Allison Jeanne Steinke

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Teaching Assistant Professor at University of Minnesota

In the early 2000s, along with the emergence of social media in journalism, mobile chat applications began to gain significant footing in journalistic work. Interdisciplinary research, particularly in journalism studies, has started to look at apps in journalistic work from producer and user perspectives. Still in its infancy, scholarly research on...

Journalism scholars have acknowledged the importance of innovation in journalism. A common finding is that journalism has difficulty adapting to change and uses multiple coping mechanisms, including making excuses for not innovating by relying on their professional norms and practices. However, such research does not more broadly show how journalis...

As news publishers consider transitioning their business models from ad to subscription focused, the News Media Alliance continues to offer insights into consumer preferences and motivations to subscribe, to help publishers hone their product offerings and tweak their marketing strategies to grow their subscriber bases. In this installment of the D...

This dissertation provides a theoretically driven empirical investigation of the emerging institution of solutions journalism. Solutions journalism is a journalistic approach defined as rigorous reporting on responses to social problems. This project uses a triangulated qualitative methodology comprising 52 in-depth interviews; netnography of solut...

This exploratory study examines the roles journalists rely on when covering social justice topics and what these role conceptions reveal about emotion and self expression values in news production. This article builds on Herbert Gans’ definition of what news is, discursive understandings of journalistic performance, and emotion in news to understan...

In a culture where traditional churchgoing populations are decreasing, how are young adults engaging with religious digital media, and what does this say about churches experiencing success with congregations teeming with Millennials?

The results are in: Young adults are consuming a majority of their news online. This development means traditionally print-focused brands, including The Atlantic magazine, have been forced to adapt to digital trends for fear of becoming a dinosaur in a rapidly evolving paperless market. The challenge of digitally re-branding a historic title is no...