I am doctoral researcher with the School of Creative Industries at the University of the West of Scotland (supervised by Professor Andy Miah). I returned to the University in October 2009 after graduating with distinction from a Masters in New Media and Society at the University of Leicester. My MA dissertation was on the construct of social media platforms and the user notions of sociality within them. My PhD looks to continue on similar themes – working on areas relating to Web 2.0, identity, mobile cultures and moving towards research into the Olympics, its media landscape and how they effect one another.. I’m currently working on research relating to the Vancouver 2010 Games (where I spent 5 weeks, blogging at AA and JJ in Vancouver 2010) and have recently been appointed web editor and a staff writer of Culture @ the Olympics, an academic journal which reviews trends, culture and non-sport activities of the Olympic movement.
I am the coordinator for #media2012 - a national-wide citizen media network for London 2012, facilitating connections across the 13 regions of associated with the forthcoming Olympics. The blueprint for the network is here.
I am also a visiting lecturer at Birmingham City University, teaching classes in New Media, Media Theory, Alternative Media and Web Production and supervises web media and journalism dissertation students. I have conducted research into collecting, managing and analyzing social media outputs from a range of events. In June 2009, I organised a one-day event on the Uses and Abuses of Social Media (at the University of Leicester), a paper-free seminar which brought together social media practice with theory.
As well as here, I use Posterous for my PhD Scrapbook and tweet as @jennifermjones. I also curate Help Me Investigate the Olympics, a site to provide help, connections and resources for those investigating the Olympic Games.
More details of work experience and academic qualifications are available below or LinkedIn – feel free to connect with me.
Short Biography:
Jennifer Jones is a PhD researcher within the School of Creative and Cultural Industries at the University of the West of Scotland and a Visiting Lecturer within the Media School at Birmingham City University. She is working on projects closely tied to the Vancouver 2010 and London 2012 Olympic Games, in the context of emerging media landscapes and changing labour practices within the creative industries. She specializes in new media methods for data capture, collection and archiving, in particular around social media and mega-events, whilst focusing on the continuous link between digital practice and theory. Jennifer is the coordinator for #media2012, a national citizen media network for London 2012, web editor and staff writer for “Culture @ the Olympics,” a hybrid academic magazine which covers ‘anything but sport’ relating to the Olympic movement.
