Thomas J. Johnson Amon G. Carter Jr. Centennial Professor School of Journalism University of Texas Austin, TX 78712 TX 79409 I EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy in Communications, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, August 1989.

Master of Science in Journalism and Mass Communications, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, Summer 1985.

Bachelor of Science in Journalism, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, June 1982.*

*Graduated with highest honors.

II PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE August 2010-present Amon G. Carter Jr. Centennial Professor University of Texas at Austin July 2006-present Marshall and Sharleen Formby Regents Professor Texas Tech University August 2001-June 2006 Full Professor. School of Journalism, Southern Illinois University May 2001-June 2006 Director of Graduate Studies, College of Mass Communication and Media Arts, Southern Illinois University January 2001-May 2001 Interim Director of Graduate Studies, College of Mass Communication and Media Arts, Southern Illinois University August 1995-July 2001 Associate Professor. School of Journalism, Southern Illinois University June-July 1999 Sports Copy Desk, Philadelphia Daily News August 1989-August 1995 Assistant Professor. School of Journalism, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. August 1988-July 1989 Instructor. School of Journalism, Southern

Illinois University at Carbondale.

III. TEACHING EXPERIENCE

A. Teaching Interests and Specialties

Internet and Politics History of Journalism Media and Politics Foundations in Mass Communication Theory Studies in Journalism History Historical Research in the Mass Media Writing for Mass Media Reporting and News Writing Mass Media and Society Feature Writing

B. Teaching and Training Grants:

2001 Received fellowship to attend the Poynter Institute seminar on Diversity Across the Curriculum. 2000 $1,000 stipend to attend the Instructional Technology Workshop, University of Illinois 1999 ASNE Institute for Journalism Excellence Fellow, to work as sports copy editor for the Philadelphia Daily News.

1998 Harland H. Mendenhall Teaching Enhancement Award, School of Journalism, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, to attend the Investigative Reporters & Editors and the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting annual convention to increase knowledge about computer-assisted reporting

1996 Harland H. Mendenhall Teaching Enhancement Award, School of

Journalism, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, to attend the Investigative Reporters & Editors and the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting annual convention to learn more about computer-assisted reporting.

1995 Undergraduate Teaching Fellowship, SIUC, to develop the MCMA

203 Critical Thinking Through Media Writing Course.

1994 Attended International Conference on Critical Thinking & Educational Reform, Sonoma State University, a trip funded by the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts.

1994 $1,000 grant from College of Mass Communication and Media Arts to participate in Multimedia Workshop for undergraduate teaching at Southern Illinois University.

1992 Harland H. Mendenhall Teaching Enhancement Award, School of

Journalism, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, to attend the Society of Newspaper Design annual Convention.

3 1989 Fellowship to attend Gannett Teaching Fellows Workshop at University of

Indiana, a nationwide program to help those who teach university reporting courses to become better instructors.

C. Awards and Honors 2010 College of Mass Communications, Outstanding Researcher

2005 College of Mass Communication and Media Arts, Outstanding Scholar 2001 Mass Communication and Media Arts, Scholar of the Year

2001 Journalism Graduate Student Association Graduate Teacher of the Year 2000 Teaching Excellence Award, School of Journalism 1999 Journalism Graduate Student Association Graduate Teacher of the Year IV. RESEARCH

A. Research Interests and Specialties:

Use and credibility of new media technologies Effects of new media technologies Media coverage of presidential elections Political communication history Public opinion Agenda setting

B. Current Research projects: Selective exposure to Internet information, Internet and social capital, use and effects of social network sites self-presentation on MySpace, uses and credibility of war blogs.

C. Research Grants applied for:

2009 U.S.-Japan Foundation 2008 Knight News Challenge

Texas Tech Research Enhancement grant.

2000 National Association of Broadcasters, grants for research in broadcasting.

1992 Faculty Summer Research Fellowship Program, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.

1991 American Antiquarian Society--American Society for Eighteenth Century

Studies Fellowship.

1991 Faculty Summer Research Fellowship Program, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.

1990 Faculty Summer Research Fellowship Program, Southern Illinois

University at Carbondale.

D. Research Grants Received:

2008 Received $1.500 FRIF/FRAF grant with Weiwu Zhang, Trent Seltzer and Coy Callison 2007 Received $5,000 summer fellowship with Shannon Bichard from the StraussInstituteforCivicParticipation 2003 $450 University of Tennessee research grant to conduct Weblog survey.

1994 $250 grant from Southern Illinois University Alumni Association to survey School of Journalism alumni to determine the influence of critical events on journalists attitudes about their profession

1993 Faculty Summer Research Fellowship, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, to study how the media cover the ‘horse race’ during the 1992 Presidential Campaign

PUBLICATIONS

A. Books: Guy G. Golan, Thomas J. Johnson & Wayne Wanta (eds.) (2009). International media communication in the global age. New York: Routledge.

Thomas J. Johnson, Carol E. Hays and Scott P. Hays (Eds.). (1998). Engaging the public: How the government and the media can reinvigorate the American democracy. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

Thomas J. Johnson (1995). The rehabilitation of Richard Nixon: The media’s effect on collect memory. New York: Garland Publishing, 1995.

B. Articles in Professional Journals:

Refereed

Thomas J. Johnson, Barbara K. Kaye, B. & Daekyung Kim. (in press). Creating a Web of Trust and Change: Testing the Gamson Hypothesis on Politically Interested Internet Users. Accepted for publication to Atlantic Journal of Communication, scheduled for January 2011 Thomas J. Johnson, Weiwu Zhang and Shannon L. Bichard. (in press). Voices of convergence or conflict? A path analysis investigation of selective exposure to political websites. Accepted to Social Science Computer Review Thomas J. Johnson & Barbara K. Kaye. (in press). Believing the Blogs of War? How Blog Users Compare on Credibility and Characteristics in 2003 and 2007. Media, War and Conflict. Johnson, T.J., & Fahmy, S. (in press). Who is Winning the Hearts and Minds of the Arab Public?: An examination of how Arab viewers judge the credibility of Al-Jazeera, Al-Arabiya, Al-Hurra and local Arab stations," International Comunication Research Journal. Scheduled Spring 2010. Thomas J. Johnson & Barbara K. Kaye (in press). Choosing is believing: How Web gratifications and reliance affect Internet credibility among politically

interested Internet users. Atlantic Journal of Communication. Scheduled early 2010.

