Dr. Scott A. Eldridge II is Associate Professor (Universitair Hoofddocent 2 – UHD2) with the Centre for Media and Journalism Studies at the University of Groningen. He is author of the books Journalism in a Fractured World (2025) and Online Journalism from the Periphery: Interloper Media and the Journalistic Field (2018) and co-author with Miguel Santos-Silva of the book The Ethics of Photojournalism in a Digital Age (2020). He is Series Editor of the ‘Frontiers in Journalism Studies’ book series with Peter Lang. He was Associate Editor for Digital Journalism (2018-2021), and reviews editor for Digital Journalism (2013-2019). He currently sits on the editorial boards of Digital Journalism, the Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies, and Media and Communication. Scott has studied and worked in the United States, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom, and South Africa. He was previously a full-time Lecturer and researcher in the Department of Journalism Studies at the University of Sheffield, UK (2014-2016). Before entering academia, he worked for several years as a journalist and editor for local and regional newspapers in Massachusetts (USA), and worked as a journalist covering US-China trade policy and legislation in Washington, DC.

University of Groningen (August 2016 – current)

• Associate Professor/Universitair Hoofddocent (UHD2) (1,0 fte: 0,6 teaching, 0,4 research)
• Research affiliation: Research Centre for Media and Journalism Studies (CMJS), The Groningen Research Institute for the Study of Culture (ICOG); Faculty of Arts
• Teaching affiliation: Media Studies (Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes), Cluster 5, Faculty of Arts

University of Sheffield, England

• Journalism Studies (Sept. 2011 – February 2014; viva voce April 2014; awarded August 2014)
• Doctoral thesis: Interloper Media: Journalism’s reactions to the rise of WikiLeaks
• Supervisor: dr. Jairo Lugo-Ocando; Examiners: prof. dr. Stuart Allan (Cardiff); dr. Roger Dickinson (Leicester)
• Awarded competitive University of Sheffield PhD Scholarship (fees + stipend)

Erasmus Mundus Masters) Erasmus Mundus Master in Journalism and Media Studies (2007 – 2009)

• Universities of Århus, Amsterdam, and Hamburg
• Master’s Thesis: Blogs and Traditional Media: How political news media refer to one another
• Supervisors prof. dr. Uwe Hasebrink; prof. dr. Wiebke Loosen
• Awarded competitive European Commission Full Scholarship and Stipend

University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Bachelor’s of Arts (cum laude)
Major: Journalism (History minor) (2000 – 2004)
Autumn 2003 semester at the University of Alaska, Anchorage

My research is situated in the fields of journalism studies and digital journalism studies. My work focuses on theoretical and conceptual understandings of the journalistic field as it is changing in a digital age. Through my publications, I have introduced novel concepts and frameworks for studying how boundaries of journalism are enforced through social interaction between traditional and emerging journalistic actors. I have been recognized internationally for my scholarship introducing the concepts of peripheral journalistic actors and interloper media as ways to advance our understanding of the journalistic field in a digital age and non-traditional media actors who challenge mainstream journalism. I have been one of the leading voices in developing and advancing the field of digital journalism studies, reflected in my editorial contributions outlined below. My research draws on scholarship in politics, political theory, and political communication, which I use to better understand the intersections of journalism and politics as they play out online. In terms of methods and approach, my research is primarily qualitative, with specific expertise in Critical Discourse Analysis, Semiotic Analysis, and Textual Analysis. I have also worked with computer-assisted semantic and sentiment analysis and have experience supervising PhD and MA research students working with computer-assisted grounded theory and LDA topic modeling. I have also utilized historical methods, working with digital and analogue archives, with an emphasis on navigating web archives of alternative and peripheral news sites.

Keywords: Journalism, Journalistic Field, Journalistic Boundaries, Peripheral Journalistic Actors, Interloper Media, Digital Journalism Studies, Discourse Analysis, Metajournalistic Discourses, Populism and Polarization, Politics, Political Communication.

