Research Statement
My research interests focus on how identity and gaming are articulated power constructs embedded within culture, including attempting to understand how gamers are defined/define themselves. Other areas of interest include power, visual rhetoric, and the dynamics of popular culture and power.
Research Keywords
- Video Game Studies
- Popular Culture and Critical Theory
- New Media, identity and representation
- Discourse, Power, and Subjectivity
Presentations
- Freed, J. (2019, November). The curious case of Tyler1: League of Legends, magic circles, and revenge play. National Communication Association Conference. Conference Paper, Refereed, Accepted, 11/14/2019.
- Freed, J. (2018, November). Basement dwellers at play in film. National Communication Association Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 11/11/2018.
- Freed, J. (2018, February). Hosting rape: HBO's Westworld and the challenge to hegemonic masculinity. Western States Communication Association Conference, Santa Clara, California. Conference Paper, Presented, 02/17/2018.
- Freed, J. (2017, July). Hashtag terrorism: #gamergate and the significance of high betweeness-centrality actors in a hashtag social movement. ALTA Argumentation Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 07/22/2017.
- Freed, J. (2016, November). Violence and video games: Re-thinking a culture of misogyny. National Communication Association. Philadelphia, PA. Game Studies Division. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 11/11/2016.
- Freed, J. (2011, October). Jet Li and the New Face of Chinese Cinema: Nationalism, Masculinity, and Zhiji. Presented at the Rocky Mountain MLA Literature Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona. Conference Paper, Presented, 10/2011.
Languages
- Mandarin Chinese, functional.
Publications
- Freed, J. (2017). Violence and video games: Re-thinking a culture of misogyny. Media Report to Women. Vol. 45(3), 6-11. Published, 08/19/2017.