Jane B. Singer, Ph.D.

Recent Refereed Paper Presentations

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Comm convention
"Truth and Transparency: Bloggers' Challenge to Professional Autonomy in Defining and Enacting Two Journalistic Norms" (Singer)
Presented to Media Ethics Division, August 2006 (San Francisco)
Top faculty paper; professional relevance award

International Communication Association convention
"The Watchdog’s Bark: Professional Norms and Institutional Routines
in Cable News Coverage of Hurricane Katrina (F. Durham and Singer)
Accepted for presentation to Journalism Studies Interest Group, June 2006 (Dresden, Germany)


Previous international conference refereed paper presentations
Previous national conference refereed paper presentations
Previous regional conference refereed paper presentation
Invited conference presentations (panels, for instance)
Non-refereed publications
Pending work

Refereed publications

Previous
International
Conference
Refereed Paper
Presentations
 

“The Political J-Blogger: `Normalizing’ a New Media Form To Fit Old Norms and Practices”
Presented to AEJMC Comm Technology and Policy Division
Toronto, Canada, August 2004

"Who Are Those Guys? The Online Challenge to the Notion of Journalistic Professionalism" (Singer)
Presented to ICA Mass Communication Division
Seoul, South Korea, July 2002

"Social Dimensions of Journalism Ethics Decisions: An International Comparative Study"
(Berkowitz, Limor and Singer)
Presented to ICA Mass Communication Division
Seoul, South Korea, July 2002

"Exploring Social Dimensions of Journalistic Ethics: An International Comparative Study"
(Berkowitz, Limor and Singer)
Presented to the International Association of Media and Communication Research, Media Education Research Section
Budapest, Hungary, September 2001
"Envisioning the Caucus Community: Newspapers Consider Their Online Role in the Kickoff to Campaign 2000" (Singer and Gonzalez-Velez)
Presented to ICA Political Communication Division
Acapulco, Mexico, June 2000
"Online Journalists: Foundations for Research into Their Changing Roles" (Singer)
Presented to ICA Mass Communication Division (top paper)
Jerusalem, Israel, July 1998

Previous
National
Conference
Refereed Paper
Presentations
 

"Stepping Back from the Gate: Online Newspaper Editors and the Co-Production of Content in Campaign 2004" (Singer)
Presented to AEJMC Newspaper Division
San Antonio, August 2005

"The Existential Fiduciary: A Normative Emphasis for Journalists in a New Media Environment" (Singer)
Presented to ICA Journalism Studies Interest Group
New York,
May 2005
“Partnerships and Public Service: Normative Issues for Journalists in Converged Newsrooms” (Singer)
Presented to ICA Mass Communication Division
New Orleans, May 2004
(Funded in part by a Kappa Tau Alpha inaugural Chapter Adviser Research Grant)
“Strange Bedfellows: The Diffusion of Convergence in Four News Organizations” (Singer)
Presented to AEJMC Media Management and Economics Division (top three faculty paper)
Kansas City, July / August 2003
(Funded in part by KTA Chapter Adviser Research Grant)
“The Sociology of Convergence: Challenges and Change in Newspaper News Work” (Singer)
Presented to AEJMC Newspaper Division
Kansas City, July / August 2003
(Funded in part by KTA Chapter Adviser Research Grant)

"In Search of the Forest amid a Growing Number of Trees: Online Journalism Scholarship at the 10-Year Mark" (Singer and Thiel)
Presented to AEJMC Comm Tech and Policy Division
Miami Beach, August 2002

"Ethics as a Cross-Cultural and Cross-Boundary Bridge: American and Israeli Journalists' Views of Ethical Issues" (Berkowitz, Limor and Singer)
Presented to AEJMC Media Ethics Division
Miami Beach, August 2002

