Gregory P. Perreault
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.
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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.
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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.
Recent publications
Updated March 2024
Books
Perreault, G. (2023) Digital Journalism and the Facilitation of Hate. London: Routledge
Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications
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​Perreault, G., Ferrucci, P. & Ficara, G. (2024) No More Market-Driven Than Hard News: Lifestyle Journalists’ Market Drive and Perceived Audience Obligations. Journalism Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2024.2333819.
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Perreault, G., Nölleke, D., Crawford, M. & Hackett, E. (2024) “Part of the team”: In house reporters navigating the journalistic periphery. Journalism and Media. 5,(1): 203-218. https://doi.org/10.3390/journalmedia5010014
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Perreault, M., Walsh, J. Perreault, G., Lincoln, L., and Moon, R. (2024). What is rural journalism? "Occupationally Precarious or Socially Cohesive Epistemology in U.S. Rural Journalism. Journalism Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2024.2314206
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Perreault, G. & Tham, S. (2023) Effective Leadership in Journalism: Field Theory in Evaluating Newsroom Leadership. Journalism. https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849231222694
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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 Journalism. https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2022.2152069 [PREPRINT]
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