Jacob Groshek » Welcome

I am an assistant professor in the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication at Iowa State University. In the past several years, I have had my research published at the International Journal of Communication, The International Communication Gazette, Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, Social Science Computer Review, Media, War & Conflict, Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, and Communication Education. Generally, my area of expertise concerns new media technologies and political change at the macro and micro levels, but this also extends to analyses of media content and advanced quantitative methods.

Over the course of my career, I have traveled extensively to over 30 countries on five continents for extended periods of time. Professionally, I have experience as a writer, editor and graphic designer across media platforms, most notably at an independent publishing house in Denver, Colorado.

UPDATE (February 2, 2010): Following my participation on the roundtable keynoted by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, I have been invited to partner with the State Department on her initiative for Internet freedom. Details are ongoing, but I'm honored and eager to contribute.

UPDATE (Jan. 28, 2010): My manuscript, "A Time-Series, Multinational Analysis of Democratic Forecasts and Internet Diffusion," is now published in the International Journal of Communication.

UPDATE (Jan. 21, 2010): I had three manuscripts accepted for presentation at ICA: “Assessing Political Outcomes of New Media Use in the 2008 Presidential Election,”
“The Effectiveness of the Pervasive Method in Ethics Pedagogy,” and
“Negotiating Hegemony: Alternative and Mainstream Media Coverage of the Globalization Debate.” Now how do I fund a trip to Singapore?

UPDATE (Jan. 14, 2010): I have been invited and plan to attend Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s upcoming policy address on Internet Freedom at the Newseum on January 21st, 2010. I'm looking forward to participating in the roundtable afterwards.

UPDATE (Jan. 12, 2010): “Media Diffusion and Democratic Change: Examining the Granger-Causal Relationships of 122 Countries from 1946 to 2003,” a study that originated with my dissertation, has been accepted for presentation to the AEJMC Midwinter conference.

UPDATE (Jan. 10, 2010): A panel I proposed to the Communication Technology Division of AEJMC has been scheduled. It is titled "New Media Economics: Financially Sustainable Newsgathering and Information Flows" and includes Dan Gilmor (author of We the Media) as a panelist. Should be interesting.

UPDATE (Jan. 06, 2010): My manuscript, "A Time-Series, Multinational Analysis of Democratic Forecasts and Internet Diffusion," has been accepted for publication at the International Journal of Communication.

Jacob Groshek, Ph.D.