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Scholar, Author, Professor

Gregory P. Perreault (Ph.D., Missouri) is a scholar of adaptation in journalism. His work focuses on journalistic epistemology, hostility in journalism and digital labor.

He currently serves as Chair of the Standing Committee of Research for the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) and as Reviews Editor for Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. He served as Fulbright-Botstiber Professor of Austrian-American Studies at the University of Vienna Journalism Studies Center (2020-2021). His work appears in New Media & Society, Digital Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Studies, Journalism Practice and Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. His book Digital Journalism and the Facilitation of Hate (Routledge) was published in 2023. 

An avid runner, he most recently ran the 39.3 Asheville Marathon and a Half in Asheville, North Carolina. He serves as associate professor of media literacy & analytics the Zimmerman School for Advertising & Mass Communication at the University of South Florida. 

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Recent publications

Updated November 2023

Books

 

Perreault, G. (2023) Digital Journalism and the Facilitation of Hate. London: Routledge

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Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

Perreault, M.F., Fargen Walsh, J., Lincoln, L., Perreault, G. & Moon, R. (2023) "Everything else is public relations": How rural journalists draw the boundary between journalism and public relations in rural communities. Mass Communication & Society. https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2023.2243920

 

Perreault, G, Tandoc, Jr., E. & Caberlon, L. (2023) Life after death: Obituaries as metajournalistic discourse. Journalism Practice. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2023.2202642

 

Perreault, G., Caberlon, L. & Stuart, C. (2023). Audience repair as paradigm repair: Fixing the ‘gamer’ in gaming journalism. Journalism History. https://doi.org/10.1080/00947679.2023.2203022

 

Perreault, G. & Hanusch, F. (2023) Normalizing Instagram. Digital Journalismhttps://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2022.2152069   [PREPRINT]

Perreault, G. & Miller, K. (2022) When journalists are voiceless: How lifestyle journalists cover hate and mitigate harassment. Journalism Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2022.2135583

Perreault, G. & Bélair-Gagnon, V. (2022) The Lifestyle of Lifestyle Journalists: How reporters discursively manage their aspirations in their daily work. Journalism Practice. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2022.2111697

 

Perreault, G. & Hanusch, F. (2022) Field insurgency in lifestyle journalism: How lifestyle journalists marginalize Instagram influencers and protect their autonomy. New Media & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448221104233

Perreault, G. & Nölleke, D. (2022) What is sports journalism? How COVID-19 accelerated a redefining of U.S. sports reporting.  Journalism Studies.  https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2022.2117237

Ferrucci, P. & Perreault, G. (2022) The Local is Now National: The Athletic as a model for online local news. New Media & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448221117748

Perreault, G., Johnson, B., & Klein, L. (2022) Covering Hate: Field Theory and Journalistic Role Conception in the Coverage of White Nationalist Rallies. Journalism Practice. 16,(6): 1117-1133. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2020.1835525

Hume, H. & Perreault, G. (2022) Media and Mass Shootings: Field Theory in CNN News Coverage of the Columbine High School and Parkland High School Mass Shootings. Electronic News. https://doi.org/10.1177/19312431221111380

Perreault, G. Moon, R., Fargen Walsh, J. & Perreault, M. (2022) "It's not hate, but..." Defining marginal categories in rural journalism. Journalism Practice. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2022.2075782

Perreault, G., Kananovich, V. & Hackett, E. (2022) Guarding the Firewall: How political journalists distance themselves from the editorial endorsement process. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1177/10776990221084609

 

Perreault, G. & Meltzer, K. (2022) Metajournalistic discourse and reporting policies on white nationalism. Journal of Communication Inquiry. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/01968599211072452

 

Perreault, G. & Montalbano, K. (2022) Covering Religion: Field Insurgency in U.S. religion reporting. Journalism. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/ 10.1177/14648849211073220

Perreault, G. & Lynch, T. (2022) Discourse of Gaming: A Conceptual Framework of Gaming as an Interpretive Community. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media. https://doi.org/10.1080/08838151.2022.2093355

 

Holman, L. & Perreault, G. (2022) Diffusion of Innovations in digital journalism: Technology, roles, & gender in modern newsrooms. Journalism. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849211073441

Perreault, G. & Bell, T. (2022) Toward a “digital” sport journalism: Field theory, changing boundaries and evolving technologies. Communication & Sport. 10,(3): 398-416. http://doi.org/10.1177/2167479520979958

Perreault, G., Perreault, M. & Maares, P. (2022) Metajournalistic discourse as a stabilizer within the journalistic field: Journalistic practice in the COVID-19 pandemic. Journalism Practice. 16,(2-3): 365-383. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2021.1949630

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