Jeanna Sybert
Biographic Data
| ID | 6714733 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeanna Sybert |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeanna |
| FAMILY NAME | Sybert |
| SIGNATURE | SYBERT J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pennsylvania |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5208-3918 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Difficult Memories as Institutional Narrative
Due to professional norms like objectivity, the emotional experiences U.S. journalists have while reporting tend to be obscured. However, occasions of memory-making, particularly around traumatic events, not only permit expression, but channel these emotions into promoting romanticized visions of journalism. The observances of 9/11 anniversaries in the U.S. serve as one critical site where sanctioned display of journalists' emotions feed into ass…
Ink in their veins? Distorting archetypes, family newspapers, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
As newspapers decline across the United States, corporate takeovers of private, family-owned publications have become a familiar symbol of an industry in turmoil. Though arguably beneficial to journalism, the family newspaper as an archetype has frequently been used to perpetuate certain journalistic myths. This includes myths about commercial journalism’s ability to meaningfully prioritize public interest. To understand the ways the family newsp…
Navigating Precarity
Since 2017, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PG) has faced multiple disruptions, including a bitter labor conflict and various public controversies, that have threatened the credibility of this long-standing metropolitan newspaper. To understand how PG journalists and its union have navigated such pressures, this study uses the concept of compounding precarity to capture the multiple, overlapping parts of journalistic precarity that together effect t…
The demise of #NSFW
On December 3, 2018, Tumblr announced that it would ban sexually explicit content from the platform, drawing immediate backlash from users. The ensuing discord on the site is conceptualized here as contested platform governance , or a conflict between users and ownership, in which not only are a platform’s policies and features challenged, but also its core values, identity, and/or purposes are put into question. By examining 238 Tumblr posts, th…
Networked Press Freedom
The demise of #NSFW
On December 3, 2018, Tumblr announced that it would ban sexually explicit content from the platform, drawing immediate backlash from users. The ensuing discord on the site is conceptualized here as contested platform governance , or a conflict between users and ownership, in which not only are a platform’s policies and features challenged, but also its core values, identity, and/or purposes are put into question. By examining 238 Tumblr posts, th…
Difficult Memories as Institutional Narrative
Due to professional norms like objectivity, the emotional experiences U.S. journalists have while reporting tend to be obscured. However, occasions of memory-making, particularly around traumatic events, not only permit expression, but channel these emotions into promoting romanticized visions of journalism. The observances of 9/11 anniversaries in the U.S. serve as one critical site where sanctioned display of journalists' emotions feed into ass…
Networked Press Freedom
Navigating Precarity
Since 2017, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PG) has faced multiple disruptions, including a bitter labor conflict and various public controversies, that have threatened the credibility of this long-standing metropolitan newspaper. To understand how PG journalists and its union have navigated such pressures, this study uses the concept of compounding precarity to capture the multiple, overlapping parts of journalistic precarity that together effect t…
The demise of #NSFW
On December 3, 2018, Tumblr announced that it would ban sexually explicit content from the platform, drawing immediate backlash from users. The ensuing discord on the site is conceptualized here as contested platform governance , or a conflict between users and ownership, in which not only are a platform’s policies and features challenged, but also its core values, identity, and/or purposes are put into question. By examining 238 Tumblr posts, th…
Ink in their veins? Distorting archetypes, family newspapers, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
As newspapers decline across the United States, corporate takeovers of private, family-owned publications have become a familiar symbol of an industry in turmoil. Though arguably beneficial to journalism, the family newspaper as an archetype has frequently been used to perpetuate certain journalistic myths. This includes myths about commercial journalism’s ability to meaningfully prioritize public interest. To understand the ways the family newsp…
Difficult Memories as Institutional Narrative
Due to professional norms like objectivity, the emotional experiences U.S. journalists have while reporting tend to be obscured. However, occasions of memory-making, particularly around traumatic events, not only permit expression, but channel these emotions into promoting romanticized visions of journalism. The observances of 9/11 anniversaries in the U.S. serve as one critical site where sanctioned display of journalists' emotions feed into ass…
Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Media studies (4 works) · Journalism (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works)