew Challenge"
Joseph Blaney.
BEA Faculty Audio Competition, (2020)
Journal Article
The Relationships Between Higher Education Institutions and High School Sports Associations: Maximizing Symbiotic Relationships for Teaching Sports Communication
Joseph R Blaney.
Journal of Media Education, 16, (2025)
Persuasive Attack and Defense of Campus Free Speech: Implications for the First Amendment
Joseph Blaney, Matthew J Blaney.
Communication Law Review, (2023)
A world grappling with Pope Francis: Laudato Si and the contested frames of a secular-minded church.
Joseph Blaney.
Journal of Communication and Religion, (2021)
COVID-19 internet responses from the state broadcast associations: Community, industry, and extent of spread
Joseph Blaney, Stephen Hunt.
Journal of Radio & Audio Media, 1-14, (2021), https://doi.org/10.1080/19376529.2020.1870466
"American Media Framing of the Cardinalate Appointments of Pope Francis"
Joseph R Blaney.
International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics, (2017)
The VaticanÕs Response to the Sexual Abuse Crisis
Joseph Blaney.
The Rhetoric of Pope John Paul II, 199, (2009)
Blowout!: Firestone's image restoration campaign
Joseph Blaney, W L Benoit, L M Brazeal.
Public Relations Review, 28, 379-392, (2002)
Blowout!: FirestoneÕs image restoration campaign
Joseph Blaney, William L Benoit, LeAnn M Brazeal.
Public Relations Review, 28 (4), 379–392, (2002)
Restoring the Juridical Image: Apologia for Ex Corde Ecclesiae.
Joseph Blaney.
Journal of Communication & Religion, 24 (1), (2001)
Restoring the juridicial image: Apologia for Ex Corde Ecclesiae
Joseph Blaney.
Journal of Communication and Religion, 23, 94-109, (2001)
Acclaiming, attacking, and defending: A functional analysis of US nominating convention keynote speeches
William L Benoit, Joseph Blaney, PM Pier.
Political Communication, 17 (1), 61–84, (2000)
Relationships between academic broadcast facilities and pedagogical outcomes
Joseph Blaney, G Donnelly.
Feedback, 41 (1), 1-8, (2000)
Acclaiming, attacking, and defending in presidential nominating acceptance addresses
W L Benoit, W T Wells, P M Pier, Joseph Blaney.
Quarterly Journal of Speech, 85, 247-267, (1999)
Acclaiming, attacking, and defending on political talk radio
Joseph Blaney, P M Pier.
Iowa Journal of Communication, 30, 2-19, (1998)
A functional analysis of presidential television spots: Acclaiming, attacking, and defending
WL Benoit, PM Pier, Blaney, JR.
Communication Quarterly, 45 (1), 1–20, (1997)
A functional approach to televised political spots: Acclaiming, attacking, and defending
W L Benoit, P M Pier, Joseph Blaney.
Communication Quarterly, 45, 1-20, (1997)
The persuasive defense of Jesus in the Gospel According to John
Joseph Blaney, W L Benoit.
Journal of Communication and Religion, 20, 25-30, (1997)
ÒSustainable developmentÓ in visual imagery: A functional approach to televised political spots: Acclaiming, attacking, defending
William L Benoit, PM Pier, Joseph Blaney.
Communication Quarterly, 45 (1), 1–20, (1997)
A functional approach to televised political spots: Attaching, acclaiming, and defending
WL Benoit, PM Pier, Blaney, JR.
Communication Quarterly, 45, 1–20, (1987)
Magazine/Trade Publication
The great persuader: In teaching and practice, Pope John Paul II
Joseph Blaney, Joseph Zompetti.
Columbia Magazine, 20-21, (2008)
Other
Functions of campaign Ô96: Acclaiming, attacking, and defending discourse
WL Benoit, Blaney, JR, PM Pier.
Westport, CT: Praeger, (1998)
Presentations
Image repair differences between human and AI-generated messaging: The case of the Chicago White Sox
Kevin R Meyer, Joseph Blaney, Stephen Hunt, Lance Lippert, K. Megan Hopper, Roy David Magnuson.
