Vita
Nicholas W. Geidner
Doctoral Candidate at The Ohio State University
45 West Starr Avenue Apt. D., Columbus, Ohio 43201
330.402.4920 – ngeidner@gmail.com
Updated: June 28, 2010
EDUCATION
B.A. Youngstown State University, major in telecommunications, minor in history, May 2005
M.A. in Telecommunication, Ball State University, May 2007
Advisor: Prof. James W. Chesebro
Thesis: The Influence of New Media on the Early Stages of the 2008 Presidential Election
* Winner Ball State University Alumni Association’s Distinguished Thesis Award
Ph.D. in Mass Communication, The Ohio State University
Advisor: Prof. R. Lance Holbert
Committee: Profs. William “Chip” Eveland, Gerald Kosicki, and Dongyoung Sohn
Expected graduation: June 2011
WORK EXPERIENCE
Weekend Newscast Director/ Promotions Producer / News Photographer, WYTV, Youngstown, Ohio, 12.03 to 08.05
Co-creator, Producer, and Student Coordinator for Homework Express, an interactive homework help show aimed at the fifth to eighth grade demographic, 12.03 to 05.05
* Regional Emmy nomination for best regularly scheduled children’s show
Co-Founder, Creator, and President, YoungstownScene.com LLC, an online entertainment guide for the Youngstown, Ohio region, 11.00 to 05.04
PUBLICATIONS
Holbert, R. L. & Geidner, N. W. (2009). The 2008 election: Highlighting the need to explore additional communication sub-fields to advance political communication. Communication Studies, 60, 344-358
Geidner, N. W. (2007). Thoughts on Creating Interactive Television: A TA’s Perspective. Feedback, 2, 34-35
Geidner, N. W. (2007). Extending the 30-Second Spot: Using Stand-Alone Websites to Increase the Effectiveness of Television Advertising. Feedback, 3, 31-32
Geidner, N. W. (2006). The Rise of the Individual and the Dichotomy of Modern Media. Review of Communication, 6, 342-347
Geidner, N. W. (2006). Looking Toward 2008: The Effects of New Media on the Political Process. Review of Communication, 6, 93-100
Articles Under Review
Geidner, N. W. (Under Review). Group involvement and the spiral of silence: Using agent-based modeling to understand opinion expression. International Journal of Public Opinion Research.
Sohn, D. & Geidner, N. W. (Under Review). Collective dynamics of the spiral of silence: The role of quasi-statistical monitoring. Human Communication Research.
Holbert, R. L. & Geidner, N. W. (Under Review). Political Campaign Media Connectedness, Part II: A Disaggregation of Debate Viewing. Mass Communication & Society.
Dylko, I., Landerville, K., Beam, M., Geidner, N. W. (2010). Gatekeeping and YouTube: News filters in the age of user-generated content. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication.
Holbert, R. L. & Geidner, N. W. (Under Review). A meeting of broadcast and post-broadcast media in the 2004 American presidential election. Communication Research Reports.
Manuscripts in Progress
Geidner, N. W. (2010). Perceived group connection: Measuring individual-level connection to voluntary groups. Paper to be submitted in July 2010 to Human Communication Research.
Geidner, N. W. & Kleinman, S. (2010). The effects of an online news paywall on selective exposure. Paper to be submitted in July 2010 to Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication.
Nisbett, E. C. & Geidner, N. W. (2010). The effects of social media in the 2008 presidential election. Paper to be submitted in August 2010 to the Political Communication.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Geidner, N. W. (2010, August). Group involvement and the spiral of silence: Using agent-based modeling to understand opinion expression. Paper accepted for the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
* Top 3 Student Paper Award Winner – Communication Theory and Methodology division
Geidner, N. W. (2010, June). Perceived network connection: Measuring individual-level connection to voluntary groups. Paper accepted for the annual conference of the International Communication Association.
Sohn, D. & Geidner, N. W. (2010, June). Collective dynamics of the spiral of silence: The role of quasi-statistical monitoring. Paper accepted for the annual conference of the International Communication Association.
Holbert, R. L. & Geidner, N. W. (2010, June). A theory of political campaign media connectedness (PCMC), part II: Clarifying the roles of debate viewing and online media. Paper accepted for the annual conference of the International Communication Association.
Dylko, I., Landerville, K., Beam, M., & Geidner, N. W. (2009, July). Gatekeeping and YouTube: News filters and the intermedia dynamic in the age of user-generated content. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication conference, Boston, Massachusetts.
* Top 3 Student Paper Award Winner – Communication Technology division
Chesebro, J.W. & Geidner, N. W. (2009, April). Defining virtual communication. Paper presented at the Eastern Communication Association Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Geidner, N. W. (2008, November). Perceived network connection as a communication concept: Initial explication of a concept and validation of a measure. Paper to be presented at the annual conference of the Midwest Association of Public Opinion Research, Chicago, Illinois.
Kim, Y. M. & Geidner, N. W. (2008, May). Politics as friendship: The impact of online social networks on young voters’ political behavior. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Montreal, Canada.
Holbert, R. L. & Geidner, N. W. (2007, November). A meeting of broadcast and post-broadcast media in the 2004 American presidential election: An analysis of the relationship between reach and specificity. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Midwest Association of Public Opinion Research, Chicago, Illinois.