Barbara K. Kaye & Thomas J. Johnson. (in press). Hot diggity blog: A cluster analysis examining motivations and other factors for why people judge different types of blogs as credible. Paper accepted for publication to Mass Communication & Society, scheduled for issue three 2011. Daekyung Kim, Thomas J. Johnson and Barbara K. Kaye (in press). Something ventured, something gained: Examining the moderating influences of blogs on political activity. Accepted to Web Journal of Mass Communication Research.

Weiwu Zhang, Thomas J. Johnson, Trent Seltzer, & Shannon Bichard. (2010). The revolution will be networked: The influence of social networking sites

on political attitudes and behaviors. Social Science Computer Review, 28, 75-92 Thomas J. Johnson & Barbara K. Kaye. (in press). Still cruising and believing? An analysis of online credibility over three presidential campaigns. American

Behavioral Scientist. Scheduled for late 2009. Thomas J. Johnson & Shahira Fahmy.(2010). When blood becomes cheaper

than a bottle of water’: How viewers of Al-Jazeera’s English-language website judge graphic images of conflict. of Media, War & Conflict, 3, 43-66.

Thomas J. Johnson, Shannon L. Bichard & Weiwu Zhang. (2009). Communication communities or ‘cyberghettos’:A path analysis mode examining factors that explain selective exposure to blogs. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 15(1), 60-82. Shahira Fahmy, & Thomas Johnson. (2009). How embedded journalists in Iraq viewed the arrest of Al-Jazeera’s most prominent reporter Taysir Alouni? Media, War & Conflict, 2(1), 45-63. Daekyung Kim, & Thomas J. Johnson. (2009). A shift in media credibility: Comparing Internet and traditional news sources in South Korea. International Communication Gazette, 71, 283-302.

Thomas J. Johnson & Shahira Fahmy. (2009). Embeds’ perceptions of

censorship: Can you criticize a soldier then have breakfast with him the next morning? Mass Communication & Society, 12(1), 52-77.

Thomas J. Johnson & Barbara K. Kaye. (2009). In blog we trust? Deciphering credibility of components of the Internet among politically interested Internet users. Computers & Human Behavior 25(1), 175-182.

Thomas J. Johnson, T & Shahira Fahmy. (2008). The CNN of the Arab World or a shill for terrorists? How support for press freedom and political ideology predict credibility of Al-Jazeera among its audience. Gazette: International Communication Gazette 70, 338-360.

Thomas J. Johnson, Barbara K. Kaye, Shannon L. Bichard & W. Joann Wong. (2007). Every blog has its day: Politically-interested Internet users' perceptions of blog credibility. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 13(1), article 6. Shahira Fahmy & Thomas J. Johnson. (2007). Different positions, different perspectives? How and why embed coverage differed from unilateral coverage of the Iraq War. Newspaper Research Journal, 28(3), 98-114.

Shahira Fahmy & Thomas J. Johnson (2007) Show the Truth and Let the Audience Decide: A Web-based Survey Showing Support for Use of Graphic Imagery Among Viewers of Al-Jazeera’, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 51(2), 245-2

Shahira S. Fahmy & Thomas J. Johnson. (2007). Mediating the Anthrax attacks: Media accuracy and agenda setting during a time of moral panic. Atlantic Journal of Communication, 15(1), 19-40. Daekyung Kim & Thomas J. Johnson, (2006). A Victory of the Internet over Mass Media? Examining the Effects of Online Media on Political Attitudes,” Asian Journal of Communication, 16, 1-18.

Shahira Fahmy, & Thomas J. Johnson,. (2005). ‘How we performed’: Embedded journalists’ attitudes and perceptions toward covering the Iraq War. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, 82, 301-317.

Thomas J. Johnson, & Barbara K. Kaye. (2004). Wag the Blog: How reliance on traditional media and the Internet influence credibility perceptions of Weblogs among blog users. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 81, 622-642.

Thomas J. Johnson & Barbara K. Kaye, (2004). For whom the Web toils: How Internet experience predicts Web reliance and credibility. At/antic Journal of Communication 12(1), 19-45.

Chris Glowaki, Thomas J. Johnson & Kris E. Kranenburg. (2004). Use of political adwatches from 1988-2000. Newspaper Research Journal 25, 40-54. Thomas J. Johnson, Wayne Wanta. and Timothy Boudreau. (2004). Drug peddlers: How four presidents attempted to influence media and public concern on the drug issue. Atlantic Journal of Communication, 12(4), 177-l99

Shahira Fahmy, Scott Fosdick & Thomas J. Johnson. (2004). Is seeing believing?: A survey of magazine professionals’ practices and attitudes toward ethical standards for photographs. Journal of Magazine and New Media Research, 7(1), 1-18.

Barbara K. Kaye & Thomas J. Johnson. (2004). A Web for all reasons: Uses and gratifications of Internet components for political information. Telematics and Informatics, 26, 197-223.

Thomas J. Johnson & Barbara K. Kaye. (2003). Boost or bust for democracy? How the Internet influences political attitudes and behaviors. Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, 8(3), 9-34.

Thomas J. Johnson & Barbara K. Kaye. (2003). Around the World Wide Web in 80 ways: How motives for going online are linked to Internet activities among politically interested Internet users. Social Science Computer Review, 21, 304- 325.

