Stephen Harrington

ORCID: 0000-0001-5340-1906
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Research Areas
  • Media Studies and Communication
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Gender, Feminism, and Media
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Media, Gender, and Advertising
  • Digital Games and Media
  • Humor Studies and Applications
  • Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
  • Public Relations and Crisis Communication
  • Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments
  • Rhetoric and Communication Studies
  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
  • Urinary and Genital Oncology Studies
  • Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism
  • Media Influence and Health
  • Urological Disorders and Treatments
  • Law in Society and Culture
  • Sports, Gender, and Society
  • Media Influence and Politics
  • Contemporary Literature and Criticism
  • Urologic and reproductive health conditions
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Genital Health and Disease
  • Environmental Education and Sustainability
  • Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment

Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
2024-2025

Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center
2025

Queensland University of Technology
2012-2024

Dartmouth Health
2024

Dartmouth Hospital
2024

Michigan Medicine
2022

Schlumberger (British Virgin Islands)
2021

University of Surrey
2007

Focussing in detail on one key component of the infodemic surrounding COVID-19, this article traces dissemination dynamics rumours that pandemic outbreak was somehow related to rollout 5G mobile telephony technology Wuhan and around world. Drawing a mixture quantitative qualitative methods including time-series analysis, network analysis in-depth close reading, our shows rumour Facebook from its obscure origins pre-existing conspiracist groups through greater uptake more diverse communities...

10.1177/1329878x20946113 article EN cc-by Media International Australia 2020-08-04

Abstract Amongst the most prominent uses of Twitter is its role in discussion widely televised events: Twitter's own statistics for 2011, example, list major entertainment spectacles (the MTV Music Awards and BET Awards) sports matches UEFA Champions League final FIFA Women's World Cup final) amongst events generating tweets per second during year. During such media events, used predominantly as a technology fandom: it serves backchannel to television other streaming audiovisual media,...

10.1080/1369118x.2012.756053 article EN Information Communication & Society 2013-01-03

Given the increasing interest in sustainable food consumption and production, this study aims to understand how consumers perceive value proposition of vegan food. Over 120,000 tweets relating veganism were extracted from Twitter, which then analysed using text analytics tool Leximancer ascertain predominant themes conversation taking place around Our results show that, light three main drivers for choice—ethical, personal health, environmental—surprisingly, we see a limited number...

10.3390/su14042075 article EN Sustainability 2022-02-11

This article is a brief review and critique of the main scholarly approaches to thinking about popular forms news in late 20th early 21st centuries, particularly regards broadcast television. Rather than advocating merits either or `hard' news, it discusses possibility finding (or revisiting) critical approach current affairs 1 journalism that charts suitable middle ground: one can accommodate emergence informational programs (e.g. The Awful Truth, Daily Show) moves away from sometimes too...

10.1177/1464884907089008 article EN Journalism 2008-04-21

This article describes the emerging genre of ‘social news’ – characterised by a ‘born-digital’ form journalism which is both symptomatic and pragmatic response to logics social media. The outlines genre’s key formal characteristics, illustrating them through discussions three Australia-based publications BuzzFeed Oz News, Junkee, Pedestrian.tv. analysis these examples indicates that news departs from traditional journalistic norms around objectivity, instead exhibiting strong explicit...

10.1177/1464884918793933 article EN Journalism 2019-01-23

Conspiracy theories about the 'real' origins of coronavirus have co-evolved with media coverage COVID-19 crisis itself; World Health Organization now warns a global "infodemic" paralleling viral pandemic. Covering these conspiracy presents difficult editorial choices for news organizations. This article examines how diverse outlets chose to report on one key theory: (entirely unfounded) claim that 5G telecommunications technology severely worsened or even caused We draw online data from...

10.1080/21670811.2021.1968921 article EN Digital Journalism 2021-09-15

This article focuses on the satirical Australian show The Chaser’s War Everything, and uses it to critically assess potential political social ramifications of what McNair (2006) has called ‘cultural chaos’. Drawing upon analysing several examples from this particular program, alongside interviews with its production team qualitative audience research, argues that TV show’s engagement politicians issues, in a way departs conventions traditional journalism, offers significant opportunity for...

10.1177/1464884911400847 article EN Journalism 2011-12-20

Entertainment is a key cultural category. Yet the definition of entertainment can differ depending upon whom one asks. This article maps out understandings in three areas. Within industrial discourses, defined by commercial business model. evaluative discourses used consumers and critics, it understood through an aesthetic system that privileges emotional engagement, story, speed vulgarity. academia, has not been organizing concept within humanities, despite fact central categories producers...

10.1080/17510694.2014.962932 article EN Creative Industries Journal 2014-07-03

In an era of increasing health care expenditure, reduction redundant head and neck surgical instrumentation may minimize waste.To (1) optimize instrument trays at a single large academic tertiary center (2) identify associated direct cost savings.This prospective quality improvement initiative was conducted medical from July 2017 through 2021. Participants were multidisciplinary team consisting surgeons, operating room nurses, technicians, supply chain analysts.The 4 primary (major...

10.1001/jamaoto.2022.0032 article EN JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery 2022-03-10

Purpose Of all industries, agri-food has one of the largest environmental impacts. Reducing production and consumption meat, dairy seafood, moving to predominantly plant-based diets, is key lowering our footprint. Veg-friendly restaurants play a role in this transition as they have capacity build greener dining scene (e.g. positively change consumer opinions towards vegan food). Hence, purpose paper understand entrepreneurial journey veg-friendly restaurateurs. Design/methodology/approach...

10.1108/bfj-10-2021-1104 article EN British Food Journal 2022-04-06
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