Rachel Reis Mourão - MSU



EDUCATION

Ph.D., Journalism, The University of Texas at Austin, 2016

Dissertation: From mass to elite protests: How Journalists Covered the 2013 and

2015 Demonstrations in Brazil

Committee: Stephen Reese (chair), Regina Lawrence, Joseph Straubhaar, Thomas Johnson, Rosental Alves

* Gene Burd Outstanding Dissertation in Journalism Studies Award, ICA, 2017

**Top Dissertation Award, 2016, Mass Communication and Society Division, AEJMC, 2017

M.A., Latin American Studies, University of Florida, 2012

Thesis: Media and crime: the case of local TV in Brazil

B.A., Comunicação Social - Jornalismo, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Brazil, 2010

ACAdemic positions

Assistant Professor, Michigan State University, School of Journalism, 2016 - current

Affiliated positions: Institute for Public Policy and Social Research (IPPSR) and Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), Michigan State University

Instructor of Record, University of Texas at Austin, School of Journalism, 2015

Teaching Assistant, University of Texas at Austin, School of Journalism, 2012 - 2016

Research Assistant, University of Texas at Austin, 2013 - 2015

Graduate Assistant, University of Florida, 2010 - 2012

Research Assistant, Washington and Lee University, 2008 - 2009

Research

Grants

Awarded

2018 U.S. State Department, Mission Brazil, $50,000 (PI)

Project: Michigan-Brazil Multimedia Journalism Program

Co-PIs: Lucinda Davenport, Mike Castellucci and Judy Walgren

2018 U.S. State Department, U.S. Embassy in Chile, $40,000 (PI)

Project: Michigan-Chile Investigative Journalism Program

2018 Mass Communication & Society Division at AEJMC – Research Grants, $10,000 (Co-PI)

Project: News media effects, attitudes toward Black protest movements and the intersections of injustice

Co-PI: Danielle Kilgo, Indiana University

2018 Michigan State University, Faculty Mini-grants ($4,000)

Event: Black Struggles for Racial Justice in the Diaspora

Co-PIs: Laurie Medina; Leonora Paula; Emily Holley

2017 The News Challenge Fund, Online News Association, $35,000 (PI)

Project: Can transmedia journalism help explain how school of choice affects rural and urban communities?

Co-PI: Joe Grimm, Michigan State University

Peer-reviewed academic journal publications

Mourão, R.R. & Robertson, C. T. (2019). Fake news as centrifugal diversification: a content analysis of sites that publish false, misleading, hyperpartisan and sensational information. Journalism Studies, online first.

Journal Citation Report (JCR) 2017 impact factor: 1.735; Google Scholar Citation H5-Index: 35

Mourão, R. R. (2018). From mass to elite protests: News Coverage and the Evolution of Anti-Government Demonstrations in Brazil. Mass Communication & Society. Published online first July 10, 2018.

Journal Citation Report (JCR) 2017 impact factor: 1.634, 5-year: 1.543.

Saldana, M. & Mourão, R.R. (2018). Reporting in Latin America: Issues and perspectives on investigative journalism in the region. International Journal of Press/Politics, 23 (3), 299-323.

Journal Citation Report (JCR) 2017 impact factor: 2.468, 5-year: 3.362.

Mourão, R.R., Thorson, E., Chen W., & Tham, S. (2018). Media Repertoires and News Trust During Early Trump Administration. Journalism Studies, 19(13), 1945-1956.

Journal Citation Report (JCR) 2017 impact factor: 1.735; Google Scholar Citation H5-Index: 35

Mourão, R.R., Kilgo, D.K., & Sylvie, G. (2018). Framing Ferguson: the interplay of advocacy and journalistic frames in local and national newspaper coverage of Michael Brown. Journalism. Published online first June 3, 2018.

Journal Citation Report (JCR) 2017 impact factor: 2.119, 5-year: 2.68. Google Scholar Citation H5-Index: 37

Kilgo, D.K.; Mourão, R.R.; & Sylvie, G. (2018). Martin to Brown: How time and platform impact coverage of the Black Lives Matter movement. Journalism Practice. Published online first August 14, 2018.

