Jacob Groshek, Ph.D.

UPDATE (January 4, 2012): "I believe that finding should be cited by anyone pursuing Web 2.0 and politics." This statement is from a blind peer review for my newly accepted paper (with Daniela Dimitrova), "A Cross Section of Political Involvement, Partisanship and Online Media in Middle America during the 2008 Presidential Campaign", which will appear in the Atlantic Journal of Communication. The mentioned finding was a negative curvilinear relationship between blog use and campaign knowledge moderated by partisanship.

UPDATE (December 11, 2011): The Journal of Communication has now published my article "Media, Instability, and Democracy: Examining the Granger-Causal Relationships of 122 Countries from 1946 to 2003". This article began with my dissertation in 2007 so I am very pleased to see it now in published form. Email comments or questions.

UPDATE (November 14, 2011): Based in part on my experience visiting Egypt when the protests began last January, "Modeling the Econometric and Considering the Quasi-Ethnographic: Analyses of Internet and Mobile Phone Diffusion in the Egyptian 'Revolution 2.0'" has been accepted for publication at International Communication Gazette. Full article will follow soon, but to summarize, there are some paradoxical findings of Internet and mobile enabling and, indeed, forecasting the revolt. Just as interesting and unexpected were the reactions of the Egyptian citizens I spoke with during that time.

UPDATE (October 12, 2011): Some new interviews I did are out. Here is an ICA newsletter article on collegiality in which Sojung Kim invited my input , and here is an article from the Erasmus Magazine where I am featured. Some nice, easy reading.

UPDATE (September 28, 2011): I have accepted a position on the Communication editorial board of SAGE Open, an open-access publication that spans the social and behavioral sciences and humanities. There, I will be acting Editor for submissions in the area of communication technologies. Looking forward to receiving those submissions!

UPDATE (September 6, 2011): My public sphericules article, with Ying Han, has now been published. Here, we find empirical support indicating that alternative media are, indeed, more open to non-legitimated actors but that alternative media construct an even more exclusionary discursive space on the topic of globalization than Professor Lance Bennett and his colleagues found of comparable New York Times coverage.

UPDATE (August 31, 2011): New academic year set to kick off at EUR. First, IBCoM bootcamp in Zeeland next week. Then, teaching Media and Politics, Research Methods (Master's), and Communication Technologies and their Impacts, where you can follow what is happening. Looking forward to it!

UPDATE (June 30, 2011): "Negotiated Hegemony and Reconstructed Boundaries in Alternative Media Coverage of Globalization" has officially been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Communication. I am especially pleased to have this manuscript published because my very talented former student, Ying Han, co-authored it with me and did a marvelous job throughout. Link to full text will follow soon.

UPDATE (May 31, 2011): It has come to my attention that I've been featured in another IBCoM promotional video. Though I don't have a speaking role in this one, you can find me around the 1-minute mark when the discussion turns to "the young, up-and-coming scholars" in our program--which really is one of a kind. Link here. Enjoy!

UPDATE (April 29, 2011): My article (with Daniela Dimitrova) for the special call on the interactions between journalism, politics, and citizenship for Communication Studies has been published. "A Cross-Section of Voter Learning, Campaign Interest and Intention to Vote in the 2008 American Election: Did Web 2.0 Matter?" is available here.

UPDATE (April 5, 2011): Last week, I was selected to represent the Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication on the faculty council at Erasmus University. This week, I signed on to write a book about Media Participation with Erik Bucy for Oxford University Press. "Life's so rad" -- Weezer, circa 1995.

UPDATE (March 26, 2011): Istanbul, Constantinople: I have two papers accepted for presentation at the upcoming IAMCR conference. One involves my experiences visiting Egypt while the demonstrations started and the other compares the agendas of social media (FB/TW) to mainstream media (NYT/CNN). Details to follow on the Bosporus.

UPDATE (March 3, 2011): File under: Pleasant surprise. NYU professor and social media scholar Clay Shirky cited my research in an article he published in Foreign Affairs. Details are here, where he takes a more balanced approach than he is often credited with.

UPDATE (February 18, 2011): I am honored to have been accepted as a full member to the The Netherlands School of Communication Research. More about NeSCoR, which is directed by Professor Claes de Vreese of the University of Amsterdam, can be found here.

UPDATE (February 6, 2011): My interview with the national Dutch news agency (ANP) came out a couple of weeks ago in numerous publications around the country. You can read one article here in English , or read another version here in Dutch. Bedankt and tot ziens!

UPDATE (January 19, 2011): My Deutsche Welle interview can now be accessed on the Spectrum website here. Users from the US may need to use this link that is hosted locally on my own site. In either event, enjoy the show--feel free to send questions and comments on my "Connect" page, or just email me.

UPDATE (January 14, 2011): This morning I had an interview with Deutsche Welle radio about my research on Internet diffusion and democratic change, and this afternoon I was interviewed by the Dutch national news agency, ANP, regarding Rupert's ipad newspaper. Now, off to Wester Pavilijoen for dinner with my lovely wife.

UPDATE (December 15, 2010): I've been added to represent the Netherlands in the ongoing Worlds of Journalism project coordinated by Prof. Thomas Hanitzsch from the University of Munich. I'm looking forward to this collaboration.

UPDATE (September 17, 2010): Check out the latest viral video that is making impressions around the Internet here. In all seriousness, these next generation classrooms are probably the best I have taught in. Thanks, Erasmus, and cheers to my co-stars.

UPDATE (July 13, 2010): Just found out yesterday that the Journal of Communication has accepted my manuscript, "Media, Instability, and Democracy: Examining the Granger-Causal Relationships of 122 Countries from 1946 to 2003," for publication. Not sure of the publication date yet, but I will post a link when it comes out.

UPDATE (June 9, 2010): A busy three weeks in Wisconsin with family and friends is about to end. We move to Rotterdam on Sunday. An exciting time, to be sure, and ICA is just around the corner. Hoping to catch up with everyone--and maybe even sleep in for a day--in Singapore.

UPDATE (May 6, 2010): I have been added to the Program Committee for the Journal of Information Technology & Politics thematic conference in Seattle, Washington next May. I've always wanted to visit there.

UPDATE (April 13, 2010): I am moving to Rotterdam, the Netherlands where I will teach and research Political Communication, Quantitative Methods, and Communication Technology at Erasmus University. I couldn't be more pleased about the opportunity. See you there!

UPDATE (April 3, 2010): A busy, productive month of March. Conference and spring break trips went well and I made the AEJMC deadline. Hoping to have some time to regroup, ship out a manuscript to JoBEM, sell the house, and put together plans with Meg for our next move. Excited. Hopeful.

UPDATE (February 28, 2010): Turns out students in my large lecture class are really using their phones and laptops for class. They have created a collaborative note-taking page with Google Wave and are regularly using the Twitter hashtag I created. Some were so pleased, they wrote about it in the student newspaper. Read their editorial here.

UPDATE (February 26, 2010): In an interesting turn of events, Kurdistan-based Gulan magazine called me for an interview today. The actual interview takes place tomorrow--if you know Arabic, check gulan-media.com for the quotes.

UPDATE (February 18, 2010): Chris Barr, Senior Editorial Director of Yahoo! and founding editor of CNET, is coming to visit my classes. Still working with Yahoo! on the specifics, but it looks like he will be here on April 7. This should be great for all of us, especially our students.

UPDATE (February 10, 2010): I just found out that my article, "The Democratic Effects of the Internet, 1994-2003: A Cross-National Inquiry of 152 Countries," was the second-most read article in The International Communication Gazette for the month of December. How cool.

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.