Matthew Weber

Matthew Weber is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication, School of Communication and Information, at Rutgers University. Matthew is a computational social scientist and an expert on organizational change in news media. He has conducted a number of large-scale longitudinal studies examining change strategies employed by media organizations. He has also examined how news media organizations evolve through changes in media production as well as changes in hiring patterns. His recent work focuses on local news organizations and changes in pattern of local news dissemination. Matthew is also leading an initiative to provide researchers with improved access to social media datasets, including development of new tools for research. His work is funded by the National Science Foundation, William T. Grant Foundation, Institute of Museum and Library Services, and others. Matthew’s work has been widely published in leading academic journals, as well as in the popular press. Matthew received his PhD in 2010 from the Annenberg School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Southern California.

Education

• PhD University of Southern California (2006 — 2010)
• MA University of Southern California (2006 — 2009)
• MsJ Northwestern University (2002 — 2003)
• BS Northwestern University (1998 — 2002)

PUBLICATIONS

2019 & In Press

Gesualdo, N.*, Weber, M.S, & Yanovitzky, I. (In Press). Journalists as knowledge brokers. Journalism Practice.

Yanovitzky, I. & Weber, M. S. (2019). Analyzing Use of Evidence in Public Policymaking Processes: A Theory-Grounded Content Analysis Methodology. Evidence & Policy.

Kosterich, A., & Weber, M. S.(2019). Starting up the news: The impact of venture capital on the digital news media ecosystem. International Journal on Media Management.

Kosterich, A.* & Weber, M. S. (2019). Transformation of a Modern Newsroom Workforce: A Case Study of NYC Journalist Network Histories 2011-2015. Journalism Practice

2018

Wei, S.,* & Weber, M. S. (2018). Rethinking the Complexity of Virtual Work and Knowledge Sharing. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. doi: 10.1002/asi.24055

Weber, M. S. & Napoli, P. (2018). Journalism History, Web Archives, and New Methods for Understanding the Evolution of Digital Journalism. Digital Journalism, 6(9), 1186-1205.

Yanovitzky, I. & Weber, M. S. (2018). News Media as Knowledge Brokers in Public Policymaking Processes. Communication Theory, 29(2), 191-212.

Weber, M. S. (2018). Methods and Approaches to Using Web Archives in Computational Communication Research. Communication Methods and Measures. doi: 10/1080/19312458.2018/1447657

2017

Weber, M. S., Ogyanova, K., & Kosterich, A.* (2017). Imitation in the quest to adapt: Lessons from news media on the early Web. International Journal of Communication.11. 5068–5092.

Weber, M. S.& Kosterich, A.* (2017). Coding the News: The Role of Computer Code in Filtering and Distributing News. Digital Journalism.

Weber, M. S. (2017). Unseen disruptions and the emergence of new organizations. Communication Theory. 27. 92-113.

2016

Weber, M. S., Fulk, J., & Monge, P. (2016). Emergence of social networking sites as a legitimate organizational form. Management Communication Quarterly. 30. 305-332.

Bar, F., Weber, M. S. & Pisani, F., (2016). Mobile technology appropriation in a distant mirror: baroque infiltration, creolization and cannibalism. New Media and Society.18. 617-636.

2015

Weber, M. S., & Kim, H. (2015). The promise of social media: Virtuality, technology use, and engagement within organizations. Journal of Applied Communication Research. 43, 385-407.

Weber. M. S., Stephens, K., & Thomas, G. (2015). Organizational disruptions and triggers for divergent sensemaking.International Journal of Business Communication. 52, 68-96.

Ellison, N., Gibbs, J., & Weber, M. S.(2015). The use of enterprise social network sites for knowledge sharing in distributed organizations: The Role of Organizational Affordances. American Behavioral Scientist. 59, 103-123.

2014

Weber, M. S.,& Monge, P. (2014).Industries in turmoil: Driving transformation during periods of disruption. Advance online publication. Communication Research.

Margolin, D., Shen, C., Lee, S., Weber, M. S.,Monge, P., & Fulk, J. (2014). Normative influences on network structure in the evolution of the children’s rights NGO network, 1977 -2004. Communication Research. 42. 30-59.

2012

Weber, M. S., Chung, C. J., & Park, H. W. (2012). The hyperlinked society: Understanding the changing nature of communication in online environments. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 17, 117-119.

2011

Monge, P., Lee, S., Fulk, J., Weber, M. S.,Shen, C., Schultz, C., Margolin, D., Gould, J., & Frank, L. B. (2011). Research methods for studying evolutionary and ecological processes in organizational communication. Management Communication Quarterly, 25, 211-251.

Monge, P., Lee, S., Fulk, J., Frank, L. B., Margolin, D., Schultz, C., Shen, C., & Weber, M. S. (2011). Evolutionary and ecological models for organizational communication. In V. Miller, M. S. Poole, D. R. Seibold and Associates (Eds.), Advancing research in organizational communication through quantitative methodology, Management Communication Quarterly, 25, 4-58.

Weber, M. S.,& Monge, P., (2011). The flow of digital news in a network of authorities, hubs and providers. Journal of Communication, 61, 1062-1081.