"Campaign Contributions: Online Newspapers Go Beyond Shovelware in Covering Election 2000" (Singer)
Presented to AEJMC Newspaper Division (top faculty paper)
Washington, DC, August 2001
"Information and Interaction: Online Newspaper Coverage of the 2000 Iowa Caucus" (Singer)
Accepted for presentation to AEJMC Newspaper Division
Phoenix, August 2000
"The Metro Wide Web: How Newspapers' Gatekeeping Role Is Changing Online" (Singer)
Presented to AEJMC Newspaper Division
New Orleans, August 1999
"Superstars or Second-Class Citizens: Management and Staffing Issues Affecting Newspapers' Online Journalists" (Singer, Tharp and Haruta)
Presented to AEJMC Newspaper Division
Baltimore, August 1998
"A Big Enough Web for the Both of Us? Online Coverage of the 1996 Election by Denver's Warring Newspapers" (Singer)
Presented to AEJMC Newspaper Division
Chicago, August 1997
"Fitting the Pieces Together: The Complementary Use of Q Method and Case Studies To Explore Journalists' Attitudes Toward New Communication Technology" (Singer)
Presented to the International Society
for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity
Columbia, MO, October 1996
"Have You Heard the News? Newspaper Journalists Consider Audiotex and Other New Media Forms" (Singer)
Presented to AEJMC Newspaper Division
Anaheim, CA, August 1996
"Changes and Consistencies: Newspaper Journalists Contemplate Online Future" (Singer)
Presented to AEJMC Comm Tech and Policy Division
Anaheim, CA, August 1996
"Facing an Uncertain Future: Newspaper Journalists Consider Their Place in an Online World" (Singer)
Presented to ICA Comm and Technology Division
Chicago, May 1996
"`Virtual Anonymity': Online Accountability in Political Bulletin Board and the Makings of the Virtuous Virtual Journalist" (Singer)
Presented to AEJMC Qualitative Studies Division (top student paper)
Washington, DC, August 1995
"Facing the Future: Attitudes of Journalism Educators and Students About New Media Technology"
(Craig, Singer, Allen, Whitehouse, Dimitrova, Sanders)
Presented to AEJMC Comm Tech and Policy Division
Washington, DC, August 1995
"The Greens Go Online: Interactive Media and the Environmentalist" (Singer)
Presented to AEJMC Science Interest Group
Atlanta, August 1994

"Play Theory and the News Content of Interactive Media" (Singer)
Presented to AEJMC Comm Theory and Methodology Division
Atlanta, August 1994

"Integrating Theory and Practice in Teaching Multimedia" (Brill and Singer)
Presented to AEJMC Comm Tech and Policy Division
Atlanta, August 1994
"Fight for the Future: Congress, the Brooks Bill and the Baby Bells" (Singer)
Presented to AEJMC Comm Tech and Policy Interest Group
Kansas City, August 1993

Previous
Regional
Conference
Refereed Paper
Presentation
 

"Social Dimensions of Journalistic Ethics Decisions: A Comparative Study" (Berkowitz, Limor and Singer)
Presented by co-author to the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research
Chicago, November 2001


Invited
Conference
Presentations,
International
"The Future of Newspapers"
Invited speaker
Routledge / Taylor & Francis publishers
Cardiff, Wales, September 2007
"Preparing for the Participation Age"
Invited panelist
ICA Journalism Studies Interest Group
Dresden, Germany, June 2006
“Ethical Issues in Journalism”
Respondent, refereed paper session
ICA Journalism Studies Interest Group
Dresden, Germany, June 2006
“Journalists and Their Sources”
Chair, refereed paper session
ICA Journalism Studies Interest Group
Dresden, Germany, June 2006
“Online Journalism Ethics: New Bottle for Old Wine?”
Organizer and moderator, PF&R panel
AEJMC Communication Technology and Policy / Media Ethics Divisions
Toronto, Canada, August 2004
“Critical Perspectives on Media Convergence”
Invited panelist, PF&R panel
AEJMC Cultural and Critical Studies / Media Ethics Divisions
Toronto, Canada, August 2004
“I Read the News Today: New Directions in Online Journalism Research”
Moderator, refereed paper session
AEJMC Communication Technology and Policy Division
Toronto, Canada, August 2004

“Casting a Wider Net: U.S. Journalism Research Paradigms and Their Application to a Changing Profession”
Invited participant
Journalism Research in an Era of Globalization conference
Erfurt, Germany, July 2004


Invited
Conference
Presentations,
National
 
“Who Is a Good Journalist: Professional Autonomy over Ethical Behavior”
Colloquium fellow and invited participant
2006 Media Ethics Colloquium: “Who Is a Journalist?”
Minneapolis, October 2006
“Harnessing the Active Audience: The Challenge for Journalism"
Invited participant, PF&R panel
AEJMC Communication Technology Division / Graduate Education Interest Group
San Francisco, August 2006

“Consequences of the Blog Phenomenon”
Discussant, refereed paper session
AEJMC Communication Technology Division
San Francisco, August 2006