Annual Convention of the Broadcast Education Association, Las Vegas, NV, April, 2025
Image repair differences between human and AI-generated Messaging: The case of the Chicago White Sox
Joseph Blaney.
Broadcast Education Association, Las Vegas, NV, April 7, 2025
Persuasive Attack and Defense of Campus Free Speech: Implications for the First Amendment
Joseph R Blaney, Matthew J Blaney.
Broadcast Education Association, Las Vegas, NV, April, 2023
Differentiation versus denial: Impact of messaging about player transactions on team reputation, ticket sales, and sports channel subscriptions
Joseph R. Blaney, Stephen K. Hunt.
Broadcast Education Association Convention, Las Vegas, NV, April, 2022
COVID-19 Internet responses from the state broadcast associations: Community, industry, and extent of spread
Joseph Blaney, Stephen Hunt.
Broadcast Education Association, Atlanta, GA, October, 2020
"Testing the Compensation Strategy: Relationships Between Tuition Increases, Image Repair, and College Sports"
Joseph Blaney.
Central States Communication Association, Chicago, IL, April, 2020
Football (Soccer) and Trans-Atlantic Considerations in Mitigating Fan Dissatisfaction with Ticket Price Increases
Joseph R Blaney, Stephen K Hunt, Lauryn A Oleson.
National Communication Association, Baltimore, MD, November, 2019
The Future of Image Restoration Research
Joseph Blaney.
Purdue University Northwest, Hammond, IN, October, 2019
Reputation differences between mortification-only and mortification/correctiv action strategies following a transgression by a professional athlete
Joseph Blaney, John D Twork.
Fifth Summit on Communication and Sport, Peoria, Illinois, May, 2012
Response: Top Three Scholarly Papers
Joseph Blaney.
National Broadcasting Society Convention, New York, New York, March, 2012
Advancing the discipline: Expanding the role of communication in civic and political engagement
Joseph Blaney, J J Bute, Stephen Hunt, Lance Lippert, J McDade, B S Titsworth.
Annual Meeting of the Central States Communication Association, St. Louis, MO, April, 2009
Response: Communicating in a politically diverse society
Joseph Blaney.
Annual Meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Minneapolis, MN, April, 2007
Apologizing for sexual abuse: Pope John Paul II's address to the Cardinals of the United States
Joseph Blaney.
Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX, November, 2006
Outcome differences in traditional versus modular instruction in audio production assignments
Joseph Blaney, G Donnelly, M Rouch.
Annual Meeting of the Broadcast Education Association, Las Vegas, NV, , 2004
Roundtable Discussion of the book, "Technological Issues in Broadcast Education: Critical Challenges"
Joseph Blaney.
Annual Meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Cleveland, OH, April, 2004
Popular culture and Christian faith: Moral interpretations
Joseph Blaney.
Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, November, 2002
Histories of international religious broadcasting
Joseph Blaney.
Annual Meeting of the Broadcast Education Association, Las Vegas, NV, , 2001
FOX, CNN, and the functional theory of political communication
Joseph Blaney, M Houge.
Annual Meeting of the National Communiation Association, Atlanta, GA, November, 2001
Blowout!: Firestone's image restoration campaign
Joseph Blaney, W L Benoit, L Brazeal.
Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Atlanta, GA, November, 2001
Radio and the functional theory of political communication
Joseph Blaney.
Annual Meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Cincinnati, OH, April, 2001
The origins of talk radio
Joseph Blaney.
Popular Culture Association and the American Culture Association, New Orleans, LA, , 2000
Public service announcements and student activism
K Berg-Nellis, Joseph Blaney.
Annual Meeting of the Broadcast Education Association, Las Vegas, NV, , 1999
President Clinton's apologia at the White House prayer breakfast
Joseph Blaney.
Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November, 1999
Slow train coming: A metaphorical analysis
Joseph Blaney.
Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November, 1999
That woman: President Clinton's image restoration in the Lewinsky matter
Joseph Blaney.
Annual Meeting of the Central States Communication Association, St. Louis, MO, April, 1999