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Episode Synopsis
Over the last two seasons, we have had the great opportunity to catch up with sports communication scholars. It may seem like we have gone a little overboard. Maybe. But, since many of us are consumers of sports media and many of us watching huge sporting events, these conversations about representations of athletes in a sports media context help us shape our perspective the next time we engage in sports viewing. Today's conversation is not too different. Today, we catch up with Dr. Amy Head Jones, who is the Director of Integrated Marketing Communication and an Associate Professor of Digital Communications at the University of West Alabama. Amy Head Jones grew up in Shelbyville, Kentucky in a family of sports enthusiasts. She began playing golf at the age of three, competitive golf at the age of eight, and concluded her amateur athletic career on an athletic scholarship at the University of New Orleans. During this time, Amy gained experience in the media and sport industries while working in public relations for the New Orleans Superdome and New Orleans Arena. This experience led her to pursue additional graduate education in these areas. She continued to work in the sport and media industries, serving as a graphic designer for bby Publications and as a golf teaching professional at Big Spring Country Club. In the spring of 2007, she was hired as a journalism and speech professor at UWA, a position she still holds today. Amy enjoys spending time with her husband Michael and son Rock, while supporting UWA athletics, exercising, playing golf, and attending University concerts, plays and pageants.
You can check out some of her publications here:
Jones, A. & Cooley, S. (2015). Beyond beauty and brawn: Winter Olympic athletes tackle gender stereotypes. Women, Identities and Culture, 1(1), 1-6.
Jones, A. & Cooley, S. (2013). Athletes who sparkle: Stereotypes in the televised coverage of the 2010 Olympic Figure Skating Events. Journalism and Mass Communication, 3(5), 292-303.
Cooley, S. & Jones, A. (2013). A forgotten tweet: Somalia and social media. Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies, 34(1), 68-82.
Greer, J. & Jones, A. (2012). Beyond figure skating and hockey: How U.S. audiences gender-type winter Olympic sports. The International Journal of Sport and Society, 3(4), 129-14 0.
You can check out some of her publications here:
Jones, A. & Cooley, S. (2015). Beyond beauty and brawn: Winter Olympic athletes tackle gender stereotypes. Women, Identities and Culture, 1(1), 1-6.
Jones, A. & Cooley, S. (2013). Athletes who sparkle: Stereotypes in the televised coverage of the 2010 Olympic Figure Skating Events. Journalism and Mass Communication, 3(5), 292-303.
Cooley, S. & Jones, A. (2013). A forgotten tweet: Somalia and social media. Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies, 34(1), 68-82.
Greer, J. & Jones, A. (2012). Beyond figure skating and hockey: How U.S. audiences gender-type winter Olympic sports. The International Journal of Sport and Society, 3(4), 129-14 0.
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