“Top Papers in Open Competition”
Moderator, refereed paper session
AEJMC Communication Technology and Policy Division
San Antonio, August 2005
"Innovative Uses of Blogs in the Industry and the Academy"
Co-organizer and participant, research panel
AEJMC Comm Tech and Policy / Public Relations Divisions
San Antonio, August 2005
"Convergence and the Newsroom"
Invited participant, research panel
AEJMC Media Management and Economics / Newspaper Divisions
San Antonio, August 2005
“The Online Challenge to the News”
Session chair, refereed paper session
ICA Journalism Studies Interest Group
New York, May 2005
"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Convergence:
How Organizational Culture Affects Cross-Media Partnerships
"
Invited participant, panel
Broadcast Education Association
Las Vegas, April 2005
“Blogging, Journalism and Credibility:
Battleground and Common Ground”
Invited participant, conference
Shorenstein Center on the Press,
Politics and Public Policy (co-sponsor)
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, January 2005

“Convergence: Pitfalls and Possibilities”
Invited participant, pre-convention workshop
AEJMC Communication Technology & Policy Division / Newspaper Division / Council of Affiliates
Kansas City, July / August 2003

"Emerging Areas in Mass Communication Research:
Opportunities and Challenges"
Invited participant, research/teaching panel
AEJMC Comm Theory and Methodology Division /
Grad Education Interest Group
Kansas City, July / August 2003

“Connect to Engage: Networking and Society”
Discussant, refereed paper session
AEJMC Comm Tech & Policy Division
Kansas City, July / August 2003
“What I Wish I Had Learned in My Online Journalism Class”
Organizer and moderator, teaching panel
AEJMC Comm Tech & Policy Division /
Internships and Careers Interest Group
Kansas City, July / August 2003
“New Technologies, New Voices, New Empowerment? Blogs and Other Forms of Interactive Journalism"
Co-organizer, Professional Freedom and Responsibility (PF&R) panel
AEJMC Comm Tech & Policy Division /
Civic Journalism Interest Group
Kansas City, July / August 2003
“Political and Civic Engagement”
Panel moderator
Midwest Graduate Communications Conference
Bloomington, Indiana, April 2003
"New Media and the Nature of Citizenship"
Organizer and moderator, PF&R panel
AEJMC Comm Tech & Policy Division
Miami Beach, August 2002
"The Business of Delivering Online Content"
Discussant, refereed paper session
AEJMC Comm Tech & Policy Division
Miami Beach, August 2002
"The First 100 Days (OK, 200) -- Online"
Organizer and moderator, PF&R panel
AEJMC Comm Tech & Policy / Mass Comm and Society divisions
Washington, DC, August 2001
"Scholar-to-Scholar Research Session"
Discussant, refereed paper poster session
AEJMC Comm Tech & Policy Division
Washington, DC, August 2001
"Face to Face: Junior and Senior Scholars"
Organizer and scheduled moderator, research panel
AEJMC Comm Tech & Policy Division /
Graduate Education Interest Group
Phoenix, August 2000
"Writing for the Web"
Invited presenter, Mid-America Press Institute conference
St. Louis, April 2000
"Integrating New Media Perspectives Across Journalism Sequences"
Organizer and moderator, Teaching panel
AEJMC; Comm Tech & Policy Division /
Graduate Education Interest Group
New Orleans, August 1999
"Interactivity and Community"
Moderator, refereed paper session
AEJMC; Comm Tech & Policy Division
New Orleans, August 1999

"Seeking Truth -- Online, On Air, On Guard!"
(online journalistic ethics)
Invited panelist
Society of Professional Journalists national convention
Los Angeles, October 1998

"Emerging Theory and Research"
Discussant, refereed paper session
AEJMC; Comm Technology and Policy Division
Baltimore, August 1998
"Setting an Agenda for Research About the Internet"
Invited panelist
AEJMC; Mass Comm and Society / Comm Tech & Policy divisions
Chicago, August 1997
"Strategies for Integrating New Media into the Classroom and Curriculum"
Invited panelist
AEJMC; Mass Comm and Society / Comm Tech & Policy divisions
Chicago, August 1997
"Going Head-to-Head in an Online World: The Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune Square Off in Cyberspace ... or Do They?"
Organizer and moderator, PF&R panel
AEJMC; Comm Tech & Policy / Newspaper divisions
Chicago, August 1997
"The Impact of Technology on Fundamental Values of Journalism and Craft Practices"
Invited panelist
AEJMC midwinter conference, "New Media, Old Values"
Boulder, CO, February 1997

Non-Refereed
Publications
 

Book chapters (all sole-authored)

“Journalists and News Bloggers: Complements, Contradictions, and Challenges”
Uses of Blogs, Axel Bruns and Joanne Jacobs (eds.), pages 23-32
New York: Peter Lang Publishers, 2006