Google Scholar Citation H5-Index: 34

Molyneux, L. & Mourão, R.R. (2017). Political journalists’ normalization of Twitter: Interaction and new affordances. Journalism Studies. Published online first October 05, 2017.

Journal Citation Report (JCR) 2017 impact factor: 1.735; Google Scholar Citation H5-Index: 35

McGregor, S. C. & Mourão, R.R. (2017). Second Screening Donald Trump: Conditional Indirect Effects on Political Participation. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 61 (02), 264-290.

Journal Citation Report (JCR) 2017 impact factor: 1.773, 5-year: 2.885, Google Scholar Citation H5-Index: 28

McGregor, S. C., Mourão, R.R., Neto, I., Angelucci, A., & Straubhaar, J. (2017). Second Screening as Convergence in Brazil and the United States. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 61 (01), 162-181.

Journal Citation Report (JCR) 2018 impact factor: 1.773, 5-year: 2.885, Google Scholar Citation H5-Index: 28

McGregor, S. C., Mourão, R. R., & Molyneux, L. (2017). Twitter as a tool for and object of political and electoral activity: Considering electoral context and variance among actors. Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 14 (02), 154-167.

Mourão, R.R., Diehl, T., & Vasudevan, K. (2016). I Love Big Bird: How journalists tweeted humor during the 2012 presidential debates. Digital Journalism, 4(2), 211-228.

Google Scholar Citation H5-Index: 42

Mourão, R. R. (2016). “Binders Full of Tweets:” Twitter Coverage of “Women’s Issues” in the 2012 elections. Electronic Journal of Communication, 26 (1).

McGregor, S. C., & Mourão, R. R. (2016). Talking Politics on Twitter: Gender, Elections, and Social Networks. Social Media+ Society, 2(3), 1-14.

Open access. SCImago Journal Rank Score: 1.170

Mourão, R.R., Saldaña, M., McGregor, S.C., Zeh, A.D. (2016). Support for Protests in Latin America: Classifications and the Role of Online Networking. Social Sciences, 2016, 5(4), 58.

Open access.

Stephens, M., Yoo, J., Mourão, R. R., Gutierrez, F. M., Baresch, B., & Johnson, T. J. (2016). The life of the Tea Party: Differences between Tea Party and Republican media use and political variables. Atlantic Journal of Communication, 24(3), 157-171.

Mourão, R. R. (2015). The boys on the timeline: Political journalists’ use of Twitter for building interpretive communities. Journalism, 16(8), 1107-1123.

Journal Citation Report (JCR) 2018 impact factor: 2.119, 5-year: 2.68. Google Scholar Citation H5-Index: 37

Mourão, R. R., & Wood, C. C. (2015). The Digital Inequality in Brazil, 2004–2009: Evolution and Effects on Political Engagement. Journal of Latin American Communication Research, 5(1), 115-139.

Mourão, R.R., Yoo, J., Geise, S., Araiza, J.A., Kilgo, D.K., Chen, V., & Johnson, T.J. (2015). Online News, Social Media, and European Union Attitudes: A Multidimensional Analysis. International Journal of Communication 9, 1-20.

Journal Citation Report (JCR) 2018 impact factor: 1.128, Google Scholar Citation H5-Index: 38

Mourão, R. R. (2014). A Bloody Weekend in Manaus: A Case Study of Televised Crime Reporting in Amazonas, Brazil. The Latin Americanist, 58(2), 3-21.

Stephens, M., Yoo, J., Mourão, R. R., Vu, H. T., Baresch, B., & Johnson, T. J. (2014). How app are people to use smartphones, search engines, and social media for news?: examining information acquisition tools and their influence on political knowledge and voting. Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 11(4), 383-396.

Colares, J.S., Ferreira, M.N., Cumaru, R.A.,.. Mourão, R.R. (2006). Piatamzinho: Structuring and Development of a Site for Children’s Environmental Education. Inovcom – Brazilian Scientific Innovation in Communications Journal. 1 (2), 113-116.

Cunha, D.A, Colares, J.S., Reis, M.S., Rocha, B.R., Silva, L. V., & Mourão, R.R. (2006). Site Piatam: Scientific Research and Communication Technology in Symbiosis. Inovcom – Brazilian Scientific Innovation in Communications Journal. 1 (2), 117-121.

