Faculty & Staff
James D. (Jimmy) Ivory - Assistant Professor
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Communication Technology & Media Effects
Office: 111 Shanks Hall - 0311
Phone: 540.231.6507
Email: jivory@vt.edu
Personal Web Page: http://filebox.vt.edu/users/jivory/
Education
Ph.D., School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Doctoral Advisor: Dr. Sriram "Sri" Kalyanaraman.
M.A., Communication, Department of Communication and Journalism, University of Wyoming. Thesis Chair: Dr. George Gladney
B.S., Journalism, Department of Communication and Journalism, University of Wyoming. Advisor: Dr. Ken Smith.
Teaching Interests
Media Effects Communication Technology Quantitative Research Methods
Entertainment Media Communication Theory Multimedia Skills
Recent Scholarship
Kalyanaraman, S., & Ivory, J. D. (2009). Enhanced information scent, selective discounting, or consummate breakdown: The psychological effects of Web-based search results. Media Psychology, 12, 295-319.
Ivory, J. D., Williams, D., Martins, N., & Consalvo, M. (2009). Good clean fun? A content analysis of profanity in video games and its prevalence across game systems and ratings. CyberPsychology and Behavior, 12, 457-460. Sample Copy (PDF)
Williams, D., Martins, N., Consalvo, M., & Ivory, J. D. (2009). The virtual census: Representations of gender, race, and age in video games. New Media and Society, 11, 815-834. Sample Copy (PDF)
Ivory, J. D., & Magee, R. G. (2009). You can't take it with you? Effects of handheld portable media consoles on physiological and psychological responses to video game and movie content. CyberPsychology and Behavior, 12, 291-297.
Ivory, J. D., & Kalyanaraman, S. (2009). Video games make people violent – Well, maybe not that game: Effects of content and person abstraction on perceptions of violent video games’ effects and support of censorship. Communication Reports, 22, 1-12.
Holz Ivory, A., Gibson, R., & Ivory, J. D. (2009). Gendered relationships on television: Portrayals of same-sex and heterosexual couples. Mass Communication and Society, 12, 170-192.
Ivory, J. D. (2009). Technological developments and transitions in virtual worlds. In D. Heider (Ed.), Living virtually: Researching new worlds (pp. 11-22). New York: Peter Lang Publishing Group. Sample Copy (PDF) (Buy the book in hardcover or paperback from Amazon)
Ivory, J. D. (2008). The games, they are a changin': Technological advancements in video games and implications for effects on youth. In P. Jamieson & D. Romer (Eds.), The changing portrayal of adolescents in the media since 1950 (pp. 347-376). New York: Oxford University Press. Sample Copy (PDF) (Buy the book from Oxford or Amazon)
Ivory, J. D., & Kalyanaraman, S. (2007). The effects of technological advancement and violent content in video games on players' feelings of presence, involvement, physiological arousal, and aggression. Journal of Communication, 57, 532-555. Unofficial Author Copy(PDF) (See www.blackwell-synergy.com for the definitive version of this article.)
Ivory, J. D. (2007). Sneak peeks at insurrection: Portrayals of the Irish Republican Army in film trailers. Atlantic Journal of Communication, 15, 214-229. Sample Copy (PDF)
Ivory, J. D. (2006). Still a man's game: Gender representation in online reviews of video games. Mass Communication and Society, 9(1),103-114. Sample Copy (PDF)
Ivory, J. D. (2005). Romantic revolutionaries or repugnant rebels? New York Times coverage of the Irish Republican Army before and after the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. International Communication Bulletin, 40 (1-2), 40-55. Sample Copy (PDF)
Professional Affiliations
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
International Communication Association
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