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Journal Article: Comparing traditional and online media

octavian — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 05:31:37 +0000

This article was the conceptual brainchild of my co-author Ted Kian, who wanted to look at the differences in the way online and traditional media examined the U.S. Open (tennis version). The resulting article delineates some interesting separations between the two, as well as some theoretical implications therein. My first publication in the Journal of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Journal Article – Personalizing Video Game Experiences

octavian — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 05:24:19 +0000

The brainchild of my friend Dr. Kwak, who was a colleague of mine at Indiana for a year before moving on to the University of Michigan. The notion of researching the personalization of video game experiences is quite important, due to the way in which these experiences can change from user to user.

Here is the article in PDF format: Kwak-Clavio-Eagleman-Kim-2010

Journal Article – Branding and Video Games

octavian — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 05:03:13 +0000

Another journal article, this one focuses on the development of brand placement in the Tiger Woods video game series, designed and produced by EA Sports. This article began as the merging of ideas between myself and Dr. Pat Kraft when we were both doctoral students at Indiana, under the tutelage of Dr. Pedersen.

For this study, we used a content analysis of ten years’ worth of PGA Tour / Tiger Woods EA games, and examined the branding and advertising present within. As of the current posting (2011), we take the presence of these sorts of things as a given, but in 2006 when we started the study, it was still a relatively new phenomenon.

Here’s the article in PDF format: Clavio-Kraft-Pedersen-2009

Journal article – Agenda Setting and ESPN The Magazine

octavian — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 04:56:02 +0000

My first-ever published academic article, this was thanks in no small part to the tutelage of my mentor and friend, Dr. Paul Pedersen. The article idea came out of a research seminar I took during my first semester as a doctoral student, and the general idea was that ESPN The Magazine might be giving preferential coverage to certain sports over others, based on the status of the television contract. Somewhat surprisingly, no such relationship was uncovered. This article was published in 2007 in the International Journal of Sport Management.

Here’s the article in PDF form: Clavio and Pedersen – 2007

Journal Article – UG, Twitter, and Sports

octavian — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:53:10 +0000

NOTE: I’m going to start adding my academic articles to this site as well. Why not?

This article was written in mid-2010 and published in the December 2010 issue of the IJSC, which I was proud to have guest-edited. That particular issue focused on new and social media in sport communication, and the assembled articles represented a good cross-section of research being done in this area.

The driving force behind this article was a connection made with the manager of a retired female athlete who was starting to utilize Twitter on a more regular basis. I enjoy doing surveys of online media users, because I think they yield a great deal more worthwhile information than content analyses on online media. Special thanks to my co-author, Ted Kian, for his contributions to the literature and discussion sections of this article.

Clavio and Kian 2011

Baby Love

octavian — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 06:40:15 +0000

Another song I have a soft spot for, and this is also one that other people seem to like, too. I’ve got the original demo version that I recorded in late January of 2004 floating around somewhere, and I’ll upload it eventually, but that’s just a bare-bones sketch of the song. As proud as I was of the chord sequence and lyrics on this song, what really pleased me was how all the production elements came together. I was using a very basic Hammerhead drum pattern (just a boom – thwack, basically) that somehow managed to fill all the space needed in percussion. I had just bought a Fender DG-10 acoustic/electric, and this is the first real use of it on a recorded song for me. The other items — the lead guitar, the phased guitar, the bass line — all of it just sort of fell into place. I’d say from the initial writing of the song to the completed recording, it was no more than 2-3 weeks. I had this one in the can by the third week of Feburary or so.

Peninsularia

octavian — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 06:22:54 +0000

One of the many Roanoke-based songs, this one actually began life about two years earlier as half a chord sequence that I’d written down in a notebook. Eventually it morphed into this form — an instrumental with interwoven lead guitars. In all honesty, this was a test track in many ways: A test to see if I could play lead guitar sufficiently enough, a test of recording using stereo separation (as opposed to just mixing in mono as I’d primarily done on A Chance In Hell the previous year), a test of adding more subtle sonic elements like the harmonica and the synth that are buried in the mix. I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for this song, even though very few other people have tended to like it. That’s fine, though. Recorded in the Roanoke studio sometime in June 2002. Used the Gibson 12 string on this song, but strung as a 6-string.

Some Things Can’t Be Trusted Anymore

octavian — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 06:10:29 +0000

This was probably the best song off of the “A Chance In Hell” album, even though it’s in a very basic and underproduced format. Me, my Fender Telecaster, the Yamaha bass. Later I added some really swampy echo guitar for the solo section. I’m pretty sure the chord sequence got written sometime in late 2000. The lyrics started to come around in February and March of 2001. This recording was done in the May sessions at Northlane.

Chord sequence owes an obvious debt to Neil Young, with that prominent Em7 and the descending C-B-Bb-A bassline. For what it’s worth (which isn’t much), this song won the runner-up award in the 2001 WIUS songwriting contest.

Thursday Sports Happy Hour – Apr 26 1999

octavian — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 05:48:41 +0000

Another early Happy Hour, this one from the tail end of sophomore year.

WIUS Fund Drive – March 2001

octavian — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 05:45:18 +0000

I don’t recall exactly what spurred this, but me, John Koluder, Brenda Stidham, and Ronan O’Shea ended up doing a 20-minute impromptu “fund drive” on WIUS during my senior year. It was actually pretty funny for being completely ad-libbed. Bootlegged Rolling Stones concerts, pledge levels, Brenda interviewing Steve Sax and Dexter Manley, a future colleague of mine as an “agent”…good times.