Joined IU in 1995 as a faculty member in the School of Journalism
and moved to the Department of Telecommunications in 2006. Member
of the Graduate Faculty with the endorsement to direct doctoral
dissertations.
Education:
- B.A. Communication/English from The University of
Johannesburg
Honors degree Communication (with distinction) from The University
of Johannesburg
- M.A. Communication (with distinction) from University
of Johannesburg
- M.A. International Journalism from Baylor University
- Ph.D. Mass
Media and Communication from Temple University
Teaching interests:
Mass communication theory
and research methods.
Research interests:
- Experimental research in the information processing area:
Tabloid news, differences between new and traditional media,
and gender and social class of the audience
- Content analysis of mostly news
narratives: Crime and politics
Most recent publications:
CV download (PDF)
Wise, K., Lee, S., Lang, A., Fox, J. R. & Grabe, M. E. (forthcoming).
Responding to change on TV: How viewer-controlled changes in
content differ from programmed changes in content. Journal
of Broadcasting & Electronic Media.
Kamhawi, R. & Grabe, M. E. (forthcoming). Engaging the female audience:
An evolutionary psychology perspective on gendered responses
to news valence frames. Journal of
Broadcasting & Electronic Media.
Grabe, M. E. (forthcoming). Tabloid press. In W. Donsbach (Ed.) International
Encyclopedia of Communication. Blackwell Publishing.
McBride, K. R., Sanders, S. A., Janssen, E., Grabe, M. E., Bass, J. Sparks,
J. V., Brown, T. R., Heiman, J. R. (2007). Turning sexual science
into news: Sex research and the media. Journal
of Sex Research,
44, 347-358.
Yegiyan, N. & Grabe, M. E. (2007). An Experimental Investigation
of Source Confusion in Televised Political Messages: News versus
Advertisements. Human
Communication Research, 33, 379-395.
Grabe, M. E. & Drew, D. (2007). Crime cultivation: Comparisons across
media genres and channels. Journal
of Broadcasting & Electronic
Media, 51, 147-171.
Bucy, E. P. & Grabe, M. E. (2007). Taking television seriously: A
sound and image bite analysis of presidential campaign coverage,
1992-2004. Journal
of Communication, 7, 652-675.
Conway, M. T., Grabe, M. E., & Grieves, K. (2007). Villains, victims
and the virtuous in Bill O’Reilly’s “No-Spin Zone:” Revisiting
World War propaganda techniques. Journalism
Studies,
8(2), 197-223.
Grabe, M. E. & Kamhawi, R. (2006). Hard wired for negative news?
Gender differences in processing broadcast news. Communication
Research, 33(5), 346-369.
Kamhawi, R. & Grabe, M. E. (2006). Gender and negative news reception:
An evolutionary psychology explanation. Media
Report to Women,
34(4).
Grabe, M. E., Trager, K. D., Lear, M. & Rauch, J. (2006). Gender
in crime news: A case study test of the chivalry hypothesis. Mass
Communication & Society, 9(2), 137-163.
Zhou, S. & Grabe, M. E. (2006). The creation of drama in broadcast
news: Challenges for Asian journalists. In X. Hao & S. K. Datta-Ray
(Eds.). Issues and Challenges
in Asian Journalism.
Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Academic.
Grabe, M. E., Zhou, S., & Barnett, B. (2006). Explicating sensationalism
in television news: Content and the bells and whistles of form.
In D. McQuail (Ed.) Benchmarks in
Communication: Mass Communication.
Sage. (Reprint)
Service:
- Editorial board member of Journal
of Broadcasting & Electronic
Media, The Web
Journal of Mass Communication Research,
and Ecquid Novi
- Vice-chair of the Journalism Studies Division of the International
Communication Association
Professional experience:
Documentary news producer at the South
African Broadcasting Corporation, South Africa (1985-1990) and
KCTF Public Television in 1992.
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