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Dr. Jason Guthrie

Assistant Professor of Communication and Media Studies


Office: Music Education 208
Visual and Performing Arts
College of Arts & Sciences
JasonGuthrie@clayton.edu

Biography

Jason Lee Guthrie is a media historian interested in the intersections of creativity and economics. He has specific interests in the creative industries and intellectual property law.

Education

Ph D, Mass Communication, The University of Georgia, 2018

MA, Educational Media, Appalachian State University, 2011

BA, Communication Studies, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, 2009

AA, General Studies, Central Piedmont Community College, 2006

Awards and Honors

Award of Excellence, Broadcast Education Association, Award, 2022

Margaret A. Blanchard Prize, American Journalism Historians Association, Honor, 2019

Intellectual Contributions

Jason Lee Guthrie, This Copyright Kills Fascists: Debunking the Mythology Surrounding Woody Guthrie, "This Land is Your Land," and the Public Domain, Information & Culture – April 2023

Jason Lee Guthrie, Lori Amber Roessner, Covering Copyright: Phil Walden and Jimmy Carter in the Press During the 1976 Presidential Campaign, Journalism History – 2022

Jason Guthrie, Ill-Protected Portraits: Mathew Brady and Photographic Copyright, Journalism History – June 28 2019

Jason Guthrie, America’s First Unprofessional Songwriter: Stephen Foster and the Ritual Economy of Copyright in Early American Popular Music, Journal of the Music and Entertainment Industry Educators Association – 2019

Jason Guthrie, Poor Richard Revised: Benjamin Franklin and the Ritual Economy of Copyright in Colonial America, American Journalism – July 3 2018

Artistic and Professional Performances and Exhibits

Jason Lee Guthrie, “Look Forward: A Digital Exhibition on Civil Rights and the Pulitzer Prize in Georgia”, Pulitzer Prize Centennial Campfires Initiative –  January 1 2016 to December 31 2016

Jason Lee Guthrie, Cities 2011 to 2011

Contracts, Grants, and Sponsored Research

Susan L. McFarlane-Alvarez, Mark May, Jason Lee Guthrie, Jim Rickerson, OER Revisions and Ancillary Materials Creation Mini-Grant Application - Spoken Communication, Affordable Learning Georgia, State, 4800, Funded –  Fall 2019 to Spring 2020

Service to the University & University System of Georgia

Department, Public Information Committee, Chairperson –  June 1 2020 to 2023