Thomas J. Johnson & James D. Kelly. (2003). Have new media editors abandoned the old media ideals?: The journalistic values of online newspaper editors. New Jersey Journal of Communication, 11, 115-134. Barbara K. Kaye & Thomas J. Johnson. (2003). From here to obscurity?: Media

substitution theory and traditional media in an n-line world. Journal Of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 54(3), 260- 273. Thomas J. Johnson & Barbara K. Kaye, (2002). Webelievability: A path model

examining how convenience and reliance predict online credibility. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 79, 619-642.

Barbara K. Kaye & Thomas J. Johnson (2002). Online and in the know: Uses and gratifications of the Web for political information, Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 46 (March 2002): 54-71.

Thomas J. Johnson, Mahmoud Brairna & Jayanthi Sothirajah (2001). The press and the not-so-mean streets: The Relative Influence of the Media on Public Knowledge of Crime Rates,” New Jersey Journal of Communication, 9(2), 182-202.

Thomas J. Johnson & Barbara K. Kaye. (2000). Using is believing: The influence of reliance on the credibility of online political information among politically interested Internet users. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 77, 865-879.

Thomas J. Johnson, Mahmoud A.M. Braina & Jayanthi Sothirajah. (2000). Measure for measure: The relationship between different broadcast types, formats and measures and political behaviors and cognitions. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 44, 43-61.

Thomas J. Johnson, Mahmoud A.M. Brairna & Jayanthi Sothirajah. (1999). Doing the traditional media sidestep: Comparing the effects of the Internet and other ‘new media’ with traditional media use in the 1996 presidential campaign. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 76, 99-123.

Barbara K. Kaye & Thomas J. Johnson. (1999). Taming the cyber frontier: Techniques for on line surveys. Social Science Computer Review, 17, 323-337.

Thomas J. Johnson & Barbara K. Kaye. (1998). Cruising is believing? Comparing Internet and traditional sources on media credibility measures. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 75, 325-340.

Thomas J. Johnson & Wayne Wanta with Timothy Boudreau, Janet Blank Libra, Killian Schaffer and Sally Turner. (1996). Influence peddlers: A path analysis model of agenda-building during Richard Nixon’s war on drugs. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly 72, 181-194.

Thomas J. Johnson & Timothy Boudreau with Chris Glowaki. (1996). Turning the spotlight inward: How five leading news organizations covered the media in the 1992 presidential election. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly 73, 657-671.

Thomas J. Johnson & Wayne Wanta with John T. Byrd and Cindy Lee. (1995). Exploring FDR’s relationship with the press: A historical agenda-setting study. Political Communication 12, 157-172.

Wayne Wanta & Thomas J. Johnson. (1994). The effects of competition on content changes of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch during different market situations. The Journal of Media Economics 7, 13-28.

Thomas J. Johnson & Wayne Wanta, (1993). Newspaper competition and message diversity in an urban Market. Mass Comm Review, 20, 136- 147. Thomas J. Johnson. (1993). The Seven Dwarfs and other tales: How the networks and select Newspapers covered the 1988 Democratic primaries. Journalism Quarter/v 70, 311-321. Thomas J. Johnson (1993). Filling out the racing form: How the media covered the horse race in the 1988 primaries. Journalism Quarterly 70, 300-310.

Thomas J. Johnson, (1993). Exploring media credibility: How media and monmedia personnel judged media performance in Iran/Contra. Journalism Quarterly 70, 87-97.

Non-refereed

Thomas J. Johnson. (2005). Myths surround ARPANET origins. in Wm. David Sloan, The Media in America. Northport, AL: Vision Press.

Thomas J. Johnson (1999). Spiro Agnew and the media. in Margaret A.

Blanchard, Ed., History of the mass media in the United States: An Encyclopedia. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers,.

Thomas J. Johnson & James D. Kelly. (1995). Examining the media’s effect on collective memory. Political Communication Report 6, 5.

Kurt Lang & Gladys Engel Lang with Thomas J. Johnson and Peggy E. Roberts. (1989). Collective memory and the news. Communication 11, 123-139.

C. Chapters in Professional Books:

Book Chapters

Barbara K. Kaye, Thomas J. Johnson and Peter Muhlberger. (in press). I can speak freely now: Blogs as a source of democratic deliberation. Accepted to Blogging the global society: Cultural, political and geographical aspects. Thomas J. Johnson, Shannon. L. Bichard and Weiwu Zhang. (In press). Revived and Refreshed: Selective Exposure to Blogs and Political Web Sites for Political Information. Accepted for Networked sociability and individualism: Technology for personal and professional relationships

Kaye, B. K & Johnson, T. J. Net Gain? Selective Exposure and Selective Avoidance on Online Political Information. Accepted as a chapter to Networked sociability and individualism: Technology for personal and professional relationships

Thomas J. Johnson, Shannon L. Bichard. (in press). Shut up and listen: The influence of selective exposure to blogs on political tolerance. Frank Columbus (Ed.), Blogs and blogging: Types, impact and future directions. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Scheduled for 2010. Thomas J. Johnson, Weiwu Zhang, Shannon L. Bichard and Trent Seltzer (2010). United we stand? Online social network sites and civic engagement. to Zizi Papacharissi, Networked self: Identity, community, and culture on social network sites. New York: Routledge.

Thomas J. Johnson. & Shahira Fahmy. (2009). See no evil, hear no evil, judge as evil? Examining whether Al-Jazeera English-language website users transfer credibility to its satellite network. In Guy Golan, Thomas J. Johnson and

Wayne Wanta (Eds.), International media communication in a global age. Philadelphia: Routledge/ Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Guy Golan, Thomas J. Johnson & Wayne Wanta. (2009). International

communication in a global age. In Guy Golan, Thomas J. Johnson and Wayne Wanta (Eds.), International media communication in a global age.

