Cindy Royal
Biographic Data
| ID | 4910303 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cindy Royal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cindy |
| FAMILY NAME | Royal |
| SIGNATURE | ROYAL C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7676-3819 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Integrating Vibe Coding and Flow Theory: A Student-Centered Model for AI-Augmented Coding Education
This study explicates and explores the concept of “vibe coding,” or the use of AI platforms to teach relevant programming skills in a communication context. By integrating flow theory, the research presents a student-centered model for AI-augmented coding education, applying flow traits to achieve desired outcomes. Using student feedback from a mobile application development course, the study demonstrates how AI tools can enhance coding education…
Prompting, Patience, and Perspective: Applying Transformational Teaching Theory to Using Artificial Intelligence in a Coding Course
Artificial intelligence (AI) has taken the forefront in discussions of the future of media and education. Although there are valid concerns, AI has the potential to be useful in learning new skills, particularly those related to computer programming. This case study depicts the ways AI was introduced to assist in teaching coding, specifically in a mobile application development course. Applying transformational teaching theory, this study assesse…
Institutional Arbitrageurs: The Role of Product Managers as a Locus of Change in Journalism
The modern news industry demands a continuous stream of products ready to meet audience needs; the emergent newsroom role of product manager serves to prioritize them by providing a holistic perspective on an organization’s goals. Product professionals bring in new skill sets and help to bridge the divide and align the priorities among editorial, business, and technology functions, serving as a locus of change in journalism. This sets the stage f…
Coding Competencies across Roles: Computer Programming Practices in News Media Organizations
Computer programming, or what is commonly known as coding, is an emerging skill supporting the development of digital products in news media organizations. Through the application of practice theory—a hybrid approach that includes elements of field theory, actor–network theory and structuration theory—we examine the ways in which coding competencies are practiced within and across different roles, for different purposes. This exploratory study us…
Design Implications for a Burgeoning Digital Product Ecosystem: Roles, Culture and Engagement
The news product ecosystem has quickly grown to encompass a range of offerings, including interactive editorial products, mobile applications, newsletters, podcasts, games, immersive storytelling and artificial intelligence applications, social media strategies and tools to support journalism functions. Product practices more commonly associated with software development have become necessary in creating and launching digital properties, but thes…
The Human Side of (News) Engagement Emotion, Platform and Individual Agency
As news organizations continue to explore the opportunities and challenges presented by engagement with audiences across digital and social media platforms in the creation and sharing of news and in the development of news-oriented products, they also offer up uniquely personal investment pathways and emotional ties for their audiences. This commentary considers conceptualizations of emotion and individual agency in engagement with journalists, n…
From Boundary to Bridge and Beyond: The Path to Professionalization of Product Roles in Journalism
New roles in news organizations have emerged supporting media products demonstrating a range of digital features. Along with the requirements of these products come a new set of skills and competencies to coordinate, develop, manage, and support them. Thus, product-related roles, previously considered on the periphery of a media organization, become more central and introduce challenges in their integration within traditional roles, processes and…
Product Management in Journalism and Academia
What's on Wikipedia, and What's Not: Assessing Completeness of Information
The World Wide Web continues to grow closer to achieving the vision of becoming the repository of all human knowledge, as features and applications that support user-generated content become more prevalent. Wikipedia is fast becoming an important resource for news and information. It is an online information source that is increasingly used as the first, and sometimes only, stop for online encyclopedic information. Using a method employed by Tank…
Framing the Internet: A Comparison of Gendered Spaces
Although access to the Internet in the United States has reached parity among males and females, over time gender differences in terms of usage, agency, and representation with technology are becoming evident. Early thinking about the Internet indicated a more liberating and equalizing effect than previous media because of its decentralized nature, reduced structural barriers to entry, and potential for diversity of voices. But over time, mainstr…
What’s on the Web—And What’s Not
Many students (and some faculty members) seem to act as if the World Wide Web contains all of human knowledge. One indication of this phenomenon is the increasing reliance on web sites by students for research purposes. This study challenges this thinking by examining variation in the amount of information on the web on several dimensions: historical time, completeness of general information, extent of information about different countries, and e…
Framing the Internet: A Comparison of Gendered Spaces
Although access to the Internet in the United States has reached parity among males and females, over time gender differences in terms of usage, agency, and representation with technology are becoming evident. Early thinking about the Internet indicated a more liberating and equalizing effect than previous media because of its decentralized nature, reduced structural barriers to entry, and potential for diversity of voices. But over time, mainstr…
What's on Wikipedia, and What's Not: Assessing Completeness of Information
The World Wide Web continues to grow closer to achieving the vision of becoming the repository of all human knowledge, as features and applications that support user-generated content become more prevalent. Wikipedia is fast becoming an important resource for news and information. It is an online information source that is increasingly used as the first, and sometimes only, stop for online encyclopedic information. Using a method employed by Tank…
