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2010 Research Papers

Below are the peer-reviewed research papers that were selected for presentation for the symposium event. Not listed in any specific order.

Abstracts and full papers will be posted here in April. Top Rated Research Paper will be announced at the event.

(Not listed in any specific order)
  • The Journalist as Programmer: Exploring the Sixth W – Web, Cindy Royal, Texas State University
  • Wikifying the CBC: Reimagining the remit of public service media, Alfred Hermida and Amanda Ash, University of British Columbia
  • Be a journalist within the French regional press at the Web age, Maria Hulubowicz, UFR des Sciences de la communication – GRESEC(France)
  • Reshaping the Public Radio Newsroom for the Digital Future, Nikki Usher and Dr. Patricia Riley, University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
  • The “Black’s Wheel”: a technique to develop hypermedia narratives, Maria Laura Martinez, University of São Paulo (Brazil)
  • The Expanding Boundaries of Non-Commercial U.S. Community Radio: New Spaces for Online Journalism), Dean Graber, University of Texas at Austin
  • Mapping the hyperlinked environment of online news: issues and challenges, Juliette de Maeyer, University of Brussels (ULB) (Belgium)
  • All The News That’s Fit To Pay For Online: The Case for a Modified News Micropayment Model on the Social Web, Geoffrey M. Graybeal, Jameson L. Hayes, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia
  • The Logic of Journalism Innovation: The Case of the Knight News Challenge, Seth Lewis, University of Texas at Austin
  • News Consumption Revisited: Examining the Power of Habits in the 21st Century, Angela M. Lee and Michael X. Delli Carpini, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
  • Is the Internet ‘Europeanizing’ or ‘Americanizing’ Global Journalism? An Analysis of the Form of Online and Print Newspapers in Denmark, France and the U.S, Rodney Benson, Matthew Powers, Sandra Vera, Ida Willig, Mark Orsten, New York University
  • From the Pixel to the Grid and Back, Nuno Vargas, University of Barcelona (Spain)
  • Outlining New Paths to Democracy: A Profile of Online Content Creators and its Effects on Political and Civic Participation, Ingrid Bachmann, Teresa Correa, Homero Gil de Zúñiga, University of Texas at Austin
  • Multimedia and Interactivity on Newspaper Websites: A Multi-Study Analysis of Seven English-Speaking Countries, Robert Bergland, Lisa Crawford, Sarah Noe, David Hon, Missouri Western State University
  • Professional Journalism, UGC, and Freedom of Expression, Arne Krumsvik, University of Oslo (Norway)
  • Exploring new journalistic platforms; experiences of Turkish Journalist Bloggers, Perrin Ogun Emre, Marmara University (Turkey), Kadir Has, University Selimpasa (Turkey), Pinar Gurleyen, Simon Fraser University (Canada)
  • Models of Restraint: The Adoption of Blogging Software by the U.S. Broadcast News Networks, Joshua A. Braun, Cornell University
  • Revealing the cutting agenda through Egyptian Blogs: an empirical study, Nagwa Abdel Salam Fahmy, Ain Shams University
  • Plugged in: Predicting podcast audiences and their political participation, Monica Chadha, Alex Avila, Homero Gil de Zúñiga, University of Texas at Austin
  • Comments in News, Democracy Booster or Journalistic Nightmare: Assessing the Quality and Dynamics of Citizen Debates in Catalan Online Newspapers, Javier Díaz Noci Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Catalonia), David Domingo Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona, Catalonia), Pere Masip, Josep Lluís Micó, and Carles Ruiz Universitat Ramon Llull (Barcelona, Catalonia)
  • An Evaluation of Wikipedia’s Statistical Health Indicators, Andrew Lih, University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
  • Hosting the Public Discourse: Gatekeepers, Digital Intermediaries, and the Politics of Making Newsmedia Social, Joshua A. Braun, Tarleton Gillespie, Cornell University
  • Principles of Journalistic Symmetry: Building News Networks Before and After the “Publication” of News, Chris Anderson, College of Staten Island (CUNY)
  • Effects of Online and Offline Discussion Networks and Weak Ties on Civic Engagement, Homero Gil de Zúñiga, Sebastián Valenzuela, University of Texas at Austin
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