Philadelphia: Routledge/ Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Thomas J. Johnson & Barbara K. Kaye, (2007). Blogs of war: Reliance on weblogs for information about the Iraqi War. In Mark Tremayne (ed.).

Blogging, citizenship, and the future of media. (pp, 165-184). New York: Routledge.

Shahira Fahmy & Thomas Johnson. (2007). The caged bird sings: How reliance on Al-Jazeera TV predicts views regarding freedom of the press in the Arab world.” In Philip Seib, (Eds.) New media and the new Middle East. . (pp. 81-100). Palgrave Macmillan.

Barbara K. Kaye & Thomas J. Johnson. (2006). The age of reasons: Motives for using different components of the Internet for political information. In Robert E. Denton and John Tedesco (eds.), The Internet election: Perspectives on Web in campaign 2004 (pp 147-167). Landham, MD: Roman & Littlefield.

Thomas J. Johnson & Barbara K. Kaye. (2006). Blog day afternoon: Are blogs stealing audiences away from traditional media sources. In Ralph Berenger (ed.), Cybermedia go to war, (pp. 316-333). Spokane, WA: Marquette Books.

Thomas J. Johnson. (2004). The rehabilitation of Richard Nixon. In Harry P. Jeffrey and Thomas Maxwell-Long eds, Watergate and the resignation of Richard Nixon: Impact of a constitutional crisis. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press.

Barbara K. Kaye & Thomas J. Johnson. (2004). Weblogs as a source of information about the War on Iraq. In Ralph Berenger, (ed.) Global media goes to war (pp. 291-301). Spokane, WA: Marquette Books,. Thomas J. Johnson & Barbara K. Kaye. (2002). I heard it through the Internet: Factors that determine online credibility among politically interested Internet users,” In Anthony V. Stavros ed., Advances in Communications and Media Research (pp. 181-202). New York: Nova Science Publishers.

Thomas J. Johnson & Barbara K. Kaye. (2000). Democracy’s rebirth or demise? The influence of the Internet on political attitudes. In David Schultz (Ed.), It’s showtime! Media, politics, popular culture. (pp. 209-228). Baltimore, MD: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc.

Thomas J. Johnson & Barbara K. Kaye. (1998). A vehicle for engagement or a haven for the disaffected? Internet use, political alienation and voter participation. In Thomas J. Johnson, Carol E. Hays and Scott P. Hays (Eds.), Engaging the public: How the government and the media can reinvigorate the American democracy (pp. 123-135). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

Thomas J. Johnson, Carol E. Hays & Scott P. Hays. (1998). Engaging the public: conclusions and implications. In Thomas J. Johnson, Carol E. Hays and Scott P. Hays (Eds.), Engaging the public: How the government and the media can reinvigorate the American democracy. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

Kurt Lang & Gladys Engel Lang with Thomas J. Johnson and Peggy E. Roberts. (1990). Collective memory and the news. In Sidney Kraus, (ed.), Mass communication and political information processing (pp. 19-35). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1990. (Reprint of Communication article).

D. Book Reviews:

Pamela J. Shoemaker and Tim P. Vos, Gatekeeping theory New York: Routledge. 2009. Reviewed for Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, 2009. Richard Jackson. A Cognitive Psychology of Mass Communication.5th Ed. New York: Routledge. 2009. Reviewed for Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, 2009

Michael A. Genovese and Matthew J. Streb. Polls and politics: The Dilemmas of Democracy. (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2004). Michael W. Traugott and Paul J. Lavrakas. The voter’s guide to election polls. 3d ed. (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc. 2004), Reviewed for Public Opinion Quarterly, 2005

Alan Schroeder, Presidential debates: Forty years of high-risk T. V Reviewed for Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, 2002

Jeannette Walls, (2001). Dish: How gossip became the news and then news became just Another Show (New York: Perennial) for Journalism Studies.

Paul J. Lavrakas et al. (1995). Presidential polls and the news media. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. Reviewed for Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly.

E. Papers and Presentations at Professional Meetings:

Refereed Thomas J. Johnson and Barbara K. Kaye. (2010, August). Putting out fire with gasoline: Gamson hypothesis, political information and political activity. Presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication annual conference, Denver, CO.

Kris Boyle and Tom Johnson. (2010, August). Showing off MySpace: Examining the effects of sociability on self-presentation of MySpace users. Presented to AEJMC, Denver, CO. Thomas J. Johnson and Barbara K. Kaye. (2009, November). The dark side of the boon?: Credibility, selective exposure and the proliferation of online sources of political information. Paper presented to the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago. Weiwu Zhang & Thomas J. Johnson (2009, November). All together now or all alone together?: Testing the dual effects of the Internet on political processes. Paper presented to the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago. Thomas J. Johnson & Shahira Fahmy. (2009, September). ‘When blood becomes cheaper than a bottle of water’: How viewers of the English version of Al-Jazeera Website judge graphic images of conflict. Paper accepted to the World Association of Public Opinion Researchers, Lausanne, Switzerland. Thomas J. Johnson & Barbara Kaye (2009, August). Facebook. MySpace. two-faced?: Credibility of social network sites for political information. Accepted to the Communication Technology Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Boston. Barbara K. Kaye & Thomas J. Johnson. (2009, August). Hot diggity blog: A cluster analysis examining motivations and other factors for why people judge different types of blogs as credible. Accepted to the Communication Technology Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Boston.

Weiwu Zhang, Thomas J. Johnson, Shannon L. Bichard & Harsha Gangadharbatla. (2009, June). The seclusion illusion: The influence of selective exposure to political Web sites and blogs on political attitudes and behavior. Paper presented to the Asian Media Information & Communication Center Annual Conference. Thomas J. Johnson, Shannon L Bichard, Weiwu Zhang, & Trent Seltzer. (2008, November). Shut up and listen: The influence of selective exposure to blogs and political websites on political tolerance. Paper presented to the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago

Weiwu Zhang, Thomas Johnson, Trent Seltzer, & Shannon Bichard. (2008, November). The revolution will be networked: The influence of social network sites on political attitudes and behaviors. Paper presented to the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago, IL.

