ANTHONY NADLER
Ritter Hall 146, Ursinus College
Collegeville, PA 19426
Education
Ph.D. Sept 2011 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Department of Communication Studies.
Adviser: Mary Vavrus
Committee: Kathy Roberts Forde, Ronald Greene, Laurie Ouellette, Mark Pedelty
M.A. June 2007 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Department of Communication Studies.
B.A. 2001 Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa Majors: Psychology, Philosophy
University Employment
Assistant Professor of Media & Communication Studies, Ursinus College, 2012 – present
Lecturer, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 2011-2012
Graduate School Fellow, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 2005–2006, 2010-2011.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 2006–2010.
Service Learning Coordinator, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 2004–2005.
Assistant Service Learning Coordinator (AmeriCorps VISTA), UMass-Boston and Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, 2003-2004
Book Publication
2016 Nadler, A. Making the News Popular: Mobilizing U.S. News Audiences (University of Illinois Press – History of Communication Series, Urbana)
- Selected as finalist for Frank Luther Mott – Kappa Tau Alpha Journalism & Mass Communication Research Award
- Reviews: Patrick Ferrucci (2017) Journalism; Geoffrey Baym (2017) Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
Journal articles (*refereed), Book Chapters, Longform Essays, and Reviews
*Nadler, A. “Nature’s Economy and News Ecology: Scrutinizing the News Ecosystem Metaphor” Journalism Studies (Published Online First, 2018)
*Nadler, A & McGuigan, L. “Impulse to Exploit: Following the Behavioral Turn in Marketing.” Critical Studies in Media Communication (Published online first October 20, 2017)
*Creech, B. and Nadler, A. “Post-Industrial Fog: Reconsidering Innovation in Visions of Journal’s Future,” Journalism (Published online first Jan. 28, 2017)
2018 Wenzel, A., Nadler, A., Valle, M., and Hill, M. “Listening is Not Enough, Mistrust and Local News in Urban and Suburban Philly.” Columbia Journalism Review, March 26.
2017 Crain, M., and Nadler, A. “Commercial Surveillance State.” n+1, September 27.
2016 Nadler, A. and McGuigan, L. “Captains of Habit Formation: Marketing Strategy in the Age of Big Data.” In Critical Studies in Advertising ed. James Hamilton and Robert Bodle (Routledge, London)
2015 Nadler, A. and Vavrus, M. “Introduction: Journalism’s Crises and Critical Media Studies.” Communication Review 18 (2)
2015 Nadler, A. and Vavrus, M. (special issue co-editors). Critical Media Studies and the ‘Future of News Debates.’ Communication Review 18 (2).
2014 Leppert, A. and Nadler, A. (co-editor, special issue) Beyond Google: Teaching Humanistic Research Skills. Cinema Journal Teaching Dossier 2 (3)
2013 Nadler, A. “Romantic Dreams for the Internet” Book Review of The Net Effect: Romanticism, Capitalism and the Internet by Thomas Streeter. Cultural Studies 27 (4).
2009 Nadler, A. “For Every Citizen-Journalist, a Flock of User-Editors: Digg and the Social News Challenge to Professional Journalism. FlowTV (9.14)
2007 Nadler, A. “Torture on TV: Progressive Journalism Tackles Popular Culture Responses to Bush’s War on Terror.” Politics and Culture 8:1.
Scholarship Under Review or In Progress
Nadler, A. and Bauer, A.J. News on the Right. Proposal for co-edited essay collection on critical scholarship on conservative news (under contract, Oxford University Press)
Nadler, A. Conservative News and Post-Broadcast Democracy. Book project on the growth of U.S. conservative news since the mid-1990s (work in progress).
Nadler, A. “Affective Polarization and the Therapeutic Work of Conservative News,” Submission planned for Communication, Culture, and Critique.
Donavan, J. Nadler, A., Crain, M., and Davidson, P. “The Digital Influence Machine: A Primer,” report on political manipulation in digital advertising commissioned by Data & Society (thinktank), New York.