Eldridge, S. (2025). Journalism in a Fractured World. Oxford: Peter Lang. [accepted; in production] [Research Monograph; Single blind peer review of proposal & final manuscript]
Eldridge, S., Cheruiyot, D., Banjac, S. and Swart, J. (2025). The Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies (Second Edition), Abingdon: Routledge. [accepted; in production] [Edited Volume; Proposal reviewed by Editorial Board]
Broersma, M. and Eldridge, S. (2025). “Will the center hold? Relocating journalism in the digital”. In: Cheruiyot, D., Banjac, S., Swart, J. and Eldridge, S. (Eds.) The Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies, 2^nd Edition. London: Routledge. [accepted; in production] [Book Chapter]
He, K., Eldridge, S. and Broersma, M. (2024). “Internet memes, populist campaigns: Nationalism, populism, and online visual protests in China.” Convergence DOI: 10.1177/13548565241308075
He, K., Eldridge, S. and Broersma, M. (2024). “Tactics of Disconnection: How Netizens Navigate China’s Censorship System.” Media and Communication, 12, Article 8670. DOI: 10.17645/mac.8670.
Eldridge, S. (2024) “Grievance and animosity: fracturing the digital news ecosystem” in Daniel Jackson, Andrea Carson, Danielle Sarver Coombs, Stephanie Edgerly, Einar Thorsen, Filippo Trevisan, Scott Wright (Eds) US Election Analysis 2024: Media, Voters and the Campaign. Bournemouth, UK: The Centre for the Study of Journalism, Culture and Community, Bournemouth University(p. 78). At: https://www.electionanalysis.ws/us/president2024/section-5-news-and-journalism/grievance-and-animosity-fracturing-the-digital-news-ecosystem/
Beazer, A., Palicki, S., Walter, S., and Eldridge, S. (2024). “Intersectional Solidarity, Empathy, or Pity? Exploring Representations of Migrant Women in German and British Newspapers during the Pandemic” Ethnic and Racial Studies. 48 (2), 318-345. DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2024.2362456. [Journal Article; Peer Reviewed]
Harbers, F., Banjac, S., & Eldridge, S. (2024). ‘Conceptualizing and Contextualizing Media Innovation and Change’, Media and Communication 12(8): 1-7. [Editorial of Special Issue]
He, K., Eldridge, S. & Broersma, M. (2023). ‘The discursive logics of online populism: Social media as a “pressure valve” of public debate in China’, Journal of Information Technology & Politics. DOI: 10.1080/19331681.2023.2290515. [Journal Article; Peer Reviewed]
Eldridge, S. (2023). ‘Book Reviews: Understanding Media: Extensions of Man by Marshall McLuhan’, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly 100(4): 1001-1003. [Book Review]
Frischlich, L., Eldridge, S., Figenschou, T. U., Ihlebæk, K. A., Holt, K. & Cushion, S. (2023). ‘Contesting the Mainstream: Towards an Audience-Centered Agenda of Alternative News Research’, Digital Journalism 11(5): 727-740. [Editorial of Special Issue; Reviewed by Journal Editors]
Eldridge, S. (2023). ‘A Balance of Uncertainties: Renewing Attention to the Socialized Spaces Shaping Digital Journalism Studies’, Digital Journalism 11(4): 708-718. [Journal Article; Peer Reviewed]
Beazer, A., Walter, S., Eldridge, S. & Palicki, S. (2023). ‘On the Margins: Exploring Minority News Media Representations of Women during the COVID-19 Pandemic’, Digital Journalism DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2023.2206039. [Journal Article; Peer Reviewed]
He, K., Eldridge, S. & Broersma, M. (2023). ‘Who are the people? Populists’ articulation of “the people” in contemporary China’, Chinese Journal of Communication 1693): 267-284. [Journal Article; Peer Reviewed]
Ihlebæk, K. A., Figenschou, T. U., Eldridge, S., Frischlich, L., Cushion, S. & Holt, K. (2022). ‘Contesting the Mainstream: Understanding Alternative News Media and Its Contribution to Diversity’, Digital Journalism 10(8): 1262-1287. [Editorial of Special Issue; Reviewed by Journal Editors]
Eldridge, S. (2022). ‘Journalism coming into being: The timbers and planks of a changing institution’, in Ferrucci, P. and Eldridge, S. (eds) The Institutions Changing Journalism: Barbarians Inside the Gate, (pp. 1-13), Abingdon, Routledge. [Book Chapter]
Ferrucci, P. & Eldridge, S. (2022). The Institutions Changing Journalism: Barbarians Inside the Gate, Abingdon, Routledge. [Edited Volume; Single-blind peer review of proposal]
Eldridge, S. (2021). ‘Closing the Cover: Changes Coming to Digital Journalism.’ Digital Journalism, vol. 9 no. 10, pp. 1439-1445. [Editorial]
He, K., Eldridge, S., & Broersma, M. (2021). ‘Conceptualizing Populism: A Comparative Study Between China and Liberal Democratic Countries.’ International Journal of Communication, vol. 15, pp. 3006-3024. [Journal Article; Peer Reviewed]
Eldridge, S. (2021) ‘Digital Impacts on the Tabloid Sphere: Blurring and diffusion of a popular form and its power’, in Conboy, M. and Eldridge, S. (eds) Global Tabloid: Culture and Technology, (pp. 16-23), Abingdon, Routledge. [Book Chapter]
Conboy, M. & Eldridge, S. (2021). Global Tabloid: Culture and Technology, Abingdon, Routledge. [Edited Volume; Single-blind peer review of proposal]