Thomas J. Johnson, Weiwu Zhang, & Shannon L. Bichard. (2008, October). Communication communities or “ghettos?”: A path analysis model examining factors that explain selective exposure to blogs. Paper presented to the International Organization of Internet Researchers, Copenhagen, Den.

Thomas J. Johnson, Weiwu Zhang, & Shannon L. Bichard. (2008, August). Voices of convergence or conflict?: A path analysis investigation of selective exposure to political websites. Presented to the Communication Theory & Methodology Division, AEJMC, Chicago, IL.

Kris Boyle & Thomas, J. Johnson. (2008, August). MySpace is your space?: Examining self-presentation of MySpace users. Presented to the Communication Technology division, AEJMC, Chicago, IL.

Thomas J. Johnson, Shannon L. Bichard, & Weiwu Zhang. (2008, May). Revived and refreshed: Selective exposure to blogs and political Websites. Paper presented

to the International Communication Association, Montreal.

Daekyung Kim & Thomas J. Johnson, (2008, April). Political blog readers: Predictors of motivations for accessing political blogs. First Place, Debut Division. Presented to the Communication Technology division of the Broadcast Education Association, Las Vegas.

Thomas J. Johnson and Barbara K. Kaye. (2007, November). Still cruising and believing? An analysis of online credibility over three presidential campaigns. presented at Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago, IL.

Thomas J. Johnson & Shahira Fahmy (2007, November). Who is winning the hearts and minds of the Arab public?: An examination of how Arab viewers judge the credibility of Al-Jazeera, Al-Arabiya, Al-Hurra and local Arab stations. Presented to MAPOR, Chicago, IL

Thomas J. Johnson & Barbara K. Kaye. (2007, August). Choosing is believing? How Web gratifications and reliance affect Internet credibility among politically interested users. Presented to the Communication Technology Division of

AEJMC, Washington D.C., August 2007. Thomas J. Johnson & Shahira Fahmy,. (2007, August). When ‘good’ conflicts go bad: Testing a hierarchy-of-influences model on embeds’ attitudes toward

censorship in the Iraq War. Paper presented to the of AEJMC, Washington D.C., August 2007.

Shahira Fahmy, Thomas J. Johnson Juyan Zhang & Wayne Wanta. (2007, August). The path to war: A second-level agenda-building analysis examining the relationship among the media, the public & the president. Paper presented to the Communication Theory and Methodology Division of AEJMC.

Shahira Fahmy & Thomas J Johnson (2007, August). On second thought: A re-assessment of how embeds say they performed in the Iraq War. Paper presented to AEJMC, Washington D.C.

Daekyung Kim, Hyunwoo Kim & Tom Johnson. (2007, August). Third-person perception of online political communication and government censorship. Paper presented to the International Communication Division of AEJMC, Washington D.C., August 2007

Barbara K. Kaye & Thomas J. Johnson. (2007, June). The blogosphere: Can it become a Habermasian public sphere? Presented to International Association for Media and Communication Research. Paris, France.

Thomas J. Johnson, Barbara K. Kaye, Shannon L. Bichard & W. Joann Wong. (2007, May). Every blog has its day: Politically interested Internet users’ perceptions of blog credibility. Presented to the International Communication Association, San Francisco, CA.

Thomas J. Johnson & Barbara K. Kaye. (2007, May). It's all Greek to me: Deciphering credibility of components of the Internet among politically interested Internet users. International Conference on Media Athens, Greece,

Shahira Fahmy, Mohammed Al-Emad & Thomas J. Johnson. (2007, April). One War, Two Web sites?: Examining news sources used in framing the Iraq War in English- and Arabic-language Al-Jazeera Web sites.” Paper presented to the Media, War, and Conflict conference. Milwaukee, WI.

Shahira Fahmy & Thomas Johnson. (2006, November). The caged bird sings: How reliance on Al-Jazeera TV predicts views regarding freedom of the press in the Arab World. Paper presented to the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Researchers, Chicago, IL. Thomas J. Johnson, Barbara K. Kaye, & Daekyung Kim. (2006, August). Creating a Web of trust and change: Testing the Gamson Hypothesis on politically interested

Internet users. Paper presented to the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Daekyung Kim & Thomas J. Johnson. (2006, August). Abandoning traditional media?: Factors influencing the time displacement effects of online news. Paper presented to the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.

Daekyung Kim, Thomas J. Johnson & Barbara K. Kaye. (2006, August). Something ventured, something gained: Moderating impact of blogs on political activity. Paper presented to the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.

Thomas J. Johnson & Shahira Fahmy. (2006, June). See no evil, hear no evil, judge as evil?: Examining the degree to which users of Al-Jazeera English-language Website transfer credibility views to its satellite network counterpart. Paper presented to the International Communication Association, Dresden, Germany.

Shahira Fahmy & Thomas Johnson. (2005, August). Show the truth and let Al Jazeera ‘s audience decide: Support for use of graphic imagery among Al-Jazeera viewers. Presented to AEJMC, San Antonio, TX.

Thomas J. Johnson & Shahira Fahmy. (2005, May). The CNN of the Arab world or a shill for terrorists? How support for press freedom and political ideology predict credibility of Al-Jazeera among its audience. Presented to the International Communication Association, New York.

Daekyung Kim & Thomas J. Johnson. (2005, May). Media credibility: Comparing Internet and traditional news sources in South Korea. Presented to the International Communication Association, New York, May 2005. Thomas J. Johnson & Barbara K. Kaye. (2004, November). How motives for going online for sports information are linked to Internet activities. Presented to the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago, IL.