Fellowships, Grants, and Awards
2017 Research Fellow, Tow Center for Digital Journalism (Columbia University)
2013 Mellon Foundation Special Travel Grant
2010-2011 University of Minnesota Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
2011 Graduate Student Scholarship Award, Department of Communication Studies, University of Minnesota
2008 Graduate Research Partnership Program Fellowship (Summer)
2007 Garden Jones Award, University of Minnesota
2005-2006 Graduate School Fellowship, University of Minnesota
1997- 2001 DeWitt Wallace Distinguished Scholar, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
2001 Thomas E. Hill Prize for Philosophy, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
Conference Presentations
2018 Nadler, A. and Bauer, A.J. Propaganda, Fake News, and the Limits of Agonistic Discourse. Joint Journalism and Communication History Conference, New York.
2017 Nadler, A. Pioneering the Counter-Cultural Style of Conservative News. International Communication Association Conference, San Diego, May.
2017 Nadler, A. Virtual Pamphleteers: Defining Conservative News Online. Joint Journalism and Communication History Conference, New York, March.
2016 Nadler, A. “Matt Drudge and Andrew Breitbart: Envisioning Online Conservative News” Joint Journalism and Communication History Conference, New York, March.
2015 Nadler, A. Responding to Crisis and Opportunity: Normative Paradigms in the Future of News Debates. National Communication Association, Las Vegas, November.
2015 Nadler, A. Captains of Habit Formation: Marketing in the Age of Big Data. Union for Democratic Communication, Toronto, May.
2015 Nadler, A. The Chatter and the Fury: The Making of U.S. Prime Time Cable News as a Genre. Joint Journalism and Communication History Conference, New York City, March.
2014 Nadler, A. From Public Journalism to Citizen Journalism: Continuities and Change in Opposition to the Professional News Paradigm. Joint Journalism and Communication History Conference, New York City, March.
2013 Nadler, A. The Specter of MOOCs: Contesting and Appropriating New Media in Higher Ed. Union for Democratic Communication, San Francisco, November.
2013 Nadler, A. Cracks in the Gates: The Market-Driven Newspaper Movement as a Precursor of “The-Future-of-News-Consensus.” International Communication Association, London, June.
2013 Nadler, A. Digital Marketing and the Behavioral Model of Agency. Beyond the Brand Preconference: International Communication Association, London, June.
2012 Nadler, A. Media and the Populist Moment. Union for Democratic Communication. Tallahassee, Florida, May.
2010 Nadler, A. Democratizing news? User-editors and the new cultural technologies of journalism. National Communication Association, San Francisco, November.
2010 Nadler, A. Cyber-optimism and democratic news. Union for Democratic Communication, State College, PA, October.
2010 Nadler, A. Conceptualizing the popularization and democratization of news. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Denver, August.
2010 Nadler, A., Tiffe, R., and Patia, K. Practicing engaged scholarship and pedagogy in today’s universities. Beneath the University: tThe Commons, Minneapolis, April.
2009 Nadler, A. Monopolizing the new television economy. National Communication Association, Chicago, November.
2009 Nadler, A. Making news popular: Cable news wars and the industry popular. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Boston, August.
2009 Nadler, A. Corporate dominance after the network era: Monopolizing television through “controlling means of consumption.” Union for Democratic Communication, Buffalo, NY, May.
2007 Nadler, A. Measuring media diversity for a marketplace of ideas. National Communication Association, Chicago, November.
2007 Nadler, A. Finding a meaningful measure of media diversity. SSRC Pre-Conference, National Media Reform Conference, Memphis, January.
2006 Nadler, A. Can bloggers save democracy from bad journalism? National Communication Association, San Antonio, November.
2006 Nadler, A. and May, M. Affect and the politics of bookstore community: Two case studies. National Communication Association, San Antonio, November.
Invited Lectures
2017 “The Therapeutic Work of U.S. Conservative Media.” Invited presentation for Data & Society, New York.
2015 “Propaganda and the News.” Guest Lecture for Dennis Stromback’s Race and Poverty in the Americas, Temple University, April.
2011 “Social News and the Future of News Debates.” Wednesday Noon Research Series, Communication Studies Department, University of Minnesota, February.
