ADRIENNE RUSSELL
Digital Media Studies
University of Denver
Sturm Hall 216, 2000 E. Asbury Street
Denver, Colorado 80208
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Journalism and Mass Communication, Indiana University Bloomington, 2001.
M.A., Media Studies, Stanford University, 1995.
B.A., World Literature and Cultural Studies, University of California Santa Cruz, 1993.
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
Assistant Professor, Digital Media Studies, School of Communication, University of Denver, Fall 2008. Teach courses on critical approaches to digital media, activist communication, and emerging forms of journalism.
Fellow, Annenberg Center for Communication, University of Southern California, August 2005-Present. Researching the social, economic and political impact of network communication technologies as part of an interdisciplinary team of scholars.
Lecturer, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California, Spring 2007. Teach course on public relations in the networked media environment.
Assistant Professor, Department of International Communications, American University of Paris, Fall 2002-Present. Teach courses on international communication research and theory, new media technologies, the public sphere, public relations, and journalism.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Mass Communication, University of California Berkeley, Summer 2005. Taught a course on Global Media, Power and Resistance.
Visiting Lecturer, Department of Communication, Santa Clara University, Summer 2000 and Summer 2001. Taught News Writing and Editing.
Visiting Lecturer, Department of Communication, Notre Dame de Namur University, Fall 2000. Taught Introduction to Communication.
Associate Instructor, School of Journalism, Indiana University Bloomington, Fall 1997- Spring 1999. Taught News Writing, Editing and Reporting. Assisted teaching Foundations of Mass Communication.
PUBLICATIONS
Books Chapters
Networked Culture, editor and co-author with Mizuko Ito, Todd Richmond, and Mark Tuters. Kazys Varnelis Ed. Networked Publics, forthcoming, MIT Press, 2008.
“Salon.com and the Shifting Culture of Journalism,” in Elizabeth Bird Ed. The Anthropology of News and Journalism: Global Perspectives, forthcoming, University of Indiana Press, 2008.
Edited Volumes
International Blogging, editor with Nabil Echachaibi, forthcoming, Peter Lang, 2008.
New Media and Society, editor of theme section on new media and global political resistance, August 2005.
Refereed Journal Articles
“Digital Communication Networks and the Journalistic Field,” Critical Studies in Media Communication, forthcoming, Vol. 24 no. 4, October 2007.
“Covering Music Filesharing and the Future of Innovation,” First Monday, September 2006.
“Zapatista Myths: Exploring a Network Identity” and “Introductory Editorial,” New Media and Society, August 2005.
“Chiapas and the New News: Internet and Newspaper Coverage of a Broken Cease-Fire,” Journalism: Theory, Practice, and Criticism, Vol. 2 no. 2, August 2001.
“The Zapatistas Online: Shifting the Discourse of Globalization,” Gazette - International Journal of Communication Studies, Vol. 63 no. 5, October 2001.
Related Publications
“Looking at Manzanar: Japanese Internment and post 9/11 Racial Politics,” co-author, Seven-by-Seven Magazine, San Francisco, Spring 2002.
“The Zapatistas and Computer-Mediated Peace,” Peace Review, Vol. 13 no. 3, September 2001.
“ER,” “The Golden Gate Bridge,” “Quentin Tarantino,” “William Randolph Hearst,” St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, edited by Tom and Sara Pendergast, Snohomish, Wash.: Full Circle Editorial Inc., 2000.
Online Blogs and Forums
Contributor and Administrator with Howard Rheingold of University of Southern California Annenberg Center for Communication’s DIY Media Weblog (http://weblogs.annenberg.edu/diy/), an experimental online forum on issues related to participatory media products and practices.
Contributing blogger at Pop and Politics (http://www.popandpolitics.com), a website based at University of Southern California Annenberg School of Communication that covers the intersection of youth, politics and popular culture.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Senior Editor/Writer, Sierra Club Office of Environmental Programs, San Francisco, Calif., 2001-2002. Wrote and edited publicity and fundraising material, managed grant-proposal and report-preparation process, and taught workshops on grant writing and public relations to nationwide Sierra Club chapters.
Course Editor, Powered, Inc., formerly Notharvard.com, Austin, Tex., January, 2000-2002. Oversaw and managed course development for online university.
