Publications

Books or Monographs

Carlson, M., Robinson, S., & Lewis, S. C. (2021). News After Trump: Journalism's Crisis of Relevance in a Changed Media Culture. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Reviews in academic journals:

Reviews in non-academic venues:

Thurman, N., Lewis, S. C., & Kunert, J. (Eds.) (2021). Algorithms, Automation, and News: New Directions in the Study of Computation and Journalism. New York: Taylor & Francis.

  • Note: This was organized around an eponymous special issue that we edited.

Lewis, S. C. (Ed.) (2017). Journalism in an Era of Big Data: Cases, Concepts, and Critiques. New York: Taylor & Francis.

  • Note: This was organized around an eponymous special issue that I edited.

Carlson, M., & Lewis, S. C. (Eds.) (2015). Boundaries of Journalism: Professionalism, Practices, and Participation. New York: Routledge.

Reviews in scholarly publications:

  • Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly (“this book delivers a mind-opening survey of a multitude of issues around the evolution of journalism in the digital age”).

  • Journalism: Theory, Practice, and Criticism (“a strong collection of essays providing a window into how journalists define their vocation even as they are forced to confront challenges from many sides”).

  • Digital Journalism (“a valuable and timely contribution to journalism studies”).

  • Media, Culture & Society (“this study of ‘boundaries’ has produced a stimulating and thought-provoking intervention that deserves to be read beyond the boundaries of journalism studies”).

  • Australian Journalism Review (“a must for academics… moves beyond a functionalist account to provide insight into the value of boundary studies and why it matters to journalists and for those who seek out or engage with the news media space”).

  • CHOICE magazine (“well-honed research by recognized scholars”).

Kaufhold, K., Hinsley, A. W., & Lewis, S. C. (Eds.) (2012). The Future of News: An Agenda of Perspectives (2nd ed.). San Diego: Cognella.

McCombs, M., Hinsley, A. W., Kaufhold, K., & Lewis, S. C. (Eds.) (2010). The Future of News: An Agenda of Perspectives. San Diego, CA: Cognella.

Special Issues (and other thematic sections of journals)

Lewis, S. C. (Ed.) (2022). AI and News. #ISOJ Journal. Volume 12, Issue 1.

Ekström, M., Lewis, S. C., & Westlund, O. (Eds.) (2020). Digital Journalism. New Media & Society, Volume 22, Issue 2.

Thurman, N., Lewis, S. C., & Kunert, J. (Eds.) (2019). Algorithms, Automation, and News. Digital Journalism, Volume 7, Issue 8.

Lewis, S. C., Broussard, M., Diakopoulos, N., Guzman, A. L., Abebe, R., Dupagne, M., & Chuan, C.-H. (2019). Artificial Intelligence and Journalism. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 96(3), 673–695.

  • Note: I was invited to coordinate and edit this special forum section of the journal.

Langonné, J., Lewis, S. C., Pereira, F., & Tredan, O. (Eds.) (2019). Les mondes sociaux ju journalism: Introduction [The social worlds of journalism: Introduction]. Sur le Journalisme, About Journalism, Sobre journalism, Volume 8, Issue 1, 15 June 2019.

Lewis, S. C. (Ed.) (2015). Journalism in an Era of Big Data: Cases, Concepts, and Critiques. Digital Journalism, Volume 3, Issue 3.

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals (including invited essays in peer-reviewed journals)

Singer, J. B., Lewis, S. C., & Wahl-Jorgensen, K. (forthcoming). Journalism in the Quarterly: A Century of Change in the Industry and the Academy. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. 

Moon, Y. E., Roschke, K., Nelson, J. L., & Lewis, S. C. (forthcoming). Doctors fact-check, journalists get fact-checked: Comparing public trust in journalism and healthcare. Media and Communication. 