Honors and awards

2019 Top reviewer, International Communication Association, Journalism Studies division

2017 Gene Burd Outstanding Dissertation in Journalism Studies Award, International Communication Association

Dissertation award, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Mass Communication and Society division

Top Paper (First Place), Latino/Latin American Studies Award, International Communication Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

2016 Dissertation Writing Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, awarded to top senior graduate students in the Moody College of Communication

Maxwell McCombs Graduate Student Award for Research Publishing, University of Texas at Austin (also awarded in 2014 and 2015)

2015 Graduate School Decentralized Continuing Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, recognizing outstanding academic achievement

Markham Paper Competition (First Place), Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication National Conference

Top Paper (First Place), Latino/Latin American Studies Award, International Communication Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

Top Paper (Third Place), Latino/Latin American Studies Award, International Communication Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

Top Student Paper (Second Place), Commission for the Status of Women, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication National Conference

Field Research Grant, School of Journalism, University of Texas at Austin, to support dissertation research

2014 Mary Gardner Award for Graduate Student Research, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Commission on the Status of Women, 2014

Top Paper (Third Place), Latino/Latin American Studies Award, International Communication

Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2014

Graduate School Decentralized Continuing Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, recognizing outstanding academic achievement, 2014

Top Student Paper (First Place), Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research MAPOR conference, 2014

2013 Ada Frances Miller Endowed Graduate Scholarship in Journalism, University of Texas at Austin, 2013

2012 Graduate Recruitment Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin

Certificate of Outstanding Achievement, University of Florida, 2010 - 2012

2011 Center for Latin American Studies Student Travel Grant, University of Florida, 2011

Center for Latin American Studies Field Research Grant, University of Florida, 2011

2008 John M. Gunn Scholarship, Washington and Lee University, $60,000 fellowship awarded to international students of exceptional academic, personal and professional promise,

2006 Ligia Avebuck Prize by the Brazilian Society for Interdisciplinary Studies of Communications/Intercom – 2006.

2005 First Place, Admission Test – Continuous Selective Process, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, 2005.

Book chapters

Mourão, R.R. & Aruth, E. S. (2018). Environmental Journalism in Brazil: History, Characteristics, and Framing of Disasters. In Takahashi, B., Pinto, J., Chavez, M. & Vigon, M. (eds). News Media Coverage of Environmental Challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean: Mediating Demand, Degradation and Development. London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.

Molyneux, L., Mourão, R.R., & Coddington, M. (2016). US political journalists' use of Twitter: Lessons from 2012 and a Look Ahead. In R. Davis, C Holtz-Bacha, & M.R. Just (Eds.), Twitter and Elections around the World: Campaigning in 140 Characters or Less. New York, NY: Routledge.

Lawrence, R., McGregor, S. C., Cardona, A., & Mourão, R.R. (2015). Personalization and Gender: 2014 Gubernatorial Candidates on Social Media. In J. Hendricks & D. Schill (Eds.) Communication and 2014 Mid-Term Elections: Media, Message, and Mobilization. London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.

Peer-reviewed academic conference papers

Mourão, R.R., Robertson, C. & Thorson, E. (2019, May). Who uses fact-checking? The impact of demographics, political antecedents and media use on fact-checking site awareness, attitudes, and behavior. Paper accepted to be presented at the International Communication Association Conference, Washington, D.C.

Mourão, R.R. & Saldaña, M. (2019, May). When breaking news becomes thematic: sequential events, official sources, and political alignments. Paper accepted to be presented at the International Communication Association Conference, Washington, D.C.

Mourão, R.R. & Shin, S.Y. (2019, May). Rebuilding Media Trust through Journalism Multimedia Education. Paper accepted to be presented at the 2019 Midwest Engaged Journalism Research Workshop at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

Mourão, R.R. & Chen, W. (2018, August). Covering protests on Twitter – The Influences on Brazilian Journalists’ Social Media Portrayals of the 2013 and 2015 Demonstrations. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication National Conference, Washington, D.C.

Robertson, C. & Mourão, R.R. (2018, August). Conceptualizing fake news from the perspective of its producers. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication National Conference, Washington, D.C.

Kilgo, D. & Mourão, R.R. (2018, August). Media Effects and Marginalized Ideas: Relationships Among Media Consumption and Support for Black Lives Matter. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication National Conference, Washington, D.C.

Mourão, R.R. & Robertson, C. T. (2018, May). Fake news as centrifugal diversification: a content analysis of sites that publish false, misleading, hyperpartisan and sensational information. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference, Prague, Czech Republic.

Mourão, R.R. & Molyneux, L. (2018, May). Tweeting outside the lines: Normalization and fragmentation as political reporters break from the mainstream. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference, Prague, Czech Republic.

Edgerly, S., Tham, S., Thorson, E. & Mourão, R.R. (2018, May). Evaluating, fact-checking and detecting misinformation: How headline slant and source influence truth perceptions and verification. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference, Prague, Czech Republic.

Mourão, R.R., Thorson, E., Chen W., & Tham, S. (2017, September). Media Repertoires and News Trust During Early Trump Administration. Paper presented at the Future of Journalism Conference, Cardiff, UK.

Mourão, R.R. (2017, August). Revisiting the “Brazilian Paradox:” journalists’ attitudes towards left and right-leaning protests. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication National Conference, Chicago, IL.

* First place, Latino/Latin American Studies Award

Molyneux, L. & Mourão, R.R. (2017, August). Social media echo chambers: Political journalists’ normalization of Twitter affordances. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication National Conference, Chicago, IL.

Mourão, R. R. (2017, May). When Elites Protest: News Coverage and the Evolution of Anti-Government Demonstrations in Brazil. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference, San Diego, CA.

Mourão, R.R. & Harlow, S. (2017, May). Awareness, Reporting, and Branding: Exploring Brazilian Journalists’ Social Media Use Across Platforms. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference, San Diego, CA.

Mourão, R.R. (2017, May). Journalists’ balancing act: self-correcting for the protest paradigm during the demonstrations in Brazil. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference, San Diego, CA.

McGregor, S. & Mourão, R.R. (2016, August). Second Screening Donald Trump: Conditional Indirect Effects on Political Participation. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication National Conference, Minneapolis, MI.

Kilgo, D.K.; Mourão, R.R.; & Sylvie, G. (2016, August). Did Black Lives Matter? The evolution of protest coverage after the deaths of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication National Conference, Minneapolis, MI.

McGregor, S. C., Mourão, R.R., & Molyneux, L. (2015, September). Using Volume and Tone on Twitter for Electoral Prediction: Not so Simple. Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Mourão, R.R., Kilgo, D., & Sylvie, G. (2015, August). Michael Brown as a news icon: Event-driven news and their impact on protest paradigm. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication National Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Mourão, R.R., McGregor, S. C. & Saldana, M. (2015, August). Online networking and protest behaviors in Latin America. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication National Conference, San Francisco, CA.

*Third place, Latino/Latin American Studies Award

Saldana, M. & Mourão, R.R. (2015, August). Reporting in Latin America: Issues and perspectives on investigative journalism in the region. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication National Conference, San Francisco, CA.

* First place, Markham student paper competition; First Place, Latino/Latin American Studies Award

McGregor, S. C. & Mourão, R.R. (2015, August). Gender, politics, and the networked public sphere: Tracking the 2014 elections on Twitter. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication National Conference, San Francisco, CA.

* Second place, top student paper

McGregor, S. C., Mourão, R.R., Neto, I., & Straubhaar, J. (2015, May). All the Kids are Doing It: Second Screening as Convergence in Brazil and the US. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Mourão, R.R., Saldana, M. & McGregor, S. C. (2014, November). Online networking and protest attitudes and behaviors in the Americas. Paper presented at the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research MAPOR 2014 Conference, Chicago, IL.

* First place, top student paper

Mourão, R.R. (2014, October). Saimos do Facebook? Online networking and protest attitudes and behaviors in Brazil. Paper presented at the 2014 Global Fusion Conference, Austin, TX.

* Third place, top student paper

Mourão, R.R. (2014, August). Framing #VemPraRua: The 2013 Brazilian Protests on News Websites, Blogs and Twitter. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference 2014, Montreal, Canada.

* Third place, Latino/Latin American Studies Award

Mourão, R. R., Diehl, T. & Vasudevan, K. (2014, August). I LOVE BIG BIRD: How Journalists Tweeted Humor during the 2012 Presidential Debate. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference 2014, Montreal, Canada.

Mourão, R. R. (2014, February). The boys on the timeline: journalists’ use of Twitter for building interpretive communities. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Midwinter Conference 2014, Norman, OK.

Mourão, R.R., Geise, S., Yoo, J. & Johnson, T. (2014, September). Communicative or Democratic Deficit? The Influence of Traditional and Digital Media Usage on Support for Democracy in the EU. World. Paper presented at the World Association for Public Opinion Research Conference, Nice, France.

Geise, S., Mourão, R.R., Yoo & Johnson, T. (2014, November) Media, Economic perception and democratic satisfaction in the EU. Paper presented at the European Communication Conference, Lisbon, Portugal.

Holt, J., & Mourão, R.R. (2014, February). Going into labor: A content analysis of the [state] Department of Agriculture marketing videos. Paper presented at the Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists Conference, 2014, Dallas, TX.

Mourão, R.R., Yoo, J., Araiza. J., & Johnson, T. (2013, November). #blocparty: A multidimensional analysis of online news and social media’s impact on attitudes towards the European Union. Paper presented at the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research MAPOR 2013 Conference, Chicago, IL.

Mourão, R. R. (2013, August). “Binders Full of Tweets:” Twitter Coverage of “Women’s Issues” in the 2012 elections. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication National Conference, Washington, DC.

Mourão, R.R. & Wood, C.H. (2013, August). The Digital Divide In Brazil, 2004 – 2009: Evolution and Effects on Political Engagement. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication National Conference, Washington, DC.

* Top Poster Award

Vu, H., Yoo, J., Stephens, M., Mourão, R.R., Baresh, B. & Johnson, T.J. (2013, August). Communication’s Next Top Model: Comparing the Differential Gains and Communication Mediation Models as Predictors of Political Participation and Knowledge. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication National Conference, Washington, DC.

* Top Faculty Paper

Mourão, R.R. (2012, March). Media and Crime: a Case Study of Local TV in Brazil. Paper presented at the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies – SECOLAS conference. Gainesville, FL.

Other conference presentations

Mourão, R.R. (2015, May). Collective action frames of the 2013 Brazilian Protests: Core framing tasks, alignment and mobilization. Paper presented at the ICA Political Communication Pre-Conference workshop, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Mourão, R.R., McGregor, S. C. & Saldana, M. (2015, May). Online networking and protest behaviors in Latin America. Paper presented at the ICA Political Communication Pre-Conference workshop, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Mourão, R.R. & Alves, R. (2014, November). Social media and support for protests in Brazil. International Network of UNESCO Chairs in Communication (Orbicom), Bordeaux, France.

Mourão, R.R. (2012, March). Another bloody weekend in Manaus. Center for Latin American Studies poster competition. The University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

* First place, top poster award

Panels

Mourão, R.R., Groves, J., Funk, M., & Walck, P. (2017, August). Surviving the Job Market. In G. Pearson (chair). Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference, Chicago, IL.

Evans, H., Mourão, R.R., Molyneux L. & Coddington, M., Just, M., Crigler, A., Small, T. (2015, September). Tweeting the election: journalists, candidates, and parties in the U.S. and Canada. In R. Davis (chair). American Political Science Association Political Communication Pre-Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Bachman, I., Finneman, T., McGregor, S. & Mourão, R. R., Voss, K.W. (2015, August). On the Eve of Hilary: Women in the 2014 Elections. In S. McGregor (chair). Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Duvall, S., Moscowitz, L. Mourão, R.R., Everbach, T., Harp, D., Howerton, L. (2014, August). Reporting on Gender Violence: Ethical Considerations. In A. Kothari (chair). Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication National Conference, Montreal, Canada.

Finch, D., McGregor, S., Mourão, R.R., Weber, M., Yaros, R. (2014, August). Teaching Big Data in the Classroom: What Faculty and Students Should Know. In H. LaMarre (chair). Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication National Conference, Montreal, Canada.

Invited papers and presentations

Trump, Bolsonaro and the News Media

Invited presentation at Washington and Lee University

January, 2019

Truth, Lies and the Future of Journalism

Invited Presentation for the MSU Alumni Association’s Coffee with the Profs event.

April, 2018

When elites protest: news coverage of the 2013-2015 anti-corruption protests in Brazil

Invited presentation at Washington and Lee University, Faculty Colloquium: Brazilian Economy in the 21st Century

February, 2017

Social media and protests in Latin America

Invited presentation at the Croft Institute for International Studies at the University of Mississippi.

October, 2016

Brazilian media in times of crisis and protests

Invited presentation at the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies Brazil center, The University of Texas at Austin. April, 2015

Social Media for Journalists

Guest lecturer at the American Society of News Editors (ASNE) Reynolds High School Journalism Institute, The University of Texas at Austin. July, 2013

Crime and the Media in Latin America

Guest lecturer for Latin American Societies course, The University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. October, 2011

Teaching

Assistant Professor, Michigan State University, School of Journalism, 2016 - present

Undergraduate courses:

Media Literacy in the Age of Fake News (JRN 492), Fall 2017, Fall 2018*

Multimedia Writing and Reporting (JRN 300), Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018

* denotes course that I developed for the School of Journalism at Michigan State University

Master’s courses:

Social Media News and Information (JRN 821), Spring 2017, Fall 2018, Spring 2019

Social Media Storytelling (CAS 841), Summer 2018 (online)

Ph.D. courses:

Media Theory (JRN 921), Fall 2018

Instructor of Record, University of Texas at Austin, School of Journalism

Digital Storytelling, undergraduate level, Spring 2015

Teaching Assistant, University of Texas at Austin, School of Journalism

Digital Storytelling, undergraduate level, Fall 2015

Digital Media Basics, undergraduate level, Spring 2013 – Spring 2014

Freedom, Philosophy and the Law, undergraduate level, Fall 2012

ADVISING and MENTORING

Graduate student activities

Doctoral Committee chair

Craig Robertson, 2018 - present

Doctoral Committee

Carin Tunney, 2018 – present

Melanie Medeiros, 2018 – present

Yadira Nieves, 2017 – 2018

“Radio's Coup: How Politics Talk Displaced News In Puerto Rican Information Radio And Its Influence On Political Participation”

Master’s Committee

Alexis Howell, 2017 – 2018

“How Does a Reporter’s Background Affect Sources in News Stories?”

Soo Young Shin, 2017 – 2018

“The Age of Skepticism: Addressing the news media image in a dubious era”

Research Group – 2017 (Fake News Research Program)

This group produced four papers with a dataset of “fake news stories.” All papers were presented at ICA and AEJMC.

Members: Craig Robertson, Weiyue Chen, Chankyung Pak, Kelley Cotter, Julia DeCook, Soo Young Shin

Independent study

Soo Young Shin (graduate)

Paige Torphy (undergraduate)

Undergraduate research activities

UURAF—University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum

Hakeem Weatherspoon (2018-19)

Daniel Rayzel (2018)

Rianna Middleton (2017)

Luke Burchart (2017)

SERVICE AND OUTREACH

Service to the discipline

Editorial Board, Digital Journalism, 2018 - current

Journal Reviewer

2019 Journalism Studies (Impact factor: 1.735)

Political Geography (Impact factor: 2.733)

2018 International Journal of Press/Politics (Impact factor: 2.468)

International Journal of Communication (Impact factor: 1.128)

Digital Journalism

Journalism Studies (Impact factor: 1.735

2017 New Media & Society (Impact factor: 3.121)

International Journal of Press/Politics (Impact factor: 2.468)

Journalism Studies (Impact factor: 1.735)

Social Media & Society

2016 Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media (Impact factor: 1.773)

Reviewer for external funding agencies, National Science Foundation, 2016

Conference Reviewer

2015-2018: International Communication Association (ICA): Political Communication Division, Journalism Studies Division

2014-2017: Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication: Political Communication Interest Group

Service to organizations

Chair, Journalism’s Truth Claims. Research panel at the International Communication Association, Journalism Studies Division, 2018. Prague, Czech Republic.

Lynda Lee Kaid Award Committee, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass communication, Political Communication Interest Group, 2017

Membership chair, Political Communication Interest Group, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2017

Communications chair, Political Communication Interest Group, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2013- 2016

Moderator, Teaching Big Data in the Classroom: What Faculty and Students Should Know. Teaching panel at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication 2014 Annual Conference. Montreal, Canada.

Service to Michigan State University

CLACS Advisory Committee, representative from professional schools (universist-wide elected position), 2019

Graduate Affairs Committee, School of Journalism, current

Faculty search committee, 2 positions, School of Journalism, 2017-2018

RTP guidelines revision committee, School of Journalism, 2017

Inclusiveness committee, College of Communication Arts & Sciences, Michigan State University, 2017

Diversity, mission and bylaws committee, School of Journalism, Michigan State University, 2016-17

Service to The University of Texas at Austin

Director’s Student Advisory Board, School of Journalism, University of Texas at Austin, 2014 – 2016

professional journalism experience

Writer, 10,000 trees project, Manaus, Brazil, June 2014

Responsible for content, website management and translating services (English-Portuguese) for the 10,000 trees project, an environmental development project that aims to finance local families’ efforts in promoting reforestation in the Amazon region

Social Media manager, Latin American Studies Outreach Program, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, July 2011- August 2011

Editor for the Latin American Studies wiki series, Portuguese Language Journal website, and social media manager (Facebook and Twitter accounts)

Online Reporter, Piatam Institute, Manaus, AM, Brazil, August 2009 – June 2010

Responsible for online coverage on the World Cup 2014 environmental impacts studies in Manaus, AM

Producer, TV Ufam, Manaus, AM, Brazil, September 2007- July 2008

Produced the television show “Debating the Media”; which discussed media coverage on social issues in Brazil

Reporter, Jornal Maskate, Manaus, AM, Brazil, January 2005- January 2006 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

NSF Spring 2018 National Grants Conference, Detroit, MI, June 4-5, 2018

NSF Broader Impacts workshop, East Lansing, MI, May 9 – 10, 2018

Trust and verification in an age of misinformation online course, Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, University of Texas, Austin, 2018

Applied Text-Mining and Text-Analysis with R, Summer Statistics Institute, University of Texas at Austin, 2014

Journalism Ethics in a Digital Age online course, Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, University of Texas, Austin, 2011

SELECTED MEDIA APPEARANCES

Harvard’s Nieman Lab, BuzzFeed, Bourdieu, and Samantha Bee: Here’s a collection of new research on where journalism is headed (September 6, 2018)

WILX Lansing, Can you tell when you are reading fake or real news? (October 4, 2017)

Reporter UNESP (Brazil), O que a ascensão do conservadorismo na Europa tem a ver com Trump? (November 14, 2017)

The Rochelle Riley Show, Radio interview, Detroit, MI (September 18, 2017)

Jornal de Notícias (Portugal): Against newspapers and social media predictions, how did Trump win?

Jornal de Notícias (Portugal): Dominating the world from Twitter (January 14, 2017) (November 9, 2016)

The Petosky News-Review: Fake News: Why it's here, and how to fight it (December 23, 2016)

Carta Capital (Brazil): The Brazilian Image in the Foreign Press (April 29, 2016)

O Tempo (Brazil): Selective exposure leads to political polarization (April 4, 2016)

The Boston Globe: A whole new world of campaign tech (May 22, 2015)

Carta Capital (Brazil): Uma tentativa de execução de menores de idade transmitida ao vivo (July 16, 2015)

OTHER

Twitter Research Group, University of Texas, 2012 - 2016

Digital Media Research Program, University of Texas, 2014 – 2016

Online Political Communication Research Group, University of Texas, 2012 - 2014

Video Production Workshop, 5th Symposium of Communication Sciences, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, 2005

Visual Anthropology Workshop, 10th Meeting of Social Sciences Students – ENECS, Brazil, 2005

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