David Tewksbury
Contact Information
Office: 205 Communication
Telephone: (217) 244-1602
Email: tewksbur@illinois.edu
Associate Professor;
Associate Head
Bio
Professor Tewksbury teaches classes and conducts research examining the role of the news media in democratic systems. One strand of his research concerns how news media construct the meaning of issues in their reports and how audiences understand and respond to issue frames. Another line of research examines how news audiences select news content in the contemporary media environment. Both strands explore the normative implications of news creation and consumption for the functioning of democratic systems.
Curriculum Vitae
Experience
- Mass communication of political information; Internet-based news distribution; cognitive and affective responses to news messages (e.g., framing and priming); third-person perception and presumed influence; construction of news messages.
Education
- Ph.D., University of Michigan
Selected Publications
Tewksbury, D., Jensen, J., Coe, K. (in press). Video news releases and the public: The impact of source labeling on the perceived credibility of television news. Journal of Communication.
Tewksbury, D., & Scheufele, D. (2009). News framing theory and research. In J. Bryant & M. B. Oliver (Eds.), Media effects: Advances in theory and research (pp. 17-33, 3rd ed.). New York: Routledge.
Tewksbury, D., & Rittenberg, J. (2008). Online news creation and consumption: Implications for modern democracies. In A. Chadwick & P. N. Howard (Eds.), The handbook of Internet politics (pp. 186-200). London: Routledge.
Tewksbury, D., Hals, M. L., & Bibart, A. (2008). The efficacy of news browsing: The relationship of news consumption style to social and political efficacy. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 85, 257-272.
Coe, K., Tewksbury, D., Bond, B., Drogos, K., Porter, R. W., Yahn, A., & Zhang, Y. (2008). Hostile news: Partisan use and perceptions of cable news programming. Journal of Communication, 58, 201-219.