Assistant Professor Serena Carpenter, Ph.D.

E-mail: Serena.Carpenter@asu.edu
Office: Stauffer A145A
Phone: 480.965.6844

Courses:
Online Journalism, JMC 425

Serena Carpenter joined the faculty in 2007 specializing in newer media after finishing her Ph.D. degree at Michigan State University. Her research has been published in Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, Mass Communication and Society, and Telecommunications Policy.

Carpenter teaches courses in the areas of online and broadcast journalism. Carpenter has also taught courses at Michigan State University and Bloomsburg University. Her professional background includes working as a television reporter and in radio advertising sales. Carpenter has produced an award-winning documentary on rural issues. She also works with journalists helping them transition to the online environment.

Her teaching and research interest areas include online journalism, news quality, citizen journalism, blogs, military-press relations, and sociology of news production. Carpenter is an active member of the Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, International Communication Association, Broadcast Education Association and National Communication Association.

Recent Publications
Carpenter, S. (2008). U.S. elite and non-elite newspapers’ portrayal of the Iraq War: A comparison of frames and source use. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 84(4), 761-776.

Carpenter, S. (2008). Licensing rights, Medicare and quackery: How the New York Times portrayed chiropractic from 1960 to 1975. Chiropractic History, 28(1).

Carpenter, S., Lacy, S., & Fico, F. (2006). Network news coverage of high-profile crimes during 2004: A study of source use and reporter context. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 83(4), 901-916.

Carpenter, S. (forthcoming). A study of journalistic and source transparency in U.S. online newspaper and online citizen journalism publications. In G. Monaghan & S. Tunney (Eds.), Web journalism: A new form of citizenship? Eastbourne, UK: Sussex Academic Press.

Fico, F., Zeldes, G., Carpenter, S., & Diddi, A. (2008). Broadcast and cable network news coverage of the 2004 presidential election: An assessment of partisan and structural balance. Mass Communication & Society, 11(3).