Who’s Sivek?
Susan Currie Sivek, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor and Graduate Coordinator in the Mass Communication and Journalism Department at California State University, Fresno. She earned her master’s degree and doctorate from the School of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin in 2008. Sivek currently teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in multimedia communication, writing and research methods. Her research interests include social media and journalism, magazine journalism, and political communication. She is originally from San Antonio, Texas, where she attended Trinity University and received a B.A. summa cum laude in English.
Dr. Sivek’s most recent curriculum vitae is here.
Upcoming Presentation:
“‘We Need a Showing of All Hands’: Technological Fetishism in MAKE Magazine” at the National Communication Association annual conference, Mass Communication Division, San Francisco, November 2010.
Recent Publications:
“Social Media Under Social Control: Regulating Social Media and the Future of Socialization” in Electronic News, in press
“Editing Conservatism: How National Review Magazine Framed and Mobilized a Political Movement” in Mass Communication & Society, Summer 2008
Recent Conference Presentations:
“Social Networking and Screencasts: A Powerful Combination” at the California State University Symposium on University Teaching, San Bernardino, April 24, 2010
“Social Media Under Social Control: Regulating Social Media and the Future of Socialization” (submitted for publication); Convergence and Society Conference, Reno, NV, November 2009
