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Jennifer Mackenzie Jones
18 Sileby Road, Barrow-upon-Soar,Leicestershire, LE12 8LRUniversity of the West of ScotlandSchool of Creative and Culture IndustriesAyr Campus, Beech Grove KA8 0SR Jennifer M. Jones is a tutor of Digital Media and Media Theory at Birmingham City University and DeMontfort University and completing her PhD on New Media Economies and the Olympic Games at theUniversity of the West of Scotland. Jennifer specialises in using internet tools to collect, analysis and displaysocial media outputs and is a competent web technician, managing web projects for UWS, University of Leicester and Culture @ the Olympics.Keywords: Olympics, digital economy, social media, identity, networks, new media research methods,culture, mobile, virtuality, emerging technologies
Education
10/2009-Present
University of the West of Scotland, UK
Faculty of Business and Creative MediaPhD Candidate, Supervisor: Prof. Andy Miah
Topic: Social Media and the Olympics: From Vancouver 2010 to London 2012.Exploring how new media practice is transforming patterns of creative labour inthe context of the Olympic Games. Fieldwork conducted during the VancouverWinter Olympic Games.
09/2007-09/2008University of Leicester, UK
Department of Media and CommunicationsMaster of Arts in New Media and Society, Distinction
Best Student Performance PrizeThesis: ‘Social Networking and Identity: A case study investigating therelationship between social networking software and the online/ofine sociality of its users.’
09/2002-07/2007University of the West of Scotland, UK
School of Media, Music and LanguageBachelors of Arts (with Honours), Upper Second
Media Theory with ProductionThesis
:
‘An investigation into the perceived value of social software for careerdevelopment within the media.’
Employment: Teaching
09/2009-PresentBirmingham City University, UK
Visiting Lecturer, Birmingham Media School
Module leader for rst year seminars in New Media and Photography. Provideteaching assistance for rst year Media Theory. Supervision of Third YearDissertation Students (Web Media and Journalism BA course)
09/2010- De Montfort University, UK
Visiting Tutor, School of Media, Film and Communications
Delivering two hourly workshop seminars on rst year core digital media theoryand practice module.
Present09/2008-05/2009University of Leicester, UK
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Dept of Media and Communications
Prepared and delivered three hourly workshop seminars on 2
nd
year core modules:New Media and the Wired World (2nd Year Undergraduate)Analysing Communication Processes (2nd Year Undergraduate)
Employment: Research
07/2010-10/2010University of Leicester , UK
Research Assistant in Skills Provision, School of English
Conducted research into the pedagogical and technical specics of annotation/commentable web 2.0 platforms for use in classroom and distancelearning activities. Project details: http://studentdevpt.com/tag/tagginganna/
09/2009-12/2009Birmingham City University, UK
Researcher, Interactive Cultures Research Group
in Partnership with Screen Media Lab, BCUConducted research on behalf of Vodafone 360, analysing social networkingactivities and levels of connectivity between users of Twitter and Facebook
05/2009 -07/2009De Montfort University, UK
Researcher, NLab/ Institute of Creative Technologies
Research and analysis of Social Media outputs from "Amplied Individuals andBusiness Resilience" event on behalf of the NLab Networks within the Faculty of Humanities.
08/2008-12/2008University of Leicester, UK
Casual Researcher
Provided support as a graduate student mentor for two funded research projectswithin the School of Biological Sciences.
Employment: Web Development & Social Media Strategies
01/2010-PresentUniversity of the West of Scotland, UK
Web Editor
School of Creative and Cultural IndustriesManage and update department's online research portfolio, working with staff tocoordinate news from the school and distribute it via social media platforms.Build and manage UWS media academy hub(http://www.uwsmediaacademy.com) for a successful Skillset accreditation bid.Contribute to social media strategy of the school, advising on onlinecommunication strategies and establishing archival records from online platformssuch as Twitter.
04/2009-07/2009University of Leicester, UK
New Media Alumni and Development Assistant
Marketing and Communications DivisionSupporting the Development and Alumni Relations Team, assisting betweencommunications and event management - in particular applying techniques toimprove and amplify existing communication channels for university graduates.
Publications and Presentations
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Miah, A. & Jones, J. (upcoming) The Olympic Movement’s New Media Revolution:Monetization, Open Media & Intellectual Property in
Handbook of Olympic Studies
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Miah, A. & Jones, J. (upcoming) Virtual Worlds in Barnett, George & Golson, J. (Eds) E
ncyclopedia of Social Networking
. SAGE.
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Jones, J. (2010) #Media2012: London 2012 and the rise of the Independent Media Centres. Invitedguest speaker at Coventry Social Media Club, Warwick University.
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Jones, J., Adi, A & Stevens, D. (2010) The Twitter Olympics: Stories from the Closing Ceremonies.Accepted at ECREA 3
rd
International Communication Conference. Hamburg, Germany.
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Jones, J (2010) Social Media Strategies. Invited lecture for the Birmingham Institute for Art andDesign Research Summer School. Birmingham City University, UK: 20
th
July, 2010.
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Jones, J (2010) Measuring the Unmeasurable: Digital Participation. Invited workshop for theBirmingham Media School. Birmingham City University, UK: 19
th
July, 2010.
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Jones, J. (2010) Olympics 2.0: #Van2010 Edition. Presented at the MeCCSA Postgraduate Network Annual Conference. Glasgow University, UK: 1
st
, July, 2010.
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Jones, J. (2010) From #Van2010 to #London2012. Presented at the School of Media Research seminar.Birmingham City University, UK: 23
rd
of June, 2010.
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Jones, J., Badge, J., Johnson, S. & Cann, A. (2010) Amplied Staff Development. Association of
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