Vita
Nicholas W. Geidner, Ph.D.
ngeidner@gmail.com
Updated: November 18, 2011
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT
Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee’s School of Journalism and Electronic Media, 08.11 to current.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Mass Communication, The Ohio State University, June 2011
Advisor: Prof. R. Lance Holbert
Committee: Profs. William “Chip” Eveland, Gerald Kosicki, and Dongyoung Sohn
Dissertation: The Role of Perceived Voluntary Group Cohesion on Participation in Voluntary Groups
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
B.A. Youngstown State University, major in telecommunications, minor in history, May 2005
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
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 Assistant/Audio – Monday Night Football (Indianapolis, Ind.), The Football Network (various locations), and Time Warner Productions for ESPN (various locations)
PUBLICATIONS
Dylko, I., Landerville, K., Beam, M., & Geidner, N. W. (In Press). Gatekeeping and YouTube: News filters in the age of user-generated content. New Media and Society.
Geidner, N. W. & Holbert, R. L. (2010). A meeting of broadcast and post-broadcast media in the 2004 American presidential election. Communication Research Reports, 28, 43-51
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). Extending the 30-second spot: Using stand-alone websites to increase the effectiveness of television advertising. Feedback, 3, 31-32
Geidner, N. W. (2007). Thoughts on creating interactive television: A TA’s perspective. Feedback, 2, 34-35
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, 5, 93-100
Manuscripts in Progress
Geidner, N. W. The democratic effects of visual journalism: The role of interactive inforgraphics in correcting the misinformed. Paper to be submitted to Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly.
Geidner, N. W. Quality and quantity: The effects of voluntary group perceived cohesion on general political participation. Paper to be submitted to Political Communication.
Geidner, N. W. A primer on the use of agent-based modeling in the communication sciences. Paper to be submitted to Communication Methods & Measures.
SELECT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Geidner, N. W. (Accepted). Perceived cohesion and individual-level voluntary group participation. Paper to be presented at the International Communication Association annual conference, Phoenix, Arizona.
Geidner, N. W. (2010, August). Group involvement and the spiral of silence: Using agent-based modeling to understand opinion expression. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Denver, Colorado.
* 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 presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Singapore.
Sohn, D. & Geidner, N. W. (2010, June). Collective dynamics of the spiral of silence: The role of quasi-statistical monitoring. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Singapore.
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 presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Singapore.
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
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.
TEACHING
Teacher of Record
News Reporting, skills course covering the basics of news reporting, interviewing, and writing, The Ohio State University, Fall 2009 and the University of Tennessee, Fall 2011
Media and Terrorism, seminar covering topics such as media coverage of terrorism and its effects on viewers’ understanding of domestic and international terrorism, The Ohio State University, Summer 2010
Social Implications of New Media, seminar covering topics such as kids and the Internet, online anonymity, digital inequality, and journalism and online media, The Ohio State University, Winter 2010
Web Design and Production, accelerated web design summer course for high school journalism educators, taught high school teachers how to integrate new media technologies into their school’s student newspapers, Ball State University, Summer 2009
Creative Message Design, capstone course covering all types of public relations writing, including press releases, television and radio advertising, and online and social media, The Ohio State University, Summer 2009
Reporting and Editing for the News Media, sophomore-level introductory news writing course in the strategic communication sequence, Spring, Summer and Fall 2008
Persuasive Communication, survey course covering various core theories of persuasion, The Ohio State University, Fall 2007 and Winter 2008
Introduction to Video Production, introductory field videography and editing course, Ball State University, Fall 2006 and Spring 2007
Teaching Assistant
Lantern Practicum, students work with staff of Ohio State’s student newspaper, The Lantern, to report and publish stories of interest to the campus community, The Ohio State University, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Winter, 2011, and Spring 2011
Introduction to Communication Technologies, seminar course covering communication technologies from television to the Internet, The 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, 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, Fall 2005 and Spring 2006
ACADEMIC SERVICE
Graduate Student Liaison, Communication Theory and Methodology Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 08.10 to current
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.
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