Eldridge, S., Hess, K., Tandoc, E.C., Westlund, O. (2021). Definitions of Digital Journalism (Studies). Abingdon, Routledge. [Edited Volume]
Eldridge, S. (2021). Book Review: Beyond Journalistic Norms: Role Performance and News in Comparative Perspective by Claudia Mellado; International Journal of Press/Politics. Vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 750-751. [Book Review]
Eldridge, S. (2021). ‘Book Review: Resisting the News: Engaged Audiences, Alternative Media, and Popular Critique of Journalism by Jennifer Rauch; Digital Journalism, vol. 9, no. 10, pp. 1468-1470. [Book Review]
Eldridge, S. (2020). ‘Alternative to What? A faltering alternative-as-independent media.’ In U.S. Election Analysis 2002: Media, Voters and the Campaign. Bournemouth, UK, Bournemouth University, pp. 70-71. [Public/Popular Science Publication]
Eldridge, S. (2020). ‘Digital News, Digitised News’, in Conboy, M. and Bingham, A. (Eds.) The Edinburgh History of the British and Irish Press, Volume 3: Competition and Disruption, 1900-2017, (pp. 207-222), Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. [Book Chapter]
Eldridge, S. (2020). Legitimating new media actors: Unwelcome strangers to the journalistic field. In S. Peña-Fernández, & K. Meso-Ayerdi (Eds.), Active Audiences: Empowering Citizens’ Discourse in the Hybrid Media System (pp. 13-24). McGraw-Hill. [Book Chapter]
Tandoc, E., Hess, K., Eldridge, S., & Westlund, O. (2020). Diversifying Diversity in Digital Journalism Studies: Reflexive Research, Reviewing and Publishing. Digital Journalism, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 301-309.[Editorial]
Santos-Silva, M. and Eldridge, S. (2020). The Ethics of Photojournalism in a Digital Age. Abingdon, Routledge. [Research Monograph; Single-blind Peer Review of Proposal; Editorial Review of Final Manuscript]
Eldridge, S. (2019). Where Do We Draw the Line? Interlopers, (Ant)agonists, and an Unbounded Journalistic Field. Media and Communication, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 8-18. [Journal Article; Peer Reviewed]
Eldridge, S. & Bødker, H. (2019). ‘Confronting Uncertainty: The contours of an inferential community’ Journalism & Communication Monographs, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 280-349. [Short Research Monograph; Editorial and Single-Blind Peer Reviewed]
Eldridge, S. (2019). ‘Hero or Anti-Hero? Journalists and their Stories’ Journalism Practice, vol. 13, no. 8, pp. 890-894. [Public/Popular Science Publication]
Hess, K., Eldridge, S., Tandoc, E. & Westlund, O. (2019). ‘Editorial: Diversity in Digital Journalism’ Digital Journalism, vol. 7, no. 5, pp. 549-553. [Editorial of Special Issue]
Eldridge, S., Hess, K., Tandoc, E. & Westlund, O. (2019). ‘Editorial: Digital Journalism (Studies) – Defining the Field’ Digital Journalism, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 315-319. [Journal Article; Peer Reviewed]
Eldridge, S. (2019). ‘21st Century Journalism: Digital’. in TP Vos & F Hanusch (eds), The International Encyclopedia of Journalism Studies. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford. [Encyclopedia Entry]
Eldridge, S. (2019). ‘“Thank god for Deadspin”: Interlopers, metajournalistic commentary, and fake news through the lens of “journalistic realization”. New Media and Society, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 856-878. [Journal Article; Peer Reviewed]
Eldridge, S, García-Carretero, L & Broersma, M 2019, ‘Disintermediation in Social Networks: Conceptualizing Political Actors’ Construction of Publics on Twitter’ Media and Communication, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 271-285. [Journal Article; Peer Reviewed]
Broersma, M. & Eldridge, S. (2019). ‘Journalism and Social Media: Redistribution of Power?’ Media and Communication, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 193-197. [Editorial of Special Issue]
Eldridge, S., Hess, K., Tandoc, E.C. & Westlund, O. (2019). ‘Navigating the Scholarly Terrain: Introducing the Digital Journalism Studies Compass’ Digital Journalism, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 386-403. [Journal Article; Peer Reviewed]
Eldridge, S. (2018). Online Journalism from the Periphery: Interloper Media and the Journalistic Field. Routledge, Abingdon. [Research Monograph; Single-blind peer review of proposal and final manuscript]
Eldridge, S. & Broersma, M. (2018). ‘Encountering disruption: Adaptation, resistance and change’ The Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 469-479. [Editorial of Special Issue]
Eldridge, S. (2018). ‘Repairing a fractured field: Dynamics of collaboration, normalization and appropriation at intersections of newswork’ The Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 541-559. [Journal Article; Peer Reviewed]
Eldridge, S. & Franklin, B. (2018). ‘Introducing the Complexities of Developments in Digital Journalism Studies’. in S. Eldridge & B. Franklin (eds), The Routledge Handbook of Developments in Digital Journalism Studies. 1 edn, Routledge, Abingdon. [Book Chapter]