Communication Manager, KPMG LLP, San Francisco, Calif., 1999-2000. Drafted written and oral proposals to provide professional services to organizations and corporations, managed campaigns to obtain client contracts.
Web Publisher, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind., 1996-1997. Edited and published Newsletter of Journalism Ethics, an online publication.
Research Manager, McGraw Hill Publishing, San Mateo, Calif., 1995-1996. Responsible for primary audience survey design, interpretation and statistical analysis of syndicated research.
Writer and Researcher, High Road Productions, Palo Alto, Calif., 1995. Researched and created a print guide to the documentary entitled “The American Promise,” aired on PBS, October 1995.
Editorial Assistant, Mother Jones Magazine, San Francisco, Calif., 1992. Conducted background research for feature stories, fact-checked and wrote sidebars and short articles.
Reporter, El Andar Bilingual Weekly, Watsonville, Calif., 1992. Covered local community events, wrote feature articles in English and Spanish.
APPEARANCES, CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PANELS
“The New Publics of the New News,” The Future of Public Institutions, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, May 2-3, 2008.
“DIY Media and Challenges to Traditional Media Featuring Stories from Diverse Communities,” panel chair and respondent, Untold Stories: Truth and Consequences, Estlow Center for International Journalism, University of Denver, Denver, Col., April 2008.
“The State of Reseach,” organized and chaired panel, 24/7: A DIY Video Summit, School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif., February 2008.
“Digital Communication Networks and the Journalistic Field,” Annenberg Center for Communication DIY Media Speaker Series, Los Angeles, Calif., May 2007.
“Between Commerce and Coercion: Emerging Paradigms in Chinese Journalism,” chaired panel for the International Communication Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, Calif., May 2007.
“Networked News and Emerging forms of Public Engagement,” Observatoire des Mutations des Industries Culturelles international conference on transformations in cultural and media industries, Paris, France, September 2006.
“New Media Technologies and Global Public Address: the video ‘The French Democracy,’” AUP/NYU Symposium on Cultural Diversity and Global Cultural Governance, Paris, France, March 2006.
“Global Communication, New Media, and Network Resistance: A Case Study of the Social Justice Movement,” International Communication Association Annual Conference, New York, N.Y., May 2005.
“Shifting Truths and the New News,” Annenberg Center for Communication Networked Publics Seminar Series, Los Angeles, Calif., February 2006.
“Network Narratives, Network Resistance,” MIT4: The Work of Stories, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Cambridge, Mass., May 2005.
“Fostering Global Civil Society: The Role of Communication Education,” organized panel for the International Communication Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, La., May 2004.
“The Nation and Globalization Technologies,” International Communication Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, La., May 2004.
“Network Activism at the World Social Forum: Combining Old and New Media,” World Social Forum, Mumbai, India, January 2004.
“Deviance and Innovation: Media Coverage of File Sharing and the Music Industry,” Digital Dynamics Conference sponsored by the International Communication Association and the International Association of Media and Communication Research, University of Loughborough, Loughborough, UK, November 2003.
“Myth-Making Online: A Tale of the Zapatistas, Staring Heroes, Savages, Victims, and Beasts,” International Communication Association Annual Conference, San Diego, Calif., May 2003.
“Globalization, the Internet and the Public Sphere,” Rhetoric and Globalization Conference, American University of Paris, Paris, France, October 2002.
“The Zapatista War of Words: Online Discourse and the Limits of Traditional News Coverage,” International Communication Association Annual Conference, Washington D.C., May 2001.
“Chiapas and the New News: Internet and Newspaper Coverage of a Broken Cease-Fire,” the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference,
Phoenix, Ariz., August 2000.
“Zapatistas Online: Shifting the Discourse of a Nation,” Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference, New Orleans, La., May 1999.
“The Internet and the Zapatista Army of National Liberation: A Local Struggle in a Global Environment,” the International Communication Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, Calif., May 1999.
“Sex, Lies, and the Whitehouse: How Journalists Wrote Themselves into the Story,” Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference, Baltimore, Md., August 1998.
“Images and Intent: Two Views of the Japanese Internment Camp, Manzanar,” Crossing the Jordan Cultural Studies conference held at Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind., November 1997.
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