2011 “Building a Journalistic Infrastructure for the Digital Age.” Guest lecture for Thomas Johnson’s U.S. Electronic Media (Comm 3211), University of Minnesota, February.
2009 “Contemporary Challenges in Media Policy.” Guest lecture for Gil Rodman’s U.S. Electronic Media (Comm 3211), University of Minnesota, April.
2008 “Net Neutrality and Media Policy.” Guest lecture for Mary Vavrus’s U.S. Electronic Media (Comm 3211), University of Minnesota, March.
2007 “Media Diversity for a Marketplace of Ideas.” Wednesday Noon Research Series, Communication Studies Department, University of Minnesota, November.
2007 “The Media Reform Movement” Invited talk for American Association of University Women, Minneapolis chapter, October
Teaching and Research Interests
News history and culture; critical internet studies; populism, social movements, and digital media; right-wing activism and news; political economy of media; citizenship and the public sphere; critical theory and cultural studies.
Teaching Experience
Classes taught Ursinus College
- MCS 375B: Propaganda and Fake News
- MCS 375 Media Activism
- MCS 358: Persuasion (Critical Studies in Advertising and Propaganda)
- MCS 290: Remix Culture
- MCS 225: Digital Filmmaking
- MCS 220: Introduction to New Media
- MCS 205: Media and Society
- CIE 200: The Common Intellectual Experience
Classes University of Minnesota, Lecturer (instructor of record)
- Comm 3201: Introduction to Electronic Media Production (3 sections)
- Comm 3211: Introduction to U.S. Electronic Media
University of Minnesota, Graduate Instructor of Record Positions
- Comm 4291: New Telecommunications Media
- Comm 3263: Media Literacy: Decoding Media Images and Messages (3 semesters)
- Comm 3201: Introduction to Electronic Media Production
- Comm 1101: Introduction to Public Speaking (3 semesters)
University of Minnesota, Teaching Assistant Positions
- Comm 3211: Introduction to U.S. Electronic Media (4 semesters)
- Comm 3401: Introduction to Communication Theory (4 semesters)
Directed Studies and Undergraduate Supervision
- Brianna Gaddy, Independent Research, Social Media and the Occupy Movement
- Jon Vander Lugt, Summer Fellows Adviser
- Jon Vander Lugt, Honors Research Adviser
- Rachel Brown, Honors Research Adviser
Academic Service
Ursinus College
- Campus Planning and Priorities Committee (2014- present)
- Phi Beta Kappa Chapter Member (2013-present)
- Faculty Governance Committee (2013-present)
- Digital Humanities Working Group (2013-present)
- WVOU (campus radio), faculty adviser.
University of Minnesota
- Digital Humanities 2.0 Project, Working Group Member (2011- 2012)
- Communication Studies SpeComm, teaching faculty representative (2011-2012)
- Communication Studies Graduate Student Organization, officer (2008- 2009)
- Council of Graduate Students, representative (2007-2008)
- Chair Search Committee, student representative (2007)
- Communication Studies SpeComm, student representative (2005-2006)
- Students for Engaged Scholarship, co-founder and officer (2005-2006)
Other Academic Service
- Cofounder – org
- Cofounding editor — Cinema Journal Teaching Dossier (online journal partnering with Cinema Journal)
- Reviewer
- American Journalism (journal) (2012-present)
- Communication Theory (journal) (2010-present)
- Journalism (journal), review (2017-present)
- Communication, Culture, Critique
- Union for Democratic Communication Conference (2013)
- International Communication Association (2011 – present)
- Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge, editorial advisor (2003-2005)
Journalistic Writing
I have written for n+1, MediaCommons, Pulse of the Twin Cities, Rain Taxi, and the Twin Cities Daily Planet.
Other Experience
Spring 2009 Volunteer Production Coordinator, Phillips Community Television, Minneapolis, MN
Summer 2007 Finnish Summer Program in Political Communication, University of Tampere, Finland
Summer 2006 Graduate Research Fellow, Free Press/Social Science Research Council, Washington D.C.
2001 – 2002 Team Leader, AmeriCorps NCCC, Central Region Campus; Denver, CO
2001 Research Assistant, Youth Violence Prevention Project University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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