Nechushtai, E., Zamith, R., & Lewis, S. C. (2023, online first). More of the Same? Homogenization in News Recommendations When Users Search on Google, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. Mass Communication and Society. https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2023.2173609  

Nelson, J. L., & Lewis, S. C. (2023). Only “sheep” trust journalists? How citizens’ self-perceptions shape their approach to news. New Media & Society, 25(7), 1522-1541. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448211018160  

Dimitrakopoulou, D., & Lewis, S. C. (2023). The generative dialogue framework and the pursuit of better listening by journalists: A design-centered approach for more constructive conversations with audiences. Digital Journalism, 11(3), 547-568. https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2022.2075415  

Shin, D., Hameleers, M., Park, Y. J., Kim, J. N., Trielli, D., Diakopoulos, N., Helberger, N., Lewis, S. C., Westlund, O., & Baumann, S. (2022). Countering algorithmic bias and disinformation and effectively harnessing the power of AI in media. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 99(4), 887-907. https://doi.org/10.1177/10776990221129245  

Nelson, J. L., & Lewis, S. C. (2022). The structures that shape news consumption: Evidence from the early period of the COVID-19 pandemic. Journalism, 23(12), 2495-2512. https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849221095335  

Lin, B., & Lewis, S. C. (2022). The one thing journalistic AI just might do for democracy. Digital Journalism, 10(10), 1627-1649. https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2022.2084131  

  • Note: Honorable Mention, Wolfgang Donsbach Outstanding Journal Article of the Year, Journalism Studies Division, International Communication Association (for 2022, awarded in 2023) 

Miller, K. C., & Lewis, S. C. (2022, online first ahead of print). Journalistic visibility as celebrity and its consequences for harassment. Digital Journalism. https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2022.2136729  

Mathews, N., Bélair-Gagnon, V., & Lewis, S. C. (2022, online first ahead of print). News is “toxic”: Exploring the non-sharing of news online. New Media & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448221127212  

Miller, K. C., & Lewis, S. C. (2022). Journalists, harassment, and emotional labor: The case of women in on-air roles at US local television stations. Journalism, 23(1), 79-97. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884919899016  

Kuai, J., Lin, B., Karlsson, M., & Lewis, S. C. (2022, online first ahead of print). From Wild East to Forbidden City: Mapping algorithmic news distribution in China through a case study of Jinri Toutiao. Digital Journalism. https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2022.2121932  

Carlson, M., Robinson, S., & Lewis, S. C. (2021). Digital press criticism: The symbolic dimensions of Donald Trump’s assault on US journalists as the “enemy of the people”. Digital Journalism, 9(6), 737-754. https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2020.1836981  

  • Note: Longlisted for Bob Franklin Journal Article Award 

Coddington, M., Lewis, S. C., & Belair-Gagnon, V. (2021). The imagined audience for news: Where does a journalist’s perception of the audience come from? Journalism Studies, 22(8), 1028–1046. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670x.2021.1914709  

Westlund, O., Krumsvik, A., & Lewis, S. C. (2021). Competition, change, and coordination and collaboration: tracing news executives’ perceptions about participation in media innovation. Journalism Studies, 22(1), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670x.2020.1835526  

Lewis, S. C., Zamith, R., & Coddington, M. (2020). Online harassment and its implications for the journalist–audience relationship. Digital Journalism, 8(8), 1047-1067. Digital Journalism. https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2020.1811743  

Belair-Gagnon, V., Lewis, S. C., & Agur, C. (2020). Failure to launch: Competing institutional logics, intrapreneurship, and the case of chatbots. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication: JCMC, 25(4), 291–306. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcmc/zmaa008  

Lewis, S. C. (2020). The objects and objectives of journalism research during the coronavirus pandemic and beyond. Digital Journalism, 8(5), 681–689. https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2020.1773292  

Ekström, M., Lewis, S. C., & Westlund, O. (2020). Epistemologies of digital journalism and the study of misinformation. New Media & Society, 22(2), 205–212. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444819856914 

  • Note: This introduced a special issue of New Media & Society that we co-edited. 

Ekstrom, M., Lewis, S. C., Waldenström, A., & Westlund, O. (2020). Commentary: Digitization, climate change, and the potential for online workshops. New Media & Society, 22(2), 378–383. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444819856928  

Guzman, A. L., & Lewis, S. C. (2020). Artificial intelligence and communication: A Human–Machine Communication research agenda. New Media & Society, 22(1), 70–86. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444819858691  

Thurman, N., Lewis, S. C., & Kunert, J. (Eds.) (2019). Algorithms, Automation, and News. Digital Journalism, 7(8), 980–992. 

  • Note: This was the introduction to an eponymous special issue that we edited. 

