Research

I have presented my research at national and international conferences and published in academic and professional publications. The following is a selection of forthcoming and recent presentations and publications:

Conference presentations:

Messner, M. (2013, September). Reporting with the iPadJournos: Educating the next generation of mobile and social media journalists. Paper accepted for presentation at The Future of Journalism Conference in Cardiff, UK.

Messner, M., & Medina-Messner, V. (2013, September). Follow me on Wall Street: How business news media and their journalists engage on Twitter. Paper accepted for presentation at The Future of Journalism Conference in Cardiff, UK.

Messner, M. (2013, March). To Tube or not to Tube: An analysis of ethical guidelines for the YouTube engagement of non-profit organizations. Paper accepted for presentation at the 16th International Public Relations Research Conference in Miami, FL.

Messner, M., Jin, Y., Medina-Messner, V., Meganck, S., Quarforth, S., & Norton, S. (2013, March). 140 characters towards a better health: An exploration of the Twitter engagement of leading nonprofit organizations. Paper accepted for presentation at the 16th International Public Relations Research Conference in Miami, FL.

Messner, M., & South, J. (2013, March). From iPadJournos to #UncleRam: Implementing iPad Classes at VCU. Presentation at Virginia’s First Annual Open and Digital Resources Conference in Frederickburg, VA.

Messner, M., & Medina-Messner, V. (2013, March). Tweet-Biz: How leading business journalists engage on Twitter. Paper accepted for presentation at the Midwinter Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication in Norman, OK.

Smith-Mason, J., South, J. C., & Messner, M. (2013, February). The 2012 Presidential Election: Including Civic Engagement in the Classroom. Presentation at the Active Citizens Conference in Williamsburg, VA.

Messner, M., & Nugent, J. S. (2013, February). Meet the iPadJournos: How iPads Improved Student Engagement and Learning Outcomes in a Journalism Seminar. Presentation at the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Annual Meeting in Denver, CO.

Medina-Messner, V., & Messner, M. (September 2012). Tweets from Wall Street: How leading business media report the news and engage their audiences on Twitter. Paper presented at the Convergence and Society Conference in Columbia, SC.

Bajkiewicz, T., & Messner, M. (September 2012). Social media as news sources:A content analysis of social media mentions in cable news networks, 2006-2010. Paper presented at the Convergence and Society Conference in Columbia, SC.

Messner, M., DiStaso, M. W., Jin, Y., Sherman, S., Meganck, S., & Norton, S. (August 2012). Influencing public opinion from corn syrup to obesity: A longitudinal analysis of the references for nutritional entries on Wikipedia. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference in Chicago, IL.

DiStaso, M. W., & Messner, M. (2012, March). Cite that crisis: An analysis of the references in Wikipedia entries of major banking institutions. Paper presented at the 15th International Public Relations Research Conference in Miami, FL.

Meganck, S., Quarforth, S., Messner, M., & Sherman, S. (2012, March). From Web to mobile: A meta-analysis of trends in digital health communication research, 2001-2010. Paper presented at the 15th International Public Relations Research Conference in Miami, FL.

Messner, M., & Bajkiewicz, T. (2011, September). Facebook, MySpace and Twitter as journalistic sources: An analysis of social media uses in traditional news media. Paper presented at The Future of Journalism Conference in Cardiff, UK.

Academic publications:

Messner, M, & DiStaso, M. W. (in press). Wikipedia vs. Encyclopedia Britannica: A longitudinal analysis to identify the impact of social media on the standards of knowledge. Accepted  for publication in Mass Communication & Society.

Messner, M., Medina-Messner, V., Jin, Y., Meganck, S., Quarforth, S., & Norton, S. (in press). 140 characters towards a better health: An exploration of the Twitter engagement of leading nonprofit organizations. Book chapter accepted for publication in Hana Noor Al-Deen and John Allen Hendricks (eds.). Social Media and Strategic Communication.

Messner, M. (2013). Reporting with the iPadJournos: Educating the Next Generation of Mobile and Social Media Journalists. Teaching Journalism and Mass Communication, 2(1), available at http://aejmc.net/spig/2013/reporting-with-the-ipadjournos-educating-the-next-generation-of-mobile-and-social-media-journalists/

Messner, M., DiStaso, M. W., & Harrison, V. (2012). Real-time referenced crisis: Media sources shape reputations on Wikipedia. In L. Romanello (Ed.), Crisis Management Guidebook. PR News Press.

DiStaso, M. W., & Messner, M. (2012). Wikipedia’s role in reputation management: An analysis of the best and worst companies in the United States. Digithum, 14, 1-12.

Messner, M., Linke, M., & Eford, A. (2012). Shoveling tweets: An analysis of the microblogging engagement of traditional news organizations. ISOJ Journal,2(1), 76-90 .

DiStaso, M. W., & Messner, M. (2012). Hands off or hands on? Measuring and monitoring corporate reputations on Wikipedia. In K. Hultgren (Ed.), PR Measurement Guidebook. PR News Press.

DiStaso, M. & Messner, M. (2012). Adding CSR achievements to corporate Wikipedia entries. In K. Hultgren (Ed.), CSR & Green PR Guidebook. PR News Press.

DiStaso, M. W., Messner, M., & Stacks, D. W. (2012).  The wiki crisis: BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Wikipedia. In S. C. Duhé (Ed.), New media & public relations (2nd ed.). New York:  Peter Lang.

Messner, M., & Garrison, B. (2011). Study shows some blogs affect traditional news media agendas. Newspaper Research Journal, 32(3), 112-126.

Messner, M., & South, J. C. (2011). Legitimizing Wikipedia: How U.S. national newspapers frame and use the online encyclopedia in their coverage. Journalism Practice, 5(2), 145-160.

Messner, M., & DiStaso, M. W. (2011). Monitoring and editing Wikipedia’s corporate scandal chronicle. In D. Rose (Ed.), Digital PR Guidebook. PR News Press.

DiStaso, M. W., & Messner, M. (2011).  The collaborative crisis: Wikipedia and the corporate image. In S. Goldstein (Ed.), Crisis Management Guidebook. PR News Press.

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