Thomas J. Johnson & Barbara K. Kaye. (2004, August). The blogs of war: Reliance on Weblogs for information about the Iraqi War. Presented to the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications, Toronto, CAN.

Shahira Fahmy and Thomas J. Johnson. (2004, August). How we performed: Embedded journalists’ Attitudes and perceptions toward covering the Iraqi War. Presented to the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications. Toronto, CAN

Shahira Fahmy Scott Fosdick and Thomas Jerrold Johnson. (2004, May). A survey of magazine professionals’ practices and attitudes toward ethical standards for photographs. Presented to the International Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.

Thomas J. Johnson & Barbara K. Kaye. (2003, November). Blog day afternoon: Weblogs as a source of information about the war on Iraq. Paper presented to MAPOR, Chicago, IL.

Kristine Kranenburg, Thomas J. Johnson, & Barbara K. Kaye. (2003, November). Nothing but net: A survey of online buying among sports enthusiasts. Paper presented to MAPOR, Chicago, IL.

Thomas J. Johnson & Barbara K. Kaye. (2003, October). Blog day afternoon: Weblogs as a source of information about the War on Iraq. Paper presented to Global Fusion, Austin, TX.

Thomas J. Johnson & Barbara K. Kaye. (2003, August ). The World Wide Web of sports: A path model examining how online gratifications and reliance predict credibility of online sports information. Paper presented to the Communication Theory and Methodology Division of AEJMC, Kansas City, MO.

Chris Glowaki, Thomas J. Johnson & Kristine E. Kranenburg. (2003, August). Policing the Political Spinners: Analysis of newspaper coverage of political adwatches from 1988-2000. Paper presented to the Newspaper Division of

AEJMC, Kansas City, MO

Chris Glowaki, Kristine E. Kranenburg & Thomas J. Johnson (2003, May). The watchdog concept: Analysis of newspaper coverage of political advertising on television from 1988-2000. Paper presented to ICA. Thomas J. Johnson & Barbara K. Kaye, (2002l, November). Building a Web of trust: Testing the Gamson Hypothesis on politically interested Internet users. presented to MAPOR, November 2002,

Thomas J. Johnson & Barbara K. Kaye,. (2002, November). Around the World Wide Web in 80 ways: How motives for going online are linked to Internet activities among politically interested Internet users. Paper presented to MAPOR, Chicago, IL.

Barbara K. Kaye & Thomas J. Johnson. (2002, April). From here to obscurity: Media substitution theory and traditional media in an online world. Paper presented at the Broadcast Educators Association annual convention, Las Vegas, NV.

Thomas J. Johnson & James D. Kelly. (2001, November). Negotiating the quagmire: How ethics of online editors are shaped by news values and other factors. Paper presented to the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago, IL.

Thomas J. Johnson & Barbara K. Kaye, (2001, November). For whom the Web toils: How Internet experience predicts Web reliance and credibility. Paper presented to the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago, IL.

Thomas J. Johnson & Barbara K. Kaye. (2001, October). A boom or bust for democracy?: How the Internet influences political attitudes and behaviors. Paper presented to the Global Fusion annual convention, St. Louis, MO. Thomas J. Johnson & Barbara K. Kaye (2001, August). Cyber house rules: A path model examining how convenience and reliance on the Web predict online credibility. Paper presented to the AEJMC annual convention.

Barbara K. Kaye & Thomas J. Johnson. (2001, August). A Web for all reasons: uses and gratifications of Internet resources for political information. Paper presented to the AEJMC annual convention.

Thomas J. Johnson, Wayne Wanta & Timothy Boudreau. (2001, May). Drug Peddlers: How four presidents attempted to influence media and public concern on the drug issue. Paper presented to the ICA annual Convention, May 2001.

Thomas J. Johnson, Kimberly Bissell & James D. Kelly. (2000, November). Reports of Bob Hope’s death have been greatly exaggerated: Journalistic Values of online newspaper editors. Paper presented to the MAPOR annual convention, Chicago, IL.

Thomas J. Johnson & Marilyn Roberts. (2000, November). Living in Nixon’s shadow: Factors influencing public opinion about the Watergate and Lewinsky affairs. Paper presented to the MAPOR annual convention. Chicago, IL.

Masoud Abduirahim and Thomas J. Johnson. (2000, November). Online and in the know in the Persian Gulf region: Uses and gratifications of the Web for political information. Paper presented to the Arab-U.S. Association for Communication Educators annual convention.

Thomas J. Johnson & Masoud Abdulrahim. (2000, October). Cruising is believing in the Persian Gulf region? Comparing Internet and traditional sources on media credibility measures. Paper presented to the Global Fusion Conference, St. Louis, MO.

Marilyn Roberts & Thomas J. Johnson, (2000, August). Perceptions of media fairness: Implications for the Nixon and Clinton legacies. Paper presented to the AEJMC Annual convention, Phoenix, AZ.

Barbara K. Kaye & Thomas J. Johnson (2000, August). From here to obscurity: media substitution theory and the Internet. Paper presented to the AEJMC national convention, Phoenix, AZ.

Anucha Thirakanont & Thomas Johnson. (2000, August). Factors affecting

Internet adoption by Thai journalists: A diffusion of innovation study. Paper presented to the AEJMC annual convention, Phoenix, AZ. Mahmoud, A.M. Braima, Thomas J. Johnson, & Jayanthi Sothirajah. (2000, August). An effect model of political news and political advertising: The 1996 presidential election. Paper presented to the AEJMC annual convention, Phoenix, AZ. Thomas J. Johnson & Wayne Wanta with Timothy Boudreau. (1999, November). Confessions from drug-hype junkies: A Comparison of media priming effects on general and issue-specific evaluations of George Bush during his war on drugs. Paper presented to the MAPOR annual convention, Chicago, IL.