Eldridge, S. & Franklin, B. (2018). The Routledge Handbook of Developments in Digital Journalism Studies. 1 edn, Routledge, Abingdon. [Edited Volume; Single blind peer review of proposal]
Eldridge, S. & Bødker, H. (2018). ‘Negotiating Uncertain Claims: Journalism as an inferential community’ Journalism Studies, vol. 19, no. 13, pp. 1912-1922. [Journal Article; Peer Reviewed]
Eldridge, S. (2018). ‘Remaking the News: Essays on the Future of Journalism Scholarship in the Digital Age’ Digital Journalism, vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 666-668. [Book Review]
Eldridge, S. (2017). ‘Dissolving boundaries: Mapping the discursive terrain of journalistic identity in a digital era’. in M. Burger, J. Thornborrow & R. Fitzgerald (eds), Discours des réseaux sociaux: : enjeux publics, politiques et médiatiques. 1 edn, De Boeck, Brussels, pp. 219-236. [Book Chapter; Peer reviewed]
Conboy, M. & Eldridge, S. (2017). ‘Journalism and Public Discourse’. in C. Cotter & D. Perrin (eds), The Routledge Handbook of Language and Media. Routledge, Abingdon, UK. [Book Chapter]
Eldridge, S. (2017). ‘Hero or Anti-Hero? Narratives of newswork and journalistic identity construction in complex digital megastories’ Digital Journalism, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 141-158. [Journal Article; Peer Reviewed]
Eldridge, S. & Franklin, B. (2017). The Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies. Routledge, London. [Edited Volume; Single blind peer review of proposal]
Eldridge, S. & Franklin, B. (2017). Defining Digital Journalism Studies. in The Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies. Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 1-12. [Book Chapter]
Eldridge, S. (2017). The Digital Journalist: the journalistic field, boundaries, and disquieting change. in B. Franklin & S. Eldridge (eds), The Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies. Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 44-54. [Book Chapter]
Eldridge, S. & Steel, J. (2016). ‘Normative expectations: Employing “communities of practice” models for assessing journalism’s normative claims’ Journalism Studies, vol. 17, no. 7, pp. 817-826. [Journal Article; Peer Reviewed]
Eldridge, S. (2016). ‘Taking Julian Assange seriously: considering WikiLeaks’ role in the US presidential campaign’. in Lilleker, D., Thorsen, E., Jackson, D. & Veneti, A. (eds) US Election Analysis 2016: Media, Voters and the Campaign, The Centre for the Study of Journalism, Culture and Community, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK. [Public/Popular Science Publication]
Eldridge, S. (2015). Change and continuity: Historicizing the emergence of online media. in M Conboy & J Steel (eds), The Routledge Companion to British Media History. Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Companions, Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 528-538. [Book Chapter]
Lugo-Ocando, J. & Eldridge, S. (2015). Visual Journalism and Global Poverty. in J Lugo-Ocando (ed.), Blaming the Victim: How Global Journalism Fails Those in Poverty. Pluto Press, London, pp. 104-123. [Book Chapter; Single blind peer review of proposal]
Eldridge, S. (2015). ‘Reddit’s move toward respectability means leaving behind some of what made it great’. 21 October 2015, The Conversation. [Public/Popular Science Publication]
Eldridge, S. (2015). ‘What Peter Oborne’s resignation forces us to confront about journalism’. 18 February 2015, The Conversation. [Public/Popular Science Publication]
Conboy, M. & Eldridge, S. (2014) ‘Morbid symptoms: between a dying and a re-birth (apologies to Gramsci)’ Journalism Studies, vol. 15, no. 5, pp. 566-575. [Journal Article; Peer Reviewed]
Eldridge, S. (2014). ‘Boundary maintenance and interloper media: Differentiating between journalism’s discursive enforcement processes’ Journalism Studies, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 1-16. [Journal Article; Peer Reviewed]
Conboy, M., Lugo-Ocando, J. & Eldridge, S. (2014). ‘Livingstone and the legacy of Empire in the journalistic imagination’ Ecquid Novi, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 3-8. [Editorial of Thematic Section]
Eldridge, S. (2014). ‘Book Review: Beyond WikiLeaks’ Digital Journalism, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 133-135. [Book Review]
Conboy, M., Eldridge, S., Lugo-Ocando, J. & Steel, J. (2014). TED/Wiley Learning & Teaching Guide: Media and Journalism: Covering World News. Wiley. [Teaching Material]
Eldridge, S. (2013). ‘Perceiving Professional Threats: Journalism’s discursive reaction to the rise of new media entities’ The Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 281-299. [Journal Article; Peer Reviewed]
Eldridge, S. (2013). ‘Book Review: Changing Journalism’ Digital Journalism, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 172-173. [Book Review]

