Comparative Approaches to Disinformation Workshop, Harvard University.
I have a long list of research, teaching, and industry appointments, which currently include Executive Director of the newly-formed Institute for Representation in Society and Media, the Chair of Emerging Media at Kansas State University, and as President of Metro Boston NFL Flag Football. I am also affiliated faculty with the Department of Communication and Arts at Roskilde University (Denmark) and served as Associate Director of the Center for Mobile Communication Studies at Boston University. In addition, I have also been a leading Digital Experience Management consultant at the International Data Corporation and member of the faculty at Boston University (tenured), the Toulouse School of Economics (France), the University of Melbourne (Australia), and Erasmus University (The Netherlands).
I earned my Ph.D. in media research at Indiana University Bloomington, where I specialized in applied analytics for international, political, and health communication networks and advanced econometric methods. Topically, my areas of expertise now address online and mobile media technologies as their use may relate to sociopolitical and behavioral health change at the macro (i.e., national) and micro (as in individual) levels. My work also include analyses of sports and media marketing content along with user influence in social media campaigns that drive engagement, participation, and revenue.
Put simply, I put my academic research to the test everyday with media marketing analytics efforts that build programs and drive millions in ongoing, annual revenue across industry verticals. Looking for a consultant? I make it easy deploy and engage a blend of interpretive as well as relatively advanced AI-driven statistical tools for network analysis, forecasting, and explaining where and how the use of media has shaped public opinion and global events, in particular as it relates to political and health decision making.
If you are wondering, no - social media and fake news did not elect Trump, and in nearly all cases people are not trapped in ideological filter bubbles, based on the evidence my colleagues and I found in this study and this study.
A mostly up-to-date selection of my peer-reviewed publications appear below. Many are open access, but for those articles that are behind paywalls, please feel free to message me for access as well as with feedback and questions, or for media and speaking requests. I truly love what I do, and I look forward to hearing from you to help make the world a better place.
Vogts, T. and Groshek, J. (in press). “Rural and Radical. How Hybrid Media Polarizes American Politics.” Book under contract with Peter Lang Publishing.
Groshek, J. (in press). “How Can Representation be Understood in a Contested Media Ecosystem? An Investigation in Working Models and Theoretical Frameworks.” Accepted for publication in Forum on Representation in Society and Media. [Open Access]
Elasmar, M., Wu, H., and Groshek, J. (2024). “Does World System Theory Rein in Social Media? Identifying a Theoretical Framework for Predicting Country Mentions on Twitter.” International Political Science Review. [ISI: 2.20 | link]
Tefertiller, A., Groshek, J., and Cozma, R. (2023). “Megaphone or Muzzle? The Spiral of Silence and Candidate Support on Social Media during Presidential Elections.” The Journal of Social Media in Society. [Open Access | link]
Eschmann, R., Grundy, S., Harbaugh, A., Toraif, N., Guo, L., and Groshek, J. (2023). “Digital Rage: Testing the ‘Obama Effect’ on Internet-based Expressions of Racism.” Social Media + Society. [ISI: 5.02 | link]
Mays, K., Groshek, J., and Katz, J. (2022). “Mediated Communication and Customer Service Experiences: Psychological and Demographic Predictors of User Evaluations in the United States.” Social and Management Sciences. [SCIMAGO/SJR: 0.19]