Hyo-Seong Lee & Thomas J. Johnson. (1999, November). Mass media and political socialization of young Korean immigrants to the dominant society. Paper presented to the MAPOR annual convention, Chicago, IL.

Barbara K. Kaye & Thomas J. Johnson. (1999, November). A tangled Web: The internet’s influence on political attitudes. Paper presented to the National Communication Association annual convention, Chicago, IL.

Thomas J. Johnson & Barbara K. Kaye. (1999, August). Using is believing: The influence of reliance on the credibility of online political information. Paper presented to the Mass Communication and Society Division of the AEJMC annual convention,.

Mahmoud AM. Braima, Thomas J. Johnson & Jayanthi Sothirajah (1999, August). An efficacy model of electoral campaigns: The 1996 presidential Ejection. Paper presented to the Theory and Methodology Division of the AEJMC annual convention,.

Thomas J. Johnson & Wayne Wanta with Tim Boudreau, Anucha Thirakanont and Elsa Ibroscheva. (1999, May). Nixon and the war on drugs: A comparison of agenda-setting and priming models. Paper presented at the ICA annual convention. Rey G. Rosales & Thomas J. Johnson, (1999, March). How the New York Times

helped depose a dictator: A content analysis of the framing of the 1986 Philippine presidential election. Paper presented to the AEJMC Southeast Colloquium.

Mahmoud A.M. Braima, Thomas J. Johnson & Jayanthi Sothirajah, (1998, August). Perceptions of crime and protective behaviors: The role of the news media. Paper presented to the AEJMC annual convention, Baltimore, MD. Thomas J. Johnson, Mahmoud A. Braima & Jayanthi Sothirajah. (1998, November). Uses and gratifications of nontraditional media in the 1996 presidential election. Paper presented to the MAPOR annual convention, Chicago, IL.

Thomas J. Johnson & Marilyn Roberts. (1998, November). Death is no excuse; Nixon in 2000: Public images of Nixon 25 years After Watergate. Paper presented to the MAPOR annual convention, Chicago, IL.

Barbara K. Kaye & Thomas J. Johnson. (1998, November). Online and in the know: Uses and gratifications of the Web for political information. Paper presented to the MAPOR annual convention, Chicago, IL.

Thomas J. Johnson, Mahmoud A.M. Braima & Jayanthi Sothirajah. (1997, November). Measure for measure: The relationship between different broadcast types, formats and measures and political attitudes. Paper presented to the MAPOR annual convention, Chicago, IL

Barbara K. Kaye & Thomas J. Johnson (1997, November). Taming the Cyber frontier: Techniques for on line surveys. Paper presented to the MAPOR annual convention, Chicago, IL.

Thomas J. Johnson & Barbara K. Kaye. (1997, August). Trusting the media and ‘Jo From Dubuque’ online: Comparing Internet and traditional sources on media credibility measures. Presented to the AEJMC annual convention, Chicago, IL.

Thomas J. Johnson & Mahmoud A.M. Braima,. (1996, November). A comparison of the effects of ‘new’ and traditional media use on political knowledge and on images of Clinton and Dole. Paper presented to the MAPOR annual convention, Chicago, IL.

Mahmoud A.M. Braima & Thomas J. Johnson. (1996, November). Issues, candidate images and voter probability. Paper presented to the MAPOR annual convention, Chicago, IL.

Thomas J. Johnson, Jayanthi Sothirajah & Mahmoud A.M. Braima. (1996, August). The press and the not-so-mean streets: The relative influence of the media on public knowledge of crime rates. Paper presented to the Mass Communication & Society Division of the AEJMC annual convention, Anaheim, CA.

Mahmoud A.M. Braima, Jayanthi Sothirajah & Thomas Johnson. (1996, August). Comparative assessment of the effects of exposure to media reports and political ads on voter learning and voting intention. Top Three Faculty Paper. Paper presented to AEJMC annual convention, Anaheim, CA.

Timothy Boudreau & Thomas J, Johnson with Chris Glowaki. (1996, May). Handicapping the players: The front-runner effect in the 1992 presidential campaign. Paper presented to the Broadcast Educators Association annual convention, Las Vegas, NV. Thomas J. Johnson with Timothy Boudreau and Chris Glowaki. (1995, November). The relationship between favorability of coverage and candidate favorability polls during the 1992 presidential election. Paper presented to the MAPOR annual convention, Chicago, IL. John Williams, Thomas J. Johnson & Mahmoud Braima (1995, November). Exploring media credibility: How the public and journalists disagree on professional ethics, freedom of the press and role of the press in our democracy. Paper presented to the MAPOR annual convention, Chicago, IL..

Thomas J. Johnson & Timothy Boudreau with Christopher Glowaki. (1995, August). Turning the spotlight inward: How leading newspapers covered the media in the 1992 presidential election. Paper presented to the AEJMC annual convention, Washington, D.C.

Thomas J. Johnson with Chris Glowaki and Timothy Boudreau. (1995, May). Affection or vivisection? How leading news organizations covered the front runner in the 1992 democratic primaries. Paper presented to the ICA annual convention. Thomas J. Johnson & James D. Kelly. (1994, November). The influence of critically important historical events on journalists and public opinion. Paper presented to the MAPOR annual convention, Chicago, IL.

Thomas J. Johnson. (1994, October). The influence of the coming of television on newspaper coverage of presidential elections. Paper presented to the American Journalism Historians Association annual convention. Thomas J. Johnson & Wayne Wanta with Timothy Boudreau, Janet Blank-Libra, Killian Schaffer and Sally Turner. (1994, August). Influence peddlers: A path analysis model of agenda-building during Richard Nixon’s war on Drugs. Paper presented to the AEJMC annual convention, Atlanta, GA.