Eldridge, S. (24-27 September, 2024). ‘[((In)(ter))CO]dependence: Smoothed over complicities in a post-postmodern journalistic field’. ECREA – European Communication Conference, Ljubljana, SLO.
Eldridge, S. (12-13 April, 2024). ‘Countervailing Influences: Journalism’s evolving boundaries across its recent past’. ECREA Journalism Studies Division Conference, Sheffield, UK.
Eldridge, S. (9-10 November, 2023). ‘(Ant)agonistic, journalistic: Alternative media and the struggle for pluralism in the digital age’. RMeS Conference, Amsterdam, NL.
Eldridge, S. (13-14 September, 2023). ‘Affront, Affirm, Affect, Aggrieve: A typology of functions within counter-journalistic metadiscourses’. Future of Journalism, Cardiff, UK.
Eldridge, S. (19-22 October, 2022). ‘An ontogenetic approach to journalism: Reconciling field and institutional encounters with innovation and change’. ECREA European Communication Conference, Aarhus, Denmark.
Eldridge, S. (19 October, 2022). ‘Rethinking metadiscourse: Public discussions of (counter)journalism and (counter)publics’. ECREA European Communication Conference, Aarhus, Denmark.
Eldridge, S. (16-17 June, 2022). ‘A critical dialogue: The construction of metajournalistic counter-publics’. ECREA Journalism Studies Division Conference, Utrecht, Netherlands.
He, K., Eldridge, S. and Broersma, M. (26-30 May, 2022). ‘Who are the people? Populists’ articulations of the people in contemporary China’. International Communication Association 2022, Paris, France.
Eldridge, S. (23-24 September, 2021). ‘Metajournalistic boundaries: A typology and framework for assessing peripheral journalists’ contributions’. Future of Journalism 2021, Cardiff University, Wales [online].
He, K.; Eldridge, S., and Broersma, M. (6-9 September, 2021). ‘Populism as ‘pressure valve’ for an authoritarian regime: Online bottom-up populism in China’; ECREA European Communication Conference, Braga, Portugal [online].
He, K., Eldridge, S., and Broersma, M. (11-15 July, 2021). ‘Who are “the people”?: Tensions between the Chinese nation, mass and socially vulnerable groups in Chinese populism’; IAMCR Annual Conference, Nairobi, Kenya [online].
Eldridge, S. (12 April, 2021). ‘(Digital) journalism as a field of tensions: Journalism, Innovation, Sociality, and the opposition to change’; Journalism, Innovation and Social Media Seminar Series, Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet) [online].
Eldridge, S. (12-13 September, 2019). ‘Journalism in the spaces between: Journalistic outsiders and publics as critical definers of journalism’, Future of Journalism 2019: Innovations, Transitions and Transformations?, Cardiff University.
Eldridge, S. (27 March 2019). ‘Journalistic Heretics and Observants’, OsloMet Digital Journalism Focus Seminars, OsloMet University.
Eldridge, S. (14-15 February, 2019). ‘Agonists and antagonists: Journalistic knowledge production and acquisition with digital-peripheral journalism’, ECREA Journalism Studies Section Conference, University of Vienna.
Eldridge, S. (31 October-3 November, 2018). ‘3 Journalistic heretics and observants: Challenging the “dominant vision” in an expanded journalistic field’. Paper on the panel organized by F. Harbers and S. Eldridge: ‘Building on Bourdieu – Innovative Research of Journalism’s Core and its Peripheries’; ECREA European Communication Conference, Lugano, Switzerland.
Swart, J., Eldridge, S. and Broersma, M. (31 October – 3 November, 2018). ‘How Social is Social Media: Does Journalism Belong?’; Paper on the panel organized by M. Broersma and S. Eldridge: ‘Journalism, social media, and audiences: Redistribution of power?’ ECREA European Communication Conference, Lugano, Switzerland.
Eldridge, S. and Bødker, H. (14-15 September, 2017). ‘Negotiating uncertain claims: Journalism as an inferential community’, Future of Journalism 2017: Journalism in a Post-truth age?, Cardiff University.
Conboy, M. and Eldridge, S. (14-15 September,2017). ‘Rumour, Reputations, and Risotto on the Campaign Trail: Falsity and facticity in leak-based political news’, Future of Journalism 2017: Journalism in a Post-truth age?, Cardiff University.
Eldridge, S. (9-12 November, 2016). ‘Transference across boundaries: A model of journalism that incorporates its peripheral actors’, presented at the ECREA ECC Conference: Mediated (Dis)Continuities: Contesting Pasts, Presents and Futures. Prague, Czech Republic.
Eldridge, S. and Steel, J. (6 May, 2016). ‘Co-production as a mode of assessing journalism’s normative claims’, presented at University of Sheffield, Faculty of Social Sciences Conference: Challenges and Best Practice in Co-Production, Sheffield, UK.
Eldridge, S. and Steel, J. (10-11 September, 2015). ‘Normative expectations: Co-production as a mode of assessing journalism’s and journalism’s studies normative claims’ (with John Steel), presented at Future of Journalism 2015. Cardiff.
Eldridge, S. (3-6 June, 2015). ‘Dissolving boundaries: journalistic identity in online news’, presented at: The Sociolinguistics of Globalization: (De)centring and (de)standardization. Hong Kong.
Eldridge, S. (29 May, 2015). ‘The fractured journalist: Between normalizing, collaborating, and appropriating’, for a symposium out of the AHRC-NWO funded project: ‘Capturing Change in Journalism: Shifting Role Perceptions at the Turn of the 19th and 20th Centuries, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Eldridge, S. [Panel Participant] (22 November, 2014). ‘Participating in Search Design: A Study of George Thomason’s English Newsbooks’ at Seventeenth-Century Journalism and the Digital Age, University of Sheffield. Output at: http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/openbook/book/understanding-design-for-the-digital-humanities
Eldridge, S. (2014). ‘Tidings, Tittle-Tattle And The Twittersphere: Rumour And Gossip As ‘Pre-News’ In Historical And Modern Contexts’ (co-written with Martin Conboy). Presented in the Journalism Studies section, ECREA: European Communication Conference, 12-15 November, Lisbon, Portugal.
Eldridge, S. (11-12 September, 2014). The Literary Turn: The American Influence on British Periodical Journalism, presented at: Communities of Communication: Newspapers and Periodicals in Britain and Ireland from 1900 to the Present, conference at: The University of Sheffield.
Conboy, M. and Eldridge, S. (12-13 September, 2013). Morbid symptoms: between a dying and a re-birth (apologies to Gramsci), presented at: The Future of Journalism 2013, conference at: Cardiff University, Cardiff Wales, United Kingdom.
Eldridge, S. (24-27 October, 2012). Defending its ‘noble’ role: How news texts subtly enforce journalism’s self-perceived identity, presented at: The European Communications Research and Education Association conference, Istanbul, Turkey.
Eldridge, S. (12 September, 2012). Rapporteur to: Domingo, D.: Innovation in the Newsroom: An Actor-Network Perspective, Conceptualizing Role Perceptions and Change in Journalism, for AHRC-NWO funded project: ‘Capturing Change in Journalism: Shifting Role Perceptions at the Turn of the 19th and 20th Centuries.
Eldridge, S. (21 March, 2012). Professional Identity in a Digital Era: Exploring how journalism defends its identity in response to ‘WikiLeaks’, conference paper presented at: The University of Sheffield, Department of Journalism Studies Symposium: Rethinking journalism teaching and learning in an interactive world.

