PUBLICATIONS

Book chapters or sections

Slagle, M., & Littau, J. (2007). For God and country: The media and national security. In P. Paterson & L. Wilkins (Eds.), Media ethics: Issues and cases (pp. 200-202). New York: McGraw Hill.

Bentley, C., Littau, J., Hamman, B., Watson, B., & Welsh, B. (2006). Citizen journalism: A case study. In M. Tremayne (Ed.). Blogging, citizenship and the future of media (1 ed., pp. 312): Routledge.

Journal articles

Wise, K., Eckler, P., Kononova, A., & Littau, J. (2009). Exploring the “Wire” in the Hardwired for News Hypothesis: How Threat Proximity Affects the Cognitive and Emotional Processing of Health-Related News. Communication Studies, 60(3), 268-287.

Conference papers

Littau, J., Gardner, E., Thorson, E. (2009). The Impact of News “Voice” on Adolescent Political Efficacy. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Boston, MA.

Thorson, E., Meyer, H., Littau, J., & Jahng, M. (2009). Political news: Antecedents and consequences of use. International Communication Association. Chicago, IL.

Alhabash, S., Littau, J., Wise, K., Eckler, P., & Kononova, A. (2009). The “face” of Facebook: Emotional responses during social networking. International Communication Association. Chicago, IL.

Kononova, A., Wise, K., Littau, J., Alhabash, S., & Eckler, P. (2009). Cognitive and emotional processing while navigating CNN.com. International Communication Association. Chicago, IL.

Eckler, P., Wise, K., Kononova, A., Littau, J., & Alhabash, S. (2009). Motivational activation during online shopping. International Communication Association. Chicago, IL.

Littau, J., Mason, D. (2008). Time to “get” religion? An analysis of religious literacy among journalism students. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Chicago, IL.

Stewart, C., Littau, J. (2008). “Truthiness” and satire news: The Daily Show, The Colbert Report and television news credibility. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Chicago, IL.

Wise, K., Eckler, P., Kononova, A., Littau, J. (2008). Processing fear and risk in health messages. International Communication Association. Montreal, Canada.

Littau, J. (2007). Content differences for an online newspaper site and its citizen journalism publication. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Washington, D.C. (winner of top student paper)

Littau, J., Thorson, E., Bentley, C. (2007). Citizen journalism and community building: Predictive measures of social capital generation. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Washington, D.C.

Bentley, C., Meyer, H., Littau, J. (2007). Citizen Journalism and the TMC: User content as a driver for a free newspaper. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Washington, D.C.

Bentley, C., Hamman, B., Ibold, H., Littau, J., & Meyer, H. (2006). Sense of community as a driver for citizen journalism. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. San Francisco, CA.

Bentley, C., Littau, J., Hamman, B., Meyer, H., Welsh, B., & Watson, B. (2005). The citizen journalism movement: MyMissourian as a case study. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. San Antonio, TX.