Zamith, R., Belair-Gagnon, V., & Lewis, S. C. (2019). Constructing audience quantification: Social influences and the development of norms about audience analytics and metrics. New Media & Society, 1461444819881735 (online-first; forthcoming in print). https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444819881735 

Lewis, S. C., Guzman, A. L., & Schmidt, T. R. (2019). Automation, Journalism, and Human–Machine Communication: Rethinking Roles and Relationships of Humans and Machines in News. Digital Journalism, 7(4), 409–427. https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2019.1577147  

Watson, B. R., Peng, Z., & Lewis, S. C. (2019). Who will intervene to save news comments? Deviance and social control in communities of news commenters. New Media & Society, 21(8), 1840–1858. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444819828328  

 Carlson, M., & Lewis, S. C. (2019). Temporal reflexivity in journalism studies: Making sense of change in a more timely fashion. Journalism, 20(5), 642–650. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884918760675 

Lewis, S. C., Sanders, A. K., & Carmody, C. (2019). Libel by algorithm? Automated journalism and the threat of legal liability. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 96(1), 60–81. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077699018755983

Robinson, S., Lewis, S. C., & Carlson, M. (2019). Locating the “Digital” in Digital Journalism Studies: Transformations in Research. Digital Journalism, 7(3), 368–377. 

Molyneux, L., Lewis, S. C., & Holton, A. E. (2019). Media work, identity, and the motivations that shape branding practices among journalists: An explanatory framework. New Media & Society, 21(4), 836–855. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444818809392 

Belair-Gagnon, V., Nelson, J. L., & Lewis, S. C. (2019). Audience engagement, reciprocity, and the pursuit of community connectedness in public media journalism. Journalism Practice, 13(5), 558–575. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2018.1542975 

Lewis, S. C. (2019). Lack of trust in the news media, institutional weakness, and relational journalism as a way forward. Journalism, 20(1), 44–47. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884918808134

  • Note: This invited essay appeared in the journal’s 20th anniversary issue among other contributions by members of the editorial board. 

Nechushtai, E., & Lewis, S. C. (2019). What kind of news gatekeepers do we want machines to be? Filter bubbles, fragmentation, and the normative dimensions of algorithmic recommendations. Computers in Human Behavior, 90, 298–307. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.07.043  

Coddington, M., Lewis, S. C., & Holton, A. E. (2018). Measuring and Evaluating Reciprocal Journalism as a Concept. Journalism Practice, 12(8), 1039–1050. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2018.1493948  

Lewis, S. C., & Molyneux, L. (2018). A decade of research on social media and journalism: Assumptions, blind spots, and a way forward. Media and Communication, 6(4), 11-23. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/mac.v6i4.1562  

Kim, J., Lewis, S. C., & Watson, B. R. (2018). The imagined audience for and perceived quality of news comments: Exploring the perceptions of commenters on news sites and on Facebook. Social Media + Society, 4(1), 2056305118765741. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F2056305118765741  

Carlson, M., Robinson, S., Lewis, S. C., & Berkowitz, D. A. (2018). Journalism studies and its core commitments: The making of a communication field. Journal of Communication, 68(1), 6-25. https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqx006   

  • Note: Lead article in the issue. 

Molyneux, L., Holton, A., & Lewis, S. C. (2018). How journalists engage in branding on Twitter: individual, organizational, and institutional levels. Information, Communication and Society, 21(10), 1386–1401. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2017.1314532  

Lewis, S. C., & Usher, N. (2016). Trading zones, boundary objects, and the pursuit of news innovation: A case study of journalists and programmers. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 22(5), 543-560. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354856515623865  

Chyi, H. I., Lewis, S. C., & Zheng, N. (2016). Parasite or partner? Coverage of Google News in an era of news aggregation. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 93(4), 789-815. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077699016629370  

Holton, A. E., Lewis, S. C., & Coddington, M. (2016). Interacting with audiences: Journalistic role conceptions, reciprocity, and perceptions about participation. Journalism Studies, 17(7), 849-859. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2016.1165139  

  • Reprinted in S. Allan, C. Carter, S. Cushion, L. Dencik, I. Garcia-Blano (Eds.) (2019), The Future of Journalism: Risks, Threats and Opportunities. New York: Taylor & Francis. 

Lewis, S. C. (2015). Journalism in an era of big data: Cases, concepts, and critiques. Digital Journalism, 3(3), 321-330. https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2014.976399  

* Note: This was the introduction to an eponymous special issue that I edited. 

  • Reprinted in S. C. Lewis (Ed.) (2017), Journalism in an Era of Big Data: Cases, Concepts, and Critiques (pp. 1-10). New York: Taylor & Francis. 