Invited Academic Keynotes
‘Misplaced Optimism: Alternative media and the failure to build a pluralist society’ (12 – 13 October 2023). Media and Emotional Mobilization Conference, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden.
‘Confronting Uncertainty’ (5 June 2019). Countering Online Disinformation, OsloMet University, Oslo, Norway; Organized by NOR-HS research network by OsloMet University, University of Aarhus, IT University Copenhagen, and Uppsala University.
‘“Of course I’m a goddamn journalist”: How studying WikiLeaks and ‘Interloper Media’ helps us better understand the journalistic field’ (7 November 2016). CiberPebi: VIII International Congress on Online journalism and Communication, University of the Basque Country; Bilbao, Spain.

Visiting Research Fellowship
Digital Journalism Research Fellowship, 2019. OsloMet University, Digital Journalism Research Group Competitive, funded, fellowship; Including lecture and funded research stay in Oslo, March 2019.

Invited Research Presentations and Talks (Selected)
17 May 2023 ‘(Ant)agonism and journalism’, Round Table: European Press Freedom under Pressure’, Spui 25, Amsterdam, NL.
24 June 2023 ‘(Ant)agonism and journalism: Understanding Alternative Media’ House of Connections. House of Connections, Groningen, NL.
19 September 2019: Grand Theatre, Groningen; Including Master Class with Haaretz journalist Amira Hass and Q&A discussion with audience and performers, playwright, of What Lies Beneath.
3 July 2018: Guest on ‘Beyond the Ivory Tower: Conversations on Journalism’, a podcast by the Journalism Studies Centre, University of Vienna.
13 February 2018: Amnesty International’s ‘Movies that Matter: On Tour’. Invited speaker (Introduction and Q & A) for screening of Laura Poitras’ Risk. Vera Zienema, Groningen.
18 November 2015: Research Seminar: ‘Iconoclasts and Irritants: WikiLeaks and journalism’s troublesome actors’; Centre for the Study of Journalism, Culture and Community, Bournemouth University, UK.

Editorial Appointments

• Series Editor – ‘Frontiers in Journalism Studies’ book series, Peter Lang (2022 – current)
• Associate Editor – Digital Journalism (2018 – 2021)
• Reviews Editor –Digital Journalism (2013 – 2019)
• Editorial Board – Digital Journalism, Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies, Media and Communication

Special/Thematic Issue Editor

• 2024 – Media and Communication – Vol. 12, No. 2; “Unpacking Innovation: Media and the Locus of Change” – With Frank Harbers and Sandra Banjac
• 2023/2024 – Digital Journalism – Vol. 10, No. 8 and Vol 11, No. 5; “Contesting the Mainstream: Understanding alternative news media audiences” (Double Issue) – With Karoline Andrea Ihlebæk, Lena Frischlich, Tine Ustad Figenschou, Kristoffer Holt, and Stephen Cushion
• 2019 – Media and Communication – Vol. 7, No. 1.; “Journalism and Social Media: Redistribution of Power?” – With Marcel Broersma
• 2018 – Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies – Vol. 7, No. 3.; “Encountering disruption: Adaptation, resistance and change” – With Marcel Broersma
• 2014 – Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies – Vol. 35, No. 1 – Thematic Section; “Livingstone and the legacy of Empire in the journalistic imagination” – With Martin Conboy and Jairo Lugo-Ocando

Book proposals and Manuscripts: Peter Lang; Routledge, Taylor & Francis; Palgrave Macmillan; Springer; SAGE; McGill-Queen’s University Press; and Wiley/Blackwell.