Eschmann, R., Groshek, J., Li, S., Toraif, N., and Thompson, J. G. (2021). “Bigger than sports: Identity politics, Colin Kaepernick, and concession making in #BoycottNike.” Computers in Human Behavior. [ISI: 3.72 | link]
Al-Rawi, A., Groshek, J. (2021). “A Study of Intermedia and Interorganizational Agenda-Setting in the News Coverage of the Ebola Virus on Twitter.” Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies. [ISI: 0.55 | link]
Groshek, J., de Mees, V., and Eschmann, R. (2020). “Modeling Influence and Community in Social Media Data using the Digital Methods Initiative-Twitter Capture and Analysis Toolkit (DMI-TCAT) and Gephi.” MethodsX. [SCIMAGO/SJR: 0.38 | link]
Eschmann, R., Groshek, J., Chanderdatt, R., Chang, K., and Whyte, M. (2020). “Making a Microaggression: Using big data and qualitative analysis to map the reproduction and disruption of microaggressions through social media.” Social Media + Society. [SCIMAGO/SJR: 1.99 | link]
Wertz, B., Groshek, J., and Rochefort, A. (2020). “The Humpty Dumpty Effect: Emerging Media Diffusion and (Granger) Causal Democratic Change in 122 Countries from 1946 to 2014.” Journal of Information Technology and Politics. [SCIMAGO/SJR: 1.77 | link]
Christensen, B. and Groshek, J. (2019). “Emerging Media, Political Protests, and Government Repression in Autocracies and Democracies from 1995 to 2012.” The International Communication Gazette. [ISI: 0.70 | link]
Al-Rawi, A. and Groshek, J. (2018). “What the Fake? Assessing the Extent of Networked Political Spamming and Bots in the Propagation of #fakenews on Twitter.” Online Information Review. [ISI: 1.68 | link]
Reich, J., Guo, L., Groshek, J., Weinberg, J., Chen, W., Martin, C., Long, M. D., and Farraye, F. A. (2018). “Social Media Use and Preferences in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.” Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, online first - izy280. [ISI: 4.36 | link]
Groshek, J., Katz, J., Andersen, B., Cutino, C., and Zhong, Q. (2018). “Media Use and Antimicrobial Resistance Misinformation and Misuse: Survey Evidence of Information Channels and Fatalism in Augmenting a Global Health Threat.” Cogent Medicine, 5(1), 1460898. [T&F Open Access | link]
Walsh, J., Andersen, B., Groshek, J., and Katz, J. E. (2018). “Are You Being Served? Communicating with Power via Mediated Support Channels.” Media and Communication, 6(3), 60-68. [SCIMAGO/SJR: 0.64 | link]
Allen, C. G., Andersen, B., Chambers, D. A., Groshek, J., and Roberts, M. C. (2018). “Twitter use at the 2016 Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health: Analysing #DIScience16.” Implementation Science, 13 (34). [ISI: 4.72 | link]
Groshek, J. (2018). “No, You Probably Don’t Touch Your Phone 2,617 Times per Day: A Rationale for the Journal of Communication Technology.” Journal of Communication Technology, 1(1), 1-5. [Open Access | link]
Al-Rawi, A. and Groshek, J. (2018). “Jihadist Propaganda on Social Media: An Examination of ISIS Related Content on Twitter.” International Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism, 8(4). [SSCI/ESCI | link]
Groshek, J., Basil, M., Guo, L., Parker Ward, S., Farraye, F. and Reich, J. (2017). “Social Media, Social Stigma: An Examination of Media Consumption and Creation in Attitudes toward and Knowledge of Inflammatory Bowel Disease.” Journal of Medical Internet Research, 19(12), 1-10. [ISI: 5.84 | link]
Andersen, B., Hair, M., Groshek, J., Krishna, A., and Walker, D. T. (2017). “Understanding and Diagnosing Antimicrobial Resistance on Social Media: A Yearlong Overview of Data and Analytics.” Health Communication, online first. [ISI: 1.93 | link]
Groshek, J. and Koc-Michalska, K. (2017). “Helping populism win? Social media use, filter bubbles, and support for populist presidential candidates in the 2016 US election campaign.” Information Communication & Society, 20(9), 1389-1407. [ISI: 3.08 | link]
