Dr. Brian Massey, Assistant Professor
Education/Degrees:
Ph.D., Florida State University, 1997
Master's, University of West Florida, 1988
Bachelor's, University of West Florida, 1980
Research Topics (Areas of Interest):
Online, print and international journalism
Research Publications:
2007. (In press.) Massey, B.L., and Ewart, J. Satisfaction of Australian newspaper journalists during organizational change. International Journal of Communication.
2006. Ewart, J., and Massey, B.L. Exploring factors that contribute to the use of ordinary people as news sources. Australian Journalism Review 28 (July): 103-124.
2005. Massey, B.L., and Luo, Wei. Chinese newspapers and market theories of Web Journalism. Gazette 67 (August): 359-371.
2005. Ewart, J., and Massey, B.L. “Local (people) mean the world to us”: Australia’s regional newspapers and the “closer to readers” assumption. Media International Australia 115 (May): 94-108.
2004. Massey, B.L. Examination of 38 Web newspapers shows nonlinear storytelling rare. Newspaper Research Journal 25 (summer): 96-102.
2003. Zhao, W., Massey, B.L., Murphy, J., & Fang, L. Cultural dimensions of website design and content. Prometheus 21 (1): 75-84.
2002. Levy, M.R., & Massey, B.L. Asian online newspapers and the challenge to professionalism, personal and political boundaries. In J.M Chan and B.T. McIntyre (Eds.) In Search of Boundaries: Communication, Nation-States and Cultural Identities (pp. 95-107). Westport, CT: Ablex.
2002. Massey, B.L., & Chang, A. Locating Asian values in Asian journalism: A content analysis of Web newspapers. Journal of Communication 52 (December): 987-1003.
2002. Massey, B.L., & Haas, Tanni. Does making journalism more public make a difference? A critical review of evaluative research on public journalism. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly 79 (autumn): 559-586.
2002. Marinova, A., Murphy, J., & Massey, B.L. Permission e-mail marketing as a means of targeted promotion. Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly 43 (February), 61-69.
2001. Massey, B.L., & Ramanathan, S. Sustainable news: An initial profile of journalists who tell the story of Asia’s environment. Asia Pacific Media Educator 10 (Jan.-June), 112-126.
2000. Massey, B.L. Market-based predictors of interactivity at Southeast Asian online newspapers. Internet Research: Electronic Networking Applications and Policy 10 (3), 227-237.
2000. Massey, B.L. How three Southeast Asian newspapers framed “The Haze” of 1997-98. Asian Journal of Communication 10 (1), 72-94.
2000. Massey, B.L., & Murphy, J. Textbook publishers in a networked world. International Journal of Hospitality Information Technology 1 (2), 47-50.
2000. Murphy, J., & Massey, B.L. Luddite learning: A call for low-tech alternatives. International Journal of Hospitality Information Technology 1 (2), 51-54.
1999. Massey, B.L., & Levy, M.R. Interactive online journalism at English-language Web newspapers in Asia: A dependency theory analysis. Gazette 61 (6), 523-538.
1999. Massey, B.L., & Levy, M.R. Interactivity, online journalism, and English-language Web newspapers in Asia. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly 76 (1), 138-151.
1998. Massey, B.L. Civic journalism and nonelite sourcing: Making routine newswork of community connectedness. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly 75 (2), 394-407.
Courses taught:
Media Writing, Basic Reporting, Advanced Reporting and Communication Research.
Additional information:
Dr. Massey edited and reported for daily and weekly newspapers in Florida, South Carolina and Texas. He was a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer, and has lived and traveled abroad.