• Österreichischer Wissenschaftsfonds – Austrian Science Fund (FWF) – 2022-2024; Grant Proposal Reviewer, Principal Investigator Projects
• European Research Council – 2018; Grant Proposal Reviewer, ERC Advanced Grant [ERC-AdG-SH3-2018]
• Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek – Vlaanderen (FWO), 2016/17; Remote Referee/Grant Proposal Reviewer
• Rethinking the Press in the Digital Ecosystem – Braga, Portugal, 2-5 July 2019; Scientific Committee
• Professional and Peripheral News Workers and the Shifting Importance of Platforms, Media, Professions and Society – Volda, Norway, 17-20 June 2019; Scientific Advisory Board

Peer Review
Academic Journals: Communication Theory, New Media & Society; Digital Journalism; Journalism: Theory, Practice, & Criticism, Journalism Studies; Journalism Practice; Information, Communication & Society; Chinese Journal of Communication; International Journal of Communication; The Critical Arts; Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies; African Journalism Studies; Celebrity Studies; Digital Journalism; Discourse, Context and Media; Media and Communication; SAGE Open Access; Convergence, and The Canadian Review of American Studies.

I have more than ten years’ experience teaching courses in journalism studies and media studies at the university level, both at the University of Groningen (2016 – current) and, previously, at the University of Sheffield (2014-2016). My teaching falls into four categories – Theory, Research Design + Methodology, Foundational Knowledge, and Professional. As detailed below, I teach in a range of formats, including different styles of lectures and seminars. Since joining Groningen, I have supervised more than 40 Master’s students on thesis projects and research on topics relevant to journalism, digital humanities, and the intersections of politics and media. While at the University of Sheffield, I designed and taught a lecture and seminar series titled Online Journalism Studies. I also coordinated the Master’s Thesis for students in the Master’s of Global Journalism and Master’s of International Political Communication programmes, and lectured on British media history, tabloids and tabloid culture, political communication, research methods, critical discourse analysis, and global journalism.

Current PhDs (co-promoter)

• Tyler Nagel [University of Groningen] ; Working Title: The Changing Ecology of Local Media in Canada; Co-promoter with prof. Marcel Broersma

Completed PhDs (as co-promoter/co-supervisor)

• Kun He [University of Groningen; Defended 2023]; Title: Bottom-up and online populism in contemporary China: an understanding beyond the West; Co-promoter with prof. Marcel Broersma, University of Groningen, NL
• Chrysi Dagoula [University of Sheffield, UK; Defended 2017]; Title: The Ongoing Structural Transformations of the Digital Public Sphere(s): The Role of Journalism; Co-supervisor with prof. John Steel, University of Sheffield, UK

Completed PhDs (as second supervisor)

• Alice Beazer [Technical University of Munich, Germany; Defended 12 July 2024, summa cum laude]; Title: Solidarity in and through Journalism:  An Exploration of Minoritized Group Coverage and Journalists’ Roles; Second Supervisor with dr. Stefanie Walter. Formal member of PhD supervision team.
• Klára Smejkal [Masaryk University, Czech Republic; Defended 21 June 2024]; Title: Audience Expectations, Evaluations, and Trust in Czech Public Service Media in a Fragmented Media Environment; Consultant (Similar to Second Supervisor). Formal member of PhD supervision team with primary supervisor dr. Jakub Macek and Consultant dr. Marína Urbániková.
• Ximena Orchard Riero [University of Sheffield, Defended 2016]; Title: The mediatization of Chilean political elites: Dynamics of adaptation, autonomy and control; Second supervisor for final year of PhD, with prof. Ralph Negrine (supervisor). University of Sheffield, UK.
• Divya Jha [University of Sheffield, Defended 2020]; Title: A comparative study of the role perceptions and journalistic practices of war reporters in India and the United Kingdom, covering conflicts between 1998 and 2003; Second supervisor from 2014 – 2016, with prof. John Steel. University of Sheffield, UK

Journalism Studies: Theory and Method (2024 – current); coordinator, co-taught

• Level: Master’s, Media Studies – Journalism & Journalistiek
• Format: Lectures + Seminars
• Category: Theory; Research Design + Methodology

Theoretical Specialization: Journalism and Political Culture (2016 – current)

• Level: Master’s Media Studies – Journalism & Journalistiek
• Category: Theory
• Format: Intensive Theory Seminars

MA Thesis Lab (2021 – current); coordinator

• Level: Master’s, Media Studies – Datafication & Digital Literacy, Media Creation & Innovation, Social Media & Society
• Category: Research Design + Methodology
• Format: Lecture (Interactive/Workshop)
• Note: Includes assigning, coordinating, and guiding colleagues as thesis supervisors

Media Theory II: Form and Technology (2017-2020; 2021-2023); coordinator, co-taught

• Level: Bachelor’s, Media Studies – BA2
• Category: Theory
• Format: Lecture Series

Introduction Journalism Studies II (2018-2020); coordinator, co- and solo-taught

• Level: Bachelor’s; Pre-master/Minor Journalism & Journalistiek
• Category: Research Design + Methodology; Foundational Knowledge
• Format: Interactive Research Seminars