Geidner, N. W. (2007, November). Presidential campaign web usage in times of tragedy: A case study of candidate web response to the Virginia Tech tragedy. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Midwest Association of Public Opinion Research, Chicago, Illinois.
Geidner, N. W. (2007, April). Using productions to improve the community – and program: A student’s perspective. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Broadcast Education Association, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Geidner, N. W. (2007, April). Bowling with millions: An examination of how community is affected by virtual communication. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Central States Communication Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Geidner, N. W., Bell, M. W., & Flook, C. A. (2007, April). Masculinity and online social networks: Male self-identification on facebook.com. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Eastern Communication Association, Providence, Rhode Island.
Geidner, N. W. (2007, April). From purpose to agency: Applying Burke and Brock’s theories to political blogs. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Eastern Communication Association, Providence, Rhode Island.
TEACHING
Teacher of Record
Media and Terrorism, 45 junior and senior undergraduates from various majors, covers topics such as media coverage of terrorism and its effects on viewers’ understanding of domestic and international terrorism, Ohio State University, Summer 2010
Social Implications of New Media, 45 seniors in the communication technology sequence in the School of Communication, topics covered includes: kids and the Internet, online anonymity, digital inequality, and journalism and online media, Student evaluation overall rating: 4.0/5.0, Ohio State University, Winter 2010
News Reporting, 30 sophomores and juniors in the journalism sequences in the School of Communication, covered the basics of news reporting, interviewing, and writing, Student evaluation overall rating: 4.1/5.0, Ohio State University, Fall 2009
Web Design and Production, Accelerated summer course for high school journalism educators, 24 students over two sections, this course taught high school teachers how to integrate new media technologies into their school’s student newspapers, Ball State University, Summer 2009
Creative Message Design, 45 seniors in the strategic communication sequence in the School of Communication, capstone course covering all types of public relations writing, including press releases, television and radio advertising, and online and social media, Student evaluation overall rating: 4.6/5.0, Ohio State University, Summer 2009
Reporting and Editing for the News Media, 25 to 30 sophomores in the strategic communication sequence in the School of Communication, introductory news writing course, Student evaluation average overall rating: 4.3/5.0, Ohio State University, Spring, Summer and Fall 2008
Persuasive Communication, 25 to 30 freshman and sophomores from various majors, covered various core theories of persuasion, Student evaluation average overall rating: 4.3/5.0, Ohio State University, Fall 2007 and Winter 2008
Introduction to Video Production, 18 juniors in the production sequence of the department of telecommunication, introductory field videography and editing course, Ball State University, Fall 2006 and Spring 2007
Teaching Assistant
Lantern Practicum, 45 juniors in the journalism sequence in the School of Communication, students work with staff of Ohio State’s student newspaper to report and publish stories of interest to the campus community, Ohio State University, Spring 2009 and Spring 2010
Introduction to Communication Technologies, 120 sophomores from various majors, seminar course covering communication technologies from television to the internet, Ohio State University, Winter 2009
Interactive Television Design, cross-disciplinary course with seniors from the telecommunication, journalism, and computer science departments, students created an interactive television news template and broadcast during the semester, Ball State University, Spring 2007
NewsLink Indiana, undergraduate immersive news program, 30 senior telecommunication and journalism majors worked together to create a daily television newscast and maintain a news website for north central Indiana, NewsLink Indiana is an Emmy and Online News Association award winning experiment based out of Ball State University
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Graduate Student Representative, Graduate Education Committee, 08.06 to 05.07, Ball State University
Graduate Student Advisor for The Reel Deal, a weekly television show produced by undergraduate students in the Ball State University telecommunications department
Editorial Assistant, Review of Communication, 08.05 to 12.06
OTHER AWARDS
Graduate Student of the Year, Department of Telecommunications, Ball State University, 2006-2007 academic year.
Recognized by the Ball State University Graduate School for distinguished achievement during the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 academic year.
FREELANCE AND OTHER MEDIA RELATED EMPLOYMENT
Still Photography – The Muncie Times (Muncie, Ind.), Warren Tribune-Chronicle (Warren, Ohio), Youngstown State University Jambar (Youngstown, Ohio), and Artistic Images (Youngstown, Ohio)
Videography/Editing – Powers Video Production (Youngstown, Ohio) and Youngstown State University (Youngstown, Ohio)
Production Assitant/Audio – Monday Night Football (Indianapolis, Ind.), The Football Network (various locations), and Time Warner Productions for ESPN (various locations)
AFFILIATIONS
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
International Communication Association
Midwest Association of Public Opinion Research
ADVANCED STATISTICAL TRAINING
Social Network Analysis with Prof. Dongyoung Sohn
Computer Simulation using Agent-Based Modeling with Prof. Dongyoung Sohn (independent study)
Structure Equation Modeling with Prof. Andrew Hayes
Hierarchical Linear Modeling with Prof. Christopher Browning
A Survey in Mediation and Moderation with Prof. Andrew Hayes
Social Network Analysis with Prof. Stanley Wasserman (ICPSR Summer Session)
Regression Modeling with Prof. Andrew Hayes