Lewis, S. C. (2015). Reciprocity as a key concept for social media and society. Social Media + Society, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305115580339  

  • Note: This invited article appeared in the journal’s inaugural issue among other contributions by members of the editorial board. 

Lewis, S. C., & Westlund, O. (2015). Big data and journalism: Epistemology, expertise, economics, and ethics. Digital Journalism, 3(3), 447-466. https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2014.976418  

  • Reprinted in S. C. Lewis (Ed.) (2017), Journalism in an Era of Big Data: Cases, Concepts, and Critiques (pp. 127-146). New York: Taylor & Francis. 

Lewis, S. C., & Westlund, O. (2015). Actors, actants, audiences, and activities in cross-media news work: A matrix and a research agenda. Digital Journalism, 3(1), 19-37. https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2014.927986  

  • Award-winner: Wolfgang Donsbach Outstanding Journal Article of the Year, Journalism Studies Division, International Communication Association (for 2015, awarded in 2016) 

  • Note: Lead article in the issue. 

  • Translated to Portuguese and reprinted: Lewis, S. C., & Westlund, O. (2017). Atores, Actantes, Audiências e Atividades no Trabalho Journalístico Crossmídia. Revista Parágrafo, 4(2). http://revistaseletronicas.fiamfaam.br/index.php/recicofi/article/view/481/407  

Zamith, R., & Lewis, S. C. (2015). Content Analysis and the Algorithmic Coder: What Computational Social Science Means for Traditional Modes of Media Analysis. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 659(1), 307–318. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716215570576 

Holton, A. E., Coddington, M., Lewis, S. C., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. (2015). Reciprocity and the news: The role of personal and social media reciprocity in news creation and consumption. International Journal of Communication, 9, 2526-2547. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/3598  

Watson, B., Zamith, R., Cavanah, S., & Lewis, S. C. (2015). Are demographics adequate controls for cell phone-only coverage bias in mass communication research? Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 92(3), 723-743. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077699015589187

Westlund, O., & Lewis, S. C. (2014). Agents of media innovations: Actors, actants, and audiences. The Journal of Media Innovations, 1(2), 10-35. https://doi.org/10.5617/jmi.v1i2.856  

  • Note: Lead article in the issue. 

Lee, A., Lewis, S. C., & Powers, M. J. (2014). Audience clicks and news placement: A study of time-lagged influence in online journalism. Communication Research, 41(4), 505-530. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093650212467031  

Lewis, S. C., & Usher, N. (2014). Code, collaboration, and the future of journalism: A case study of the Hacks/Hackers global network. Digital Journalism, 2(3), 383-393. https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2014.895504  

Hermida, A., Lewis, S. C., & Zamith, R. (2014). Sourcing the Arab Spring: A case study of Andy Carvin’s sources on Twitter during the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 19(3), 479-499. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcc4.12074   

Lewis, S. C., Holton, A. E., & Coddington, M. (2014). Reciprocal journalism: A concept of mutual exchange between journalists and audiences. Journalism Practice, 8(2), 229-241. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2013.859840  

Zamith, R., & Lewis, S. C. (2014). From public spaces to public sphere: Rethinking systems for reader comments on online news sites. Digital Journalism, 2(4), 558-574. https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2014.882066  

Lewis, S. C., & Usher, N. (2013). Open source and journalism: Toward new frameworks for imagining news innovation. Media, Culture & Society, 35(5), 602-619. https://doi.org/10.1177/0163443713485494

  • Award-winner: Honorable Mention, Outstanding Journal Article of the Year in Journalism Studies, Journalism Studies Division, International Communication Association (for 2013, awarded in 2014) 

Lewis, S. C., Zamith, R., & Hermida, A. (2013). Content analysis in an era of big data: A hybrid approach to computational and manual methods. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 57(1), 34–52. https://doi.org/10.1080/08838151.2012.761702

Aitamurto, T., & Lewis, S. C. (2013). Open innovation in digital journalism: Examining the impact of Open APIs at four news organizations. New Media & Society, 15(2), 314-331. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444812450682  

Lewis, S. C. (2012). The tension between professional control and open participation: Journalism and its boundaries. Information, Communication & Society, 15(6), 836-866. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2012.674150  

  • Award-winner: Outstanding Journal Article of the Year in Journalism Studies, Journalism Studies Division, International Communication Association (for 2012, awarded in 2013) 

Chyi, H. I., Lewis, S. C., & Zheng, N. (2012). A matter of life and death? Examining how newspapers covered the newspaper crisis. Journalism Studies, 13(3), 305-324. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2011.629090  

  • Note: Lead article in the issue. 