James Henry & Thomas J. Johnson (1994, April). Covering the Puzzlewit, the Demagogue and the Egghead: Agenda-setting During the 1912

presidential campaign. Paper presented to the Midwest Journalism Historians Association annual convention. Thomas J. Johnson & Wayne Wanta (1994, March). FDR and the ‘Tory press’: A historical agenda-setting study. Paper presented to the AEJMC Southeast

Colloquium. Thomas J. Johnson. (1993, November). Classroom seat or newsroom beat?: The relative influence of classroom training and work experience on journalists’ attitudes about their profession. Paper presented to the MAPOR annual convention, Chicago, IL. Thomas J. Johnson & James Kelly. (1993, October). The influence of critical

historical events on journalists’ attitudes about their profession. Paper presented to the American Journalism Historians’ Association annual convention, Salt Lake City, UT.

Thomas J. Johnson & Joe Foote. (1993, August). Moving to the front of the bus?: Network coverage of the invisible primaries during the 1988 and 1992 elections. Paper presented to the Radio-Television News Division of the AEJMC annual convention, Kansas City. MO. Thomas J. Johnson & Joe Foote (1993, May). The mating dance of the presidential candidates: The prestige press as the ‘Great Mentioner’ in the 1992 presidential election. Paper presented to the Mass Communications Division of the ICA annual convention.

Thomas J. Johnson. (1992, November). The press and the public opinion poll: Which is the horse and which is the jockey in the presidential horse race? Paper presented to the MAPOR annual convention, Chicago, IL.

Trumier Camphor & Thomas J. Johnson. (1992, October). An examination of polio and AIDS in The New York Times. Paper presented to the A.JHA annual convention.

Thomas J. Johnson & Wayne Wanta. (1992, August). Newspaper competition and message diversity in an urban market. Paper presented to the Media Management and Economics Division of the AEJMC annual convention, Montreal, CN.

Thomas J. Johnson (1992, August). The journalist as historian: The relative influence of the press on images of the past. Paper presented to the Mass Communications Division of the ICA annual convention, Miami, FL.

Thomas J. Johnson with James Henry, Fernando Feliu-Moggi, Maylaine Tabasa and John Williams. (1991, October). Shades of opinion about the partisan

press: Examining issue coverage of the 1800 Election. Paper presented at the AJHA annual convention, Philadelphia, PA.

Wayne Wanta, Thomas J. Johnson & John Williams. (1990, August). The effects of competition on the contents of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Paper presented to the Mass Communication and Society Division of the AEJMC annual convention,

Minneapolis, MN. Thomas J. Johnson. (1990, November). Why people use the media during the Pre- Primary Stage of Presidential Elections. MAPOR annual convention, Chicago, November 1990.

Wayne Wanta, Thomas J. Johnson & John Williams. (1990, August). The effects of competition on the contents of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Paper presented to the Mass Communication and Society Division of the AEJMC annual convention. Minneapolis, MN. Thomas S. Johnson,. (1989, November). Critical events: The missing link in generational research. Paper presented to the MAPOR annual convention, Chicago, IL.

Thomas S. Johnson,. (1989, November). Critical events: The missing link in generational research. Paper presented to the MAPOR annual convention, Chicago, IL.

Thomas J. Johnson. (1987, May). The front runner effect in the 1984 Democratic primaries. Paper presented to the ICA annual convention, Montreal, CN. Thomas J. Johnson. (1987, August). Media use behavior of political activists and political elites. Paper presented to the Theory and Methodology Division of the AEJMC Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX. Thomas J. Johnson. (1991, August). The Seven Dwarfs and other tales: How the

press covered the 1988 Democratic primaries without a front-runner. Paper resented to the Mass Communication and Society Division of the AEJMC annual

convention, Boston, MA. Thomas J. Johnson. (1987, May). The front runner effect in the 1984 Democratic primaries. Paper presented to the ICA annual convention, Montreal, CN. Thomas J. Johnson. (1997, August). Media use behavior of political activists and political elites. Paper presented to the Theory and Methodology Division of the AEJMC Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX.

E. Panel Presentations:

Thomas J. Johnson, Weiwu Zhang, Shannon L. Bichard & Trent Seltzer (2009, May). United we stand? Online social network sites and civic engagement. Paper presented to the Networked Self: Identity, Community, and Culture on Social Network Sites conference. Chicago, IL.

Thomas J. Johnson, (2008, November). Methodological problems conducting online surveys during the 1996 through 2008 presidential elections. Paper presented the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago, IL. Thomas J. Johnson. (2008, August). Social network sites and YouTube in the 2008 presidential primaries. Paper presented to the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Chicago, IL. Thomas J. Johnson. (2006, August). Harnessing the active audience: The challenge for journalism, Paper presented to the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication, San Francisco, CA. Thomas J. Johnson. (2005, May). Do blogs bite the hand that feeds them? Bloggers and their ethos toward traditional media. International Communication Association, New York, NY. Thomas J. Johnson. (2004, October). Blog day afternoon: Are blogs stealing the audience away from traditional media sources? Global Fusion, St. Louis, MO. Thomas J. Johnson (2001, April). The role of the Internet in the 2000 presidential election. Broadcast Educators Association, Las Vegas, NV. Thomas J. Johnson and Barbara K. Kaye. (2000, December). Party of one? Cyberr politics and the American political process. Bulen Symposium on American Politics, Indianapolis, IN. Thomas J. Johnson. (2000, August). Imaginary dead baseball players live in my cornfield: Helping students determine credibility of information in doing online research. A panel on Teaching Research Using the Internet, AEJMC national convention, Phoenix, AZ.

V. SERVICE

A. Professional Service Editorial Board, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly Editorial Board, Journal of Communication Editorial Board, American Journalism Editorial Board, Atlantic Journal of Communication Editorial Board, Studies In Media & Information Literacy Education