“Newsroom Convergence – Ready or Not”
Case study for Media Management in the Age of Giants: Business Dynamics of Journalism, Dennis Herrick (ed.), pages 31-34
Ames, IA: Iowa State Press, 2003

"The Revolutionary, the Traditionalist and the Realist: A Q Study of U.S. Newspaper Journalists' Attitudes About an Online Future"
Beyond the Horizon of Journalism (a tribute to Won Ho Chang), pages 479-503
Seoul, South Korea: Byukho Publishing, 1997

Articles and commentaries (all sole-authored)

“Open-Mouth-Insert-Foot Publishing”
Media Ethics
Spring 2006: Vol. 17, No. 2 (pages 1, 13-14)

Take the High Road – and Share It
Political Communication Report
(joint publication of ICA and American Political Science Association)
Winter 2006: Vol. 16, No. 1

"The Marketplace of Ideas -- With a Vengeance"
Media Ethics
Spring 2005: Vol. 16, No. 2 (pages 1, 14-16)

"Temperance and Transparency
Media Ethics
Spring 2004: Vol. 15, No. 2 (pages 4, 15-17)

"Frontier Ethics”
Media Ethics
Spring 2003: Vol. 14, No. 2 (pages 7, 21-23)

"The Unforgiving Truth in the Unforgivable Photo"
Media Ethics
Spring 2002: Vol. 13, No. 2 (pages 6, 30-31)

"Click to Contact: Online Newspaper Accountability"
Media Ethics
Spring 2001: Vol. 12, No. 2 (pages 6, 21-23)

"The Internet as a Coping Mechanism"
Media Ethics
Fall 1999: Vol. 11, No. 1 (pages 5, 15)

"They're Journalists, Too"
Media Ethics
Spring 1999: Vol. 10, No. 2 (pages 1, 14-16)

"Emphasis on Speed Is a Trap for Journalists"
Media Ethics
Spring 1998: Vol. 9, No. 2 (pages 5, 16)

"Marketing New Software: Stan Has Three Categories of Concerns"
Journal of Mass Media Ethics
Vol. 13, No. 2 (1998); pages 128-131

Research findings

"Superstars or Second-Class Citizens? Management and Staffing Issues Affecting Newspapers' Online Journalists" (Singer, Tharp and Haruta)
Associated Press Managing Editors' Electronic Publishing Committee
Distributed at APME convention, October 1998

Trade press article

“Journalism Students Cover the Iowa Caucus – and Discover Politics Is Cool, After All” (Singer)
NetPulse: The E-Journal of Politicking on the Internet
Vol. 7, No. 18, December 3, 2003

Book reviews (all sole-authored)

Interpersonal Divide: The Search for Community in a Technological Age
Journalism History
Summer 2005: Vol. 31, No. 2 (pages 114-115)

Digitizing the News: Innovation in Online Newspapers
Journalism History
Summer 2004: Vol. 30, No. 1 (page 108)

High-Tech Grass Roots: The Professionalization of Local Elections Perspectives on Politics
(Journal of the American Political Science Association)
March 2004: Vol. 2, No. 1 (pages 160-161)

Take Me out to the Ballgame: Communicating Baseball
Publizistik
(German scholarly publication)
June 2003: Vol. 48, No. 2 (pages 243-244)

Online Journalism: A Critical Primer
Publizistik
September 2002: Vol. 47, No. 3 (pages 357-359)

Online Communication: Linking Technology, Identity and Culture
Journalism & Mass Communication Educator
Winter 2002: Vol. 56, No. 4 (pages 74-75)

Interface Culture
Journalism & Mass Communication Educator
Spring 2000: Vol. 55, No. 1 (pages 97-98)

Mediamorphosis: Understanding New Media
Journalism & Mass Communication Educator
Winter 1999: Vol. 53, No. 4 (pages 84-85)

And That's the Way It Will Be: News and Information in a Digital World
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
Autumn 1998: Vol. 75, No. 3 (pages 657-659)


Pending Work 

Forthcoming: Book

Online Journalism Ethics: Traditions and Transitions (Friend and Singer)
M. E. Sharpe Publishers
Scheduled for publication May 2007

In press: Refereed journal article

"Contested Autonomy: Professional and Popular Claims on Journalistic Norms" (Singer)
Journalism Studies Vol. 8, No. 1 (2007): 79-95

Forthcoming: Book chapter

"Journalism Research in the United States of America" (Singer)
Chapter in Journalism Research in an Era of Globalization
Martin Löffelholz and David Weaver (eds.)
Blackwell Publishers
Scheduled for publication 2007