Lewis, S. C. (2012). From journalism to information: The transformation of the Knight Foundation and news innovation. Mass Communication and Society, 15(3), 309-334. https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2011.611607  

  • Note: Lead article in the issue. 

Lasorsa, D. L., Lewis, S. C., & Holton, A. E. (2012). Normalizing Twitter: Journalism practice in an emerging communication space. Journalism Studies, 13(1), 19-36. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2011.571825  

  • Note: As of 2017, it is the second most-cited article in the journal’s 18-year history. 

  • Translated to Spanish and reprinted: Lasorsa, D. L., Lewis, S. C., & Holton, A. E. (2013). La normalización de Twitter: La práctica periodística en un espacio de comunicación emergente. Cuadrivio, Issue 1. http://cuadrivio.net/2013/04/la-normalizacion-de-twitter/  

Lewis, S. C. (2011). Journalism innovation and participation: An analysis of the Knight News Challenge. International Journal of Communication, 5, 1623-1648. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/1140/0  

Holton, A., E. & Lewis, S. C. (2011). Journalists, social media, and the use of humor on Twitter. The Electronic Journal of Communication / La Revue Electronic de Communication, 21(1-2). http://www.cios.org/EJCPUBLIC/021/1/021121.html  

Gil de Zúñiga, H., Lewis, S. C., Hinsley, A. W., Valenzuela, S., Lee, J. K., & Baresch, B. (2011). Blogging as a journalistic practice: A model linking perception, motivation, and behavior. Journalism: Theory, Practice, Criticism, 12(5), 586-606. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884910388230  

Lewis, S. C., Kaufhold, K., & Lasorsa, D. L. (2010). Thinking about citizen journalism: The philosophical and practical challenges of user-generated content for community newspapers. Journalism Practice, 4(2), 163-179. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616700903156919  

Lasorsa, D. L., & Lewis, S. C. (2010). Reports, inferences, and judgments in deceptive and legitimate news stories. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 87(2), 378-392. https://doi.org/10.1177/107769901008700210  

Chyi, H. I., Yang, M., Lewis, S. C., & Zheng, N. (2010). Use of and satisfaction with newspaper sites in the local market: Exploring differences between hybrid and online-only users. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 87(1), 62-83. https://doi.org/10.1177/107769901008700104  

Sylvie, G., Lewis, S. C., & Xu, Q. (2010). Values in Nordic newspaper editor decision-making. Journal of Media Business Studies, 7(2), 57-87. https://doi.org/10.1080/16522354.2010.11073507  

Bachmann, I., Lee, J. K., Kaufhold, K., Lewis, S. C., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. (2010). News platform preference: Advancing the effects of age and media consumption on political participation. International Journal of Internet Science, 5(1), 34-47. http://www.ijis.net/ijis5_1/ijis5_1_bachmann_et_al_pre.html 

Lewis, S. C., & Reese, S. D. (2009). What is the war on terror? Framing through the eyes of journalists. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 86(1), 85-102. https://doi.org/10.1177/107769900908600106  

Reese, S. D., & Lewis, S. C. (2009). Framing the war on terror: The internalization of policy in the US press. Journalism, 10(6), 777-797. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884909344480  

  • Reprinted in: Webel, C. P., & Arnaldi, J. A. (Eds.) (2011), The ethics and efficacy of the global war on terrorism: Fighting terror with terror (pp. 139-150). New York: St. Martin’s Press. 

Chyi, H. I., & Lewis, S. C. (2009). Use of online newspaper sites lags behind print editions. Newspaper Research Journal, 30(4), 38-53. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F073953290903000404  

Dalecki, L., Lasorsa, D. L., & Lewis, S. C. (2009). The news readability problem. Journalism Practice, 3(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512780802560708  

Lewis, S. C. (2008). Where young adults intend to get news in five years. Newspaper Research Journal, 29(4), 36-52. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F073953290802900404  

Lewis, S. C. (2008). News, nationalism, and the imagined community: The case of bilingual journalism in Spain. Journalism Studies, 9(3), 409-428. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616700801999212