Dr. Arthur Raney, James E. Kirk Professor of Communication and Director of Doctoral Studies in the FSU School of Communication, was quoted in an Orlando Sentinel article about FSU’s very own star baseball and football quarterback athlete, Jameis Winston.

Raney commented on Winston’s increasing popularity status after the freshman quarterback was recorded launching a football over the 35-foot Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house.  No one has ever broken this record.  The video went viral which added to his recognition around campus.  Although many praise Winston for his athleticism and promising career in football, Dr. Raney said the feats come at a price.  “At least one of the problems associated with so much popularity, so much pressure, it leads to unrealistic expectations that really can weigh on a student athlete,” Raney said.

With his varied expertise in entertainment theory media, media effects, and media and sports, Raney is known as an expert within the communications field.  He received his PhD in Mass Communication at the University of Alabama.

Raney, lead editor of The Handbook of Sports and Media, ranks among the top contributing authors to the leading journal in his area, according to The Oxford Handbook of Media Psychology (read the CCI News story about this accomplishment at: news.cci.fsu.edu/cci-news/professor-raney-ranked-among-top-authors)          

Raney also has co-authored chapters in two separate published books– How We Enjoy and Why We Seek out Morally Complex Characters in Media Entertainment,  and The Future of Sports Television?3DTV and the Sports Reception Experience.

Find the full article where Raney was quoted about Winston published by the Orlando Sentinel on September 8 at:
articles.orlandosentinel.com/2013-09-08/sports/os-fsu-jameis-winston-20130908_1_ej-manuel-fsu-fans-ukeme-eligwe