Scholars

Associate Professor

Positions:

Associate Professor, Communication, College of Liberal Arts

Research Areas:

Polarization (Social sciences), Communication in politics, Press, Political science, Mass media, Information technology, Elections, Mobile communication systems, Political campaigns, Public opinion

Single Page Bio

jdunaway@tamu.edu

Co-author Network

Map of Science

Co-investigator Network

Websites

ORCID

0000-0003-3975-5227

Research Areas:

Polarization (Social sciences), Communication in politics, Press, Political science, Mass media, Information technology, Elections, Mobile communication systems, Political campaigns, Public opinion

overview

My research questions relate to news media and politics, political communication, and the impact of changing communication technologies on media effects, public opinion, and political behavior. Most of my work has implications for civic literacy, engagement, and democratic deliberation. Broadly, I focus on questions such as: What makes news more or less informative? How are changes to the contemporary communication landscape influencing elite and mass linkages and political polarization? What are the effects of mobile communication on citizen news engagement and civic literacy? What are the causes and consequences of news bias toward women and racial and ethnic groups?

education and training

Ph.D. in Political Science, Rice University - (Houston, Texas, United States) 2006
M.A. in Political Science, Rice University - (Houston, Texas, United States) 2004
M.A. in Political Science, University of North Texas - (Denton, Texas, United States) 2002
B.A. in Political Science, University of North Texas - (Denton, Texas, United States) 1999

selected publications

Academic Articles28

Darr, J. P., Perry, B. N., Dunaway, J. L., & Sui, M. (2020). Seeing Spanish: The Effects of Language-Based Media Choices on Resentment and Belonging. POLITICAL COMMUNICATION. 1-24.
Padgett, J., Dunaway, J. L., & Darr, J. P. (2019). As Seen on TV? How Gatekeeping Makes the US House Seem More Extreme. Journal of Communication. 69(6), 696-719.
Dunaway, J. (2018). Doris A. Graber's Contributions to Political Communication. POLITICAL COMMUNICATION. 35(3), 506-507.
Arceneaux, K., Dunaway, J., & Soroka, S. (2018). Elites are people, too: The effects of threat sensitivity on policymakers' spending priorities. PLoS ONE. 13(4), e0193781-e0193781.
Dunaway, J., Searles, K., Sui, M., & Paul, N. (2018). News Attention in a Mobile Era. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. 23(2), 107-124.

Books2

West, S. M., & Dunaway, J. (2017). Mass Media and American Politics (Tenth Edition).
Graber, D. A., & Dunaway, J. L. (2014). Mass Media and American Politics. CQ Press.

Chapters2

Dunaway, J. L., Searles, K., Fowler, E. F., & Ridout, T. N. (2018). Political Advertising. Napoli, P. M. (Eds.), Mediated Communication. Walter de Gruyter.
Dunaway, J., Searles, K., Sui, M., & Paul, N. (2018). The Move to Mobile. Ridout, T. N. (Eds.), New Directions in Media and Politics, 2nd Ed. (pp. 143-157). Routledge.