Dr. Conway’s Research Featured in Media Report

Cal Poly Communication Studies faculty member, Dr. Bethany A. Conway-Silva recently had her research featured in a media report by the Journalist’s Resource, a publication of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy.  The article focuses on her 2018 publication in Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, which examined the 2014 midterm elections.

According to the review:

"What Conway-Silva found was concerning, she said in an interview with Journalist’s Resource: Journalists often included academic scholars, researchers and political strategists in stories about candidates’ efforts to win their elections. But they were much less likely to include such experts in stories that offer substantive information about public policy issues or problems facing local constituents."

For more information regarding the full article review and her original research, visit the following links below. 

https://journalistsresource.org/studies/politics/elections/academic-experts-election-game-frame/ 

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1077699018803083

Research Citation: Conway-Silva, Bethany Anne. “Exploring the Networks of News Production: Frame Building and Source Use During the 2014 U.S. Midterm Elections,” Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, October 2018. DOI: 10.1177/1077699018803083.