Lauren D Furey

Lauren Furey (Ph.D., University of Florida) is an Associate Professor of Communication and Associate Chair of the Communication Department. She received her M.A. in journalism, with a focus in business and economics reporