Associate Professor, Journalism & Mass Communication, University of Iowa
This article first appeared in The Conversation – Africa. It was co-authored with Melissa Tully. There’s a growing awareness that Cambridge Analytica harnessed social media and personal data to influence… Continue Reading
Last year John Carpenter, a PhD student in the School of Journalism & Mass Communication, asked if I would be interested in working with him on a project about English-language… Continue Reading
Below is the pre-publication text for a review published in the Journal of Communication Inquiry. The final, published review can be found here behind a paywall. In February 2011, a month… Continue Reading
As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve been studying Kenyan music videos. My first article from this research project, “Global frictions and the production of locality in Kenya’s music video industry,” was just… Continue Reading
Recently, I had the great opportunity to work with Joanna Krajewski (a Ph.D. candidate in SJMC at Iowa) on a project about the limits of citizen journalism, using a case study… Continue Reading
REPOST: This article was originally published in the Iowa City Press-Citizen (without links/media). Read the original article. In 1997, when fewer than a quarter of Americans were online, telecom giant MCI released… Continue Reading
REPOST: This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Ordinary people’s stories can change the world’s views about Africa We cannot see salary data in the… Continue Reading
Five years ago, when wrapping up fieldwork in Kibera, I blogged about the controversy surrounding slum tourism. While many Kibera residents resent the fact that so many foreigners tour their community, a few… Continue Reading
The second article from my collaborative newsroom study with Jane Singer, Melissa Tully, and Shawn Harmsen has just been published by Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. Whereas the first piece looked at job insecurity and newswork, this article uses diffusion… Continue Reading
A recent story in the The Standard details the various ways Nairobi’s low-income earners maximize their earning potential and spending power. The article, “How Thriving ‘Reject Economy’ is Allowing the Poor to Live High… Continue Reading