Imagining the Digital (2017 – 2019); coordinator, co-taught

• Level: Bachelor’s, Media Studies – BA1 (
• Category: Theory; Foundational Knowledge
• Format: Lecture Series

Selected Teaching & Co-teaching – Groningen

Media, Platforms & Industries (2016-2023); co-taught

• Level: Bachelor’s, Media Studies – BA1
• Category: Foundational Knowledge
• Format: Lecture Series

Disruption and Innovation in Journalism (2018-2019); co-taught

• Level: Bachelor’s; Pre-master/Minor Journalism & Journalistiek
• Category: Theory; Foundational Knowledge
• Format: Lecture Series

Analysing Media Production & Use (2016-2018); co-taught

• Level: Bachelor’s, Media Studies – BA2
• Category: Research Design + Methodology
• Format: Interactive Research Seminars

Social Lab (2016-2017); co-taught

• Level: Bachelor’s, Media Studies – BA1
• Category: Professional
• Format: Hands-on, interactive, seminars

Supplemental Teaching – Groningen

How to Survive Research (2016 – current)

• Level: Master’s, Media Studies
• Category: Research Design + Methodology
• Format: Interactive Lecture
• Note: One-day lecture that orients Master’s students to the expectations and demands of academic research. This includes presentations from UB/Library colleagues.

Understanding Bias (2017 – current)

• Level: Bachelor’s, University College Groningen
• Category: Theory; Foundational Knowledge
• Formative: Interactive Lecture
• Note: Annual guest lecture as part of a course on bias taught in the UCG, focusing on news bias.

• 30 January 2024 ‘Wrestling with Theory: Getting concepts of journalism and society to play nicely with one another’, Research Process Seminar, Bournemouth University.
• 18 December 2023 ‘Alternative news media and the struggle for democratic pluralism’. Public Seminar for SIB, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Groningen, NL
• November-December 2018-2022: Academy Tours, International Student Night Lectures: Non-Fiction Photo & World Press Photo; Groningen.
• 12 April 2021: Guest Seminar: (Digital) journalism as a field of tensions: Journalism, Innovation, Sociality, and the opposition to change; ‘Journalism, Innovation and Social Media’ Seminar Series, Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet) [online].
• 18 November 2020: Guest Seminar: University of Münster, Department of Communication: “Beyond Journalism” seminar series.
• 6 March, 2020 ‘From the Outside-In: Assessing journalistic outsiders and a changing field of journalism’; Trending Topics: Engaging Objects, Research School for Media Studies; Trending Topics Lecture Series; Universiteit van Amsterdam.
• 9 March 2018: RMeS ‘Trending Topics’ lecture titled: ‘Fake for whom? Problematic news for problematic publics’, University of Utrecht.
• 17 March 2017: RMeS ‘Trending Topics’ lecture titled: ‘WikiLeaks and changing boundaries of the journalistic field’, University of Amsterdam.
• 10 January 2017: ‘Politics in the US; Politics in Europe’, invited expert discussion on media coverage of U.S. politics and the presidential campaign. Academie for Theatre and Dance, A-Lab, Amsterdam.
• 22 November 2016: ‘Election Reflection’, Joint Event with American Studies & Media Studies student associations; University of Groningen.
• 17 October 2016: ‘Media Coverage of Politics, 2016 Election’, arranged by NGIZ Noord, University of Groningen.
• 15 November 2013: Invited Guest Lecture titled: ‘Rapid Change and Rampant Reactions: Journalism and its identity crises’. MA in Media Studies /Erasmus Mundus Master, University of Århus, Denmark.

Griffith College, Dublin, Ireland (Autumn 2023); External Subject Expert for 5-year Programmatic Review Member of Griffith College’s communication and journalism programmes (BA, BA Honours, MA).

University of Groningen, Netherlands (2019); Member of Management Team and co-Author Self Reflection for 5-year Accreditation/Visitatie for Bachelor’s and Master’s in Media Studies.

University of Sheffield, UK (2013); Doctoral Student Representative – Faculty of Social Sciences for QAA Review (Accreditation review).

• U.S. Congressional Press Corps (2005-2006)
• New England Newspaper and Press Association (2002 – 2004)

• September 2010 – March 2011 Media Monitoring Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa; Freelance Media Researcher
• July 2006 – August 2007 Berkshire Publishing Group, Great Barrington, MA, USA; Assistant Editor, Project Coordinator, Author, Graphic Designer
• February 2005 – February 2006 Inside Washington Publishers: Inside US-China Trade, Washington, DC, USA; Assistant Editor, Reporter for news outlet covering U.S.-China trade policy, legislation, and international
• May 2004 – February 2005 The Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, MA, USA; Journalist, Correspondent, Court Reporter, Obituaries Reporter
• May 2002 – February 2005 The Pittsfield Gazette, Pittsfield, MA, USA; Assistant Editor, Reporter, Photojournalist
• September 2000 – May 2004 The Massachusetts Daily Collegian, Amherst, MA, USA; Managing Editor, Photo Editor, Photojournalist, Journalist, Columnist