From Boundary to Bridge and Beyond: The Path to Professionalization of Product Roles in Journalism
New roles in news organizations have emerged supporting media products demonstrating a range of digital features. Along with the requirements of these products come a new set of skills and competencies to coordinate, develop, manage, and support them. Thus, product-related roles, previously considered on the periphery of a media organization, become more central and introduce challenges in their integration within traditional roles, processes and…
What’s on the Web—And What’s Not
Many students (and some faculty members) seem to act as if the World Wide Web contains all of human knowledge. One indication of this phenomenon is the increasing reliance on web sites by students for research purposes. This study challenges this thinking by examining variation in the amount of information on the web on several dimensions: historical time, completeness of general information, extent of information about different countries, and e…
What’s on the Web—And What’s Not
Many students (and some faculty members) seem to act as if the World Wide Web contains all of human knowledge. One indication of this phenomenon is the increasing reliance on web sites by students for research purposes. This study challenges this thinking by examining variation in the amount of information on the web on several dimensions: historical time, completeness of general information, extent of information about different countries, and e…
Framing the Internet: A Comparison of Gendered Spaces
Although access to the Internet in the United States has reached parity among males and females, over time gender differences in terms of usage, agency, and representation with technology are becoming evident. Early thinking about the Internet indicated a more liberating and equalizing effect than previous media because of its decentralized nature, reduced structural barriers to entry, and potential for diversity of voices. But over time, mainstr…
What's on Wikipedia, and What's Not: Assessing Completeness of Information
The World Wide Web continues to grow closer to achieving the vision of becoming the repository of all human knowledge, as features and applications that support user-generated content become more prevalent. Wikipedia is fast becoming an important resource for news and information. It is an online information source that is increasingly used as the first, and sometimes only, stop for online encyclopedic information. Using a method employed by Tank…
Product Management in Journalism and Academia
The Human Side of (News) Engagement Emotion, Platform and Individual Agency
As news organizations continue to explore the opportunities and challenges presented by engagement with audiences across digital and social media platforms in the creation and sharing of news and in the development of news-oriented products, they also offer up uniquely personal investment pathways and emotional ties for their audiences. This commentary considers conceptualizations of emotion and individual agency in engagement with journalists, n…
From Boundary to Bridge and Beyond: The Path to Professionalization of Product Roles in Journalism
New roles in news organizations have emerged supporting media products demonstrating a range of digital features. Along with the requirements of these products come a new set of skills and competencies to coordinate, develop, manage, and support them. Thus, product-related roles, previously considered on the periphery of a media organization, become more central and introduce challenges in their integration within traditional roles, processes and…
Design Implications for a Burgeoning Digital Product Ecosystem: Roles, Culture and Engagement
The news product ecosystem has quickly grown to encompass a range of offerings, including interactive editorial products, mobile applications, newsletters, podcasts, games, immersive storytelling and artificial intelligence applications, social media strategies and tools to support journalism functions. Product practices more commonly associated with software development have become necessary in creating and launching digital properties, but thes…
Institutional Arbitrageurs: The Role of Product Managers as a Locus of Change in Journalism
The modern news industry demands a continuous stream of products ready to meet audience needs; the emergent newsroom role of product manager serves to prioritize them by providing a holistic perspective on an organization’s goals. Product professionals bring in new skill sets and help to bridge the divide and align the priorities among editorial, business, and technology functions, serving as a locus of change in journalism. This sets the stage f…
Coding Competencies across Roles: Computer Programming Practices in News Media Organizations
Computer programming, or what is commonly known as coding, is an emerging skill supporting the development of digital products in news media organizations. Through the application of practice theory—a hybrid approach that includes elements of field theory, actor–network theory and structuration theory—we examine the ways in which coding competencies are practiced within and across different roles, for different purposes. This exploratory study us…
Prompting, Patience, and Perspective: Applying Transformational Teaching Theory to Using Artificial Intelligence in a Coding Course
Artificial intelligence (AI) has taken the forefront in discussions of the future of media and education. Although there are valid concerns, AI has the potential to be useful in learning new skills, particularly those related to computer programming. This case study depicts the ways AI was introduced to assist in teaching coding, specifically in a mobile application development course. Applying transformational teaching theory, this study assesse…
Integrating Vibe Coding and Flow Theory: A Student-Centered Model for AI-Augmented Coding Education
This study explicates and explores the concept of “vibe coding,” or the use of AI platforms to teach relevant programming skills in a communication context. By integrating flow theory, the research presents a student-centered model for AI-augmented coding education, applying flow traits to achieve desired outcomes. Using student feedback from a mobile application development course, the study demonstrates how AI tools can enhance coding education…
Sociology (10 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Public relations (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Media Studies and Communication (6 works) · Journalism (5 works) · Media studies (5 works) · World Wide Web (5 works) · Knowledge management (4 works)