Bucy, E. and Groshek, J. (2017). “Empirical Support for the Media Participation Hypothesis: Longitudinal Trends across Presidential Elections, 1992 to 2012.” New Media & Society, 1-21. [ISI: 4.18 | link]
Mays, K. and Groshek, J. (2017). “A Time–Series, Multinational Analysis of Democratic Forecasts and (Web 2.0) Internet Diffusion.” International Journal of Communication, 11, 429-451. [ISI: 1.50 | link]
Groshek, J. and Christensen, B. (2016). “Emerging Media and Press Freedoms as Determinants of Nonviolent and Violent Political Conflicts, 1990-2006.” International Communication Gazette, 1-22. [ISI: 0.61 | link]
Groshek, J. and Cutino, C. (2016). “Meaner on Mobile: Incivility and Impoliteness in Communicating on Sociotechnical Networks.” Social Media + Society, 1-10. [SCIMAGO/SJR: 1.170 | link]
Groshek, J. and Tandoc, E. (2016). “The Affordance Effect: Gatekeeping and (Non)reciprocal Journalism on Twitter.” Computers in Human Behavior, 66, 201-210. [ISI: 3.72 | link]
Groshek, J. and Krongard, S. (2016). “Netflix and engage? Implications for streaming television on political participation during the 2016 US presidential campaign.” Social Sciences, 5(65). [SCIMAGO/SJR: 0.22 | link]
Breuer, A. and Groshek, J. (2016). “Assessing the potential of ICTs for participatory development in Sub-Saharan Africa with evidence from urban Togo.” International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society, 1-22. [SCIMAGO/SJR: 0.14 | link]
Groshek, J. and Holt, L.F. (2016). “When official consensus equals more negativity in media coverage: Broadcast television news and the (re-)indexing of the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ repeal.” Media, War and Conflict, 1-19. [SCIMAGO/SJR: 0.35 | link]
Wu, D., Groshek, J., and Elasmar, M. (2016). “Which Countries Does the World Talk About? An Examination of Factors that Shape Country Presence on Twitter.” International Journal of Communication, 10, 1860-1877. [ISI: 1.50 | link]
Reich, J., Guo, L., Hall, J., Tran, A., Weinberg, J., Groshek, J., Rowell, T.E., DiPalma, J., Farraye, F. A. (2016). “A Survey of Social Media Use and Preferences in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.” Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 22(11), 2678-2687. [ISI: 4.36 | link]
Guo, L., Groshek, J., Farraye, F. A., & Reich, J. S. (2016). The 2015 Annual American College of Gastroenterology Meeting: Insights From a Twitter Analysis. Gastroenterology, 150(4), S848. [ISI: 18.19 | link]
Reich, J., Ling, G., Groshek, J., and Farraye, F. (2016). “Social Media Use in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.” Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 22(5), 1231-1238. [ISI: 4.36 | link]
Al-Rawi, A. and Groshek, J. (2015). “Arab Iranians and their Social Media Use.” CyberOrient: Online Journal for the Virtual Middle East, 9(2). [Open Access | link]
Groshek, J. and Al-Rawi, A. (2015). “Anti-Austerity in the Euro crisis: Modeling Protest with Online-Mobile-Social Media Use and Content.” International Journal of Communication, 9, 3280-3303. [ISI: 1.50 | link]
Breuer, A. and Groshek, J. (2014). “Online Media and Offline Empowerment in Democratic Transition: Linking Forms of Internet Use with Political Attitudes and Behaviors in Post-Rebellion Tunisia.” Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 11(1), 25-44. [SCIMAGO/SJR: 1.09 | link]
Groshek, J. and Al-Rawi, A. (2013). “Public Sentiment and Critical Framing in Social Media Content During the 2012 U.S. Presidential Campaign” Social Science Computer Review, 31(5), 563-576. [ISI: 1.53 | link]
Groshek, J. and Clough Groshek, M. K. (2013). “Agenda Trending: Reciprocity and the Predictive Capacity of Social Networking Sites in Intermedia Agenda Setting across Topics over Time.” Media and Communication, 1(1). [SCIMAGO/SJR: 0.64 | link]
Groshek, J. and Dimitrova, D. (2013). “A Cross Section of Political Involvement, Partisanship and Online Media in Middle America during the 2008 Presidential Campaign.” Atlantic Journal of Communication, 21(2), 108-124. [SCIMAGO/SJR: 0.17 | link]
den Hartogh, R., Heng Hsu, C., and Groshek, J. (2013). Music in the eyes: Contextual framing and emotional attributions in user-generated content and culture. Widerscreen, 1(1). [Inaugural Issue Special Call | link]
Groshek, J. (2012). “Forecasting and observing: A cross-methodological consideration of Internet and mobile phone diffusion in the Egyptian revolt.” International Communication Gazette, 74(8), 750-768. [ISI: 0.61 | link]
de Boer, N., Sütfeld, H., and Groshek, J. (2012). “Social Media and Personal Attacks: A Comparative Perspective on Co-creation and Political Advertising in Presidential Campaigns on YouTube.” First Monday, 17(12). [SCIMAGO/SJR: 0.43 | link]
Groshek, J. and Engelbert, J. (2012). “A Cross-National Comparison of Populist Political Movements and Media Uses in the United States and the Netherlands.” New Media & Society, 15(2), 183-202. [ISI: 3.11 | link]
Groshek, J. and Conway, M. (2012). “The Effectiveness of the Pervasive Method in Ethics Pedagogy: A Longitudinal Study of Journalism and Mass Communication Students.” Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism, 14(3), 330-347. [ISI: 1.27 | link]
Groshek, J. (2011). “Media, Instability, and Democracy: Examining the Granger-Causal Relationships of 122 Countries from 1946 to 2003.” Journal of Communication, 61, 1161-1182. [ISI: 4.41 | link]
Groshek, J. and Han, Y. (2011). “Negotiated Hegemony and Reconstructed Boundaries in Alternative Media Coverage of Globalization.” International Journal of Communication, 5, 1523-1544. [ISI: 1.50 | link]
Groshek, J. and Dimitrova, D. (2011). “A Cross Section of Voter Learning, Campaign Interest and Intention to Vote in the 2008 Presidential Election: Did Web 2.0 Matter?” Communication Studies, 9, 355-375. [Open Access | link]
Groshek, J. (2010). “A Time-Series, Multinational Analysis of Democratic Forecasts and Internet Diffusion.” International Journal of Communication, 4, 142-174. [ISI: 1.50 | link]
Conway, M. and Groshek, J. (2009). “Forgive Me Now, Fire Me Later: Mass Communication Students' Ethics Gap Concerning School and Journalism.” Communication Education, 58(4), 461-482. [SCIMAGO/SJR: 2.09 | link]
Groshek, J. (2009). “The Democratic Effects of the Internet, 1994-2003: A Cross-National Inquiry of 152 Countries.” The International Communication Gazette, 71(3), 115-136. [ISI: 0.61 | link]
Groshek, J. (2008). “Coverage of the Pre-Iraq War Debate as a Case Study of Frame Indexing.” Media, War & Conflict, 1(3), 315-338. [SCIMAGO/SJR: 0.35 | link]
Groshek, J. (2008). “Homogenous Agendas, Disparate Frames: CNN and CNN International Coverage Online.” Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 52(1), 52-68. [ISI: 1.44 | link]
Conway, M. and Groshek, J. (2008). “Ethics Gaps and Ethics Gains: Differences and Similarities in Journalism Students’ Perceptions of Plagiarism and Fabrication.” Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 63(2), 127-145. [link]
Ogan, C., Ozakca, M., and Groshek, J. (2008). “Embedding the Internet in the Lives of College Students: Online and Offline Behavior.” Social Science Computer Review, 26(2), 170-177. [ISI: 1.53 | link]
Refereed book chapters and encyclopedia entries:
Groshek, J. & Schwartz, S. (in press). “If we dare to compare, is disinformation being spread to elections everywhere? A methodological framework for cross-national research based on the US midterms and Danish national elections. In L. Porter (Ed.), Disinformation, Social Media and Elections. Louisiana State University Press.
Groshek, J. (2020). “Exploring a Methodological Model for Social Media Gatekeeping on Contentious Topics: A Case Study of Twitter Interactions about GMOs.” In M. Adria (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Using New Media for Citizen Engagement. IGI Global.
McCurdy, P. and Groshek, J. (2019). “Bytes and Bitumen: Digital advocacy and mediated discourse around TransCanada’s proposed #EnergyEast pipeline. In M. Lalancette, V. Raynauld, and E. Crandall (Eds.), What’s #Trending In Canadian Politics? Understanding Transformations in Power, Media, and the Public Sphere. University of British Columbia Press.
Krongard, S. and Groshek, J. (2018). “Streaming apolitical content and talking politics: Social television in the shaping of online and offline political talk during the 2016 campaign.” In D. Shill and J. A. Hendricks (Eds.), Media and the 2016 Election: Discourse, Disruption, and Digital Democracy. Routledge.
Groshek, J. (2017). “Organically Modified News Networks: Gatekeeping in Social Media Coverage of Genetically Modified Organisms.” In M. Adria and Y. Mao (Eds.), Citizen Engagement and Public Participation in the Era of New Media (pp. 107-121). IGI Global.
Groshek, J., Guo, L., Cutino, C., and Elasmar, M. (2017). “A Sample Methodology for Extracting and Interpreting Country Concept from Social Media Users and Content.” In J. Fullerton and A. Kendrick (Eds.), Reader in Place Branding and Public Diplomacy: The Model of Country Concept (pp. 77-94). Peter Lang.
Elasmar, M. and Groshek, J. (2017). “An Historical Overview and Future Directions in the Conceptualization of Country Images.” In J. Fullerton and A. Kendrick (Eds.), Reader in Place Branding and Public Diplomacy: The Model of Country Concept (pp. 27-38). Peter Lang.
Groshek, J. and Kiran, S. (2016). “Development Institutions.” In W. Donsbach (Ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Communication. Wiley-Blackwell. [pdf]
Groshek, J. (2015). “Development Institutions.” In W. Donsbach (Ed.), The Concise Encyclopedia of Communication. Wiley-Blackwell. [pdf]
Groshek, J. and Bachman, I. (2014). “A Latin Spring? Examining Digital Diffusion and Youth Bulges in Forecasting Political Change in Latin America.” In Y. Welp and A. Breuer (Eds.), Digital Opportunities for Democratic Governance in Latin America (pp. 17-32). Routledge. [pdf]
Breuer, A. and Groshek, J. (2014). “Slacktivism or Efficiency-Increased Activism? Online Political Participation and the Brazilian Ficha Limpa Anti-Corruption Campaign.” In Y. Welp and A. Breuer (Eds.), Digital Opportunities for Democratic Governance in Latin America (pp. 165-182). Routledge. [pdf]
Engelbert, J. and Groshek, J. (2014). “Populism as PR: An International Perspective of Public Diplomacy Trends.” In G. Golan, S. Yang, and D. Kinsey (Eds.), International Public Relations and Public Diplomacy: Communication and Engagement (pp. 331- 345). Peter Lang. [pdf]
Groshek, J. and Brookes, S. (2014). “YouTube / OurTube / TheirTube: Official and Unofficial Online Campaign Advertising, Negativity, and Popularity.” In J. A. Hendricks and D. Shill (Eds.), Presidential Campaigning and Social Media (pp. 140-153). Oxford University Press. [pdf]
Groshek, J. (2010). “The Digital Divide.” In S. Horning Priest, Ed., The Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Communication (pp. 223-224). Sage. [pdf]
Groshek, J. and Ogan, C. (2008). “Development Institutions.” In W. Donsbach (Ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Communication. Sage. [pdf]
My full CV includes a complete list of the more 75 peer-reviewed research publication and over 100 speaking engagements I've had at national and international conferences, university talks, government-sponsored events, and media outlets, not to mention industry summits and workshops that I have built and keynoted. Contact me for a copy of the most up-to-date version, and to hire me.