Seth C. LewisAssistant Professor of New Media Journalism, University of Minnesota

Besides my dissertation proposal, for which I just received this grant, I am engaged in a number of projects, among them:

• a study of professional identity among laid-off and working newspaper journalists, in collaboration with Ph.D. colleague Amber Willard and organizational behavior scholar Caroline Bartel;
• ongoing analyses of national survey data on the implications of new technologies for journalism and political communication, as part of the Center for Journalism and Communication Research, of which I’m a founding member and its student director;
• and an edited volume on “News in the Future,” led by Maxwell McCombs

Additionally, I have several papers under review for journal publication:

Lewis, Seth C., & Yang, Meng-chieh. Attracting Readers in a New Domain: Dimensions of User Interest in News Content Online. To be submitted to Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, June/July 2009.

Lasorsa, Dominic L., & Lewis, Seth C. Reports, Inferences, and Judgments in Deceptive and Authentic News Stories. Submitted to Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, June 2009.

Gil de Zúñiga, Homero, Lewis, Seth C., Willard, Amber, Valenzuela, Sebastian, Lee, Jae Kook, & Baresch, Brian. Blogging as Journalistic Practice: A Model Linking Perception, Motivation, and Behavior. Submitted to Journalism, June 2009.

Chyi, Hsiang Iris, Yang, Meng-chieh, Lewis, Seth C., & Zheng, Nan. An Empirical Study of Online Newspaper Readership in Local Markets: Exploring Differences Between Hybrid and Online-Only Users. Submitted to Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, February 2009; Revise and Resubmit received May 2009.

Bachmann, Ingrid, Lee, Jae Kook, Kaufhold, Kelly, Lewis, Seth C., & Gil de Zúñiga, Homero. News Platform Preference: Advancing the Effects of Age and Media Consumption on Political Participation. Submitted to International Journal of Internet Science, March 2009.