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Her research explores how features of new media alter the way audiences consume news and impact political engagement. She is particularly interested in the mixing of news and entertainment content, how individuals and groups create and share news over social networking websites, and how audiences selectively consume media. Recent research projects include exploring how different individuals understand and make sense of the news media landscape.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
… → 2012
MA, University of Wisconsin-Madison
… → 2008
BA, University of California, Santa Barbara
… → 2005
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Medill Local News Research
Franklin, T. (PD/PI), Franklin, T. (PD/PI), Edgerly, S. L. (Co-PD/PI), Edgerly, S. L. (Co-PD/PI), Xu, Y. (Other) & Xu, Y. (Other)
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
7/1/23 → 6/30/25
Project: Research project
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Avoiding News is Hard Work, or is it? A Closer Look at the Work of News Avoidance among Frequent and Infrequent Consumers of News
Edgerly, S., 2024, In: Journalism Studies. 25, 12, p. 1385-1403 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
3 Scopus citations -
Everyone Has an Opinion and there are No Rules: How U.S. Journalists Articulate the Impact of Social Media on Journalism
Edgerly, S., Chen, Y. Y., Thorson, K. & Kang, T., 2024, In: Journalism Studies. 25, 9, p. 951-969 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
3 Scopus citations -
How Journalists Perceive News Avoidance: Reactions and Solutions to the Missing Audience as Boundary Work
Palmer, R. & Edgerly, S., 2024, In: Journalism Studies. 25, 12, p. 1555-1572 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
3 Scopus citations -
Speaking the language of market segmentation: How newsworkers describe their organization’s target audience
Edgerly, S. & Thorson, K., Aug 2024, In: Journalism. 25, 8, p. 1677-1696 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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“Because the News is Depressing as Hell”: Journalists’ Explanations of News Avoidance
Palmer, R. & Edgerly, S., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Digital Journalism.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review