@TPVos

Professor, Director of Michigan State's School of Journalism; muses about why news turns out the way it does

 East Lansing, Michigan
Joined November 2013
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New in @MassComm_Soc: Our latest study examines how news about anti-democratic movements relates to military interventionist attitudes and when journalism can help protect democracy from authoritarianism: tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1…
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This open access article was published in December but I hadn't pushed it out yet. If you're using Hierarchy of Influences, I encourage you to have a look at how we revisit the model. (Kudos to Zayeef) Full article: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Authoritarian Influences: Interactivity Within the Hierarchy of Influences Model

In authoritarian contexts, journalism is shaped by more than just state control or self-censorship. This study examines how the five levels of the hierarchy of influences model interact when journa...

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Congrats to MSU School of Journalism Director Tim P. Vos for being named a 2025 inductee into the University of Iowa Journalism Hall of Fame! Learn more about Tim P. Vos and the other inductees here: journalism.uiowa.edu/people/…
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📢 Brazilian Journalism Research invites submissions for the special dossier: “Contemporary updates to journalism theories and concepts.” 📢
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Hoping you'll submit!
American Journalism@AJMediaHistory23 Oct 2024
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Prof. You Li and I started on this study when she was a graduate student. A decade+ later, we finally got around to finishing it. A history of journalism's business side. Full article: An Early History of Newspaper Agents tandfonline.com/eprint/ZB97V…

An Early History of Newspaper Agents

Newspaper agents have often been relegated to a minor role in the pre-history of advertising firms in the United States—individuals working at promotions long before the more recognizable modern ad...

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Happy to see this Brazil-US collaboration in print (open access!). Metajournalistic Discourse in US Coverage of Brazil: Journalistic Roles and Values Related to Threats to Democracy tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Metajournalistic Discourse in US Coverage of Brazil: Journalistic Roles and Values Related to...

The rise of far-right leaders around the world and, consequently, the threats to democratic institutions, journalists, and freedom of press have been an occasion for journalists to question whether...

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We welcome submissions for this theme issue of @AJMediaHistory.
American Journalism@AJMediaHistory23 Oct 2024
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If you or someone you know is interested in working on a doctoral degree in news, journalism, or media with me and my colleagues at Michigan State University, check out our virtual open house.
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I am looking for a new doctoral student to join my research team. Apply or share with your networks. #envirocomm Apply by December 1, 2024 : tinyurl.com/bdfh6xpx Information about the Ph.D. program: tinyurl.com/yu8vx2mf Contact me at [email protected]
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The dates for #FoJ2025 are in. They are 11 and 12 September 2025. Looking forward to seeing all of you again.
Future of Journalism Conference Cardiff@FoJCardiff15 Sep 2023
Show of hands who'll be back for #FoJ2025 😀! Thank you all, for making #FoJ2023 a great success, intellectually stimulating and emotionally invigorating. Come back soon to @CardiffJomec!
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Replying to @djeditorialteam @SayyedFawadAli1 @fukingwa @pyo_jane @ShangyuanWu @PaSchneiders @astaender @EddaHumprecht @esserfrank_
This article by @TPVos and @ryanjthomas83 analyzes metajournalistic discourse to discover how institutional actors position participatory #journalism against the backdrop of technological, economic, and social changes transforming the institution. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

“They’re Making It More Democratic”: The Normative Construction of Participatory Journalism

Based on the framework of discursive institutionalism, this study analyzes metajournalistic discourse about participatory journalism from 2002 through 2021. The focus is on how institutional actors...

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This is an important book and I hope people are paying attention. It's also a preview of what Project 2025 would do, if given the chance.
Mel Bunce@meljbunce1 Aug 2024
Excited & proud that our book is published today! And it couldn't be more timely. We studied what happened to media freedom in the US under Trump, with a deep dive into the Voice of America. We show how this important public broadcaster was 'captured' by the administration...🧵
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J-school professor Danielle K. Brown continues to light the way! She's the first Spartan to receive the ICA's Early Career Scholar Award. Well-deserved for one of #ComArtSci's own 🌟 spr.ly/6016c6ieo #SpartansWill #ICA24
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The fourth county profile from ⁦@MSUjschool⁩ and the ⁦@AmCommPro⁩ in the ⁦@freep⁩ covering the #2024 election - Osceola County can’t afford to ignore politics, presidential election freep.com/story/news/politic…

Working-class Osceola County can’t afford to ignore politics, presidential election

From the local ice cream shop to keeping incomes up, working-class Osceola County is looking at the economy as the 2024 election approaches.

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The third story on covering #2024Michigan in the partnership between the ⁦@AmCommPro⁩, the ⁦@freep⁩ and ⁦the ⁦⁦@MSUjschool⁩ - a look at Graying America in the U.P. Schoolcraft County is tourist hot spot with unique issues freep.com/story/news/politic…

‘Survival mode’: U.P.’s tight-knit Schoolcraft County a tourist hot spot with unique issues

Schoolcraft County's natural beauty and rural setting comes with unique challenges, too.

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Understanding a Michigan Exurb, reporting leading into #2024election from the @AmCommPro and @MSUjschool - freep.com/story/news/politic…

In conservative Livingston County, suburbia and Trump country collide

In conservative Livingston County, voters are feeling both the tug of issues important to rural areas and the edges of suburban life.

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A different approach to covering the #2024Election in Michigan as the @freep partners with the @AmCommPro and the @MSUjschool. freep.com/story/news/politic…

As the 2024 election unfolds in Michigan, the Free Press is focusing on you

A new initiative from the Free Press focuses on eight communities that represent different experiences and opinions as people head to the polls.

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Congratulations to this year’s Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame class of 2024! The six outstanding inductees will be honored in April at the Kellogg Center in East Lansing. See the honorees ➡️ spr.ly/6011nHARH 📍 @MSUjschool @michiganstateu
Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame: Induction of Six Members

ALT Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame: Induction of Six Members

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Here's a new open access article, with coauthor @fhanusch, in which we conceptualize embeddedness as an essential dimension of journalism. academic.oup.com/ct/article/…

Conceptualizing embeddedness as a key dimension for analyzing journalistic cultures

Abstract. The study of journalistic cultures has a long history in communication research. Yet, much scholarship has been criticized for emanating too much

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Thanks to reviewers and to @hwasser and @jhatcher64 for feedback. Thanks to others whose work helped us shape our argument: @suerobinsonUW @THanitzsch @SethCLewis @digitalamysw @nikkiusher @claumellado @Obonyolevi @kevinrkemper
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Also thanks to @kbculver @mj_powers @ProfBobFranklin @Missluck_13 @writerlytone @JockLauterer and to many others, most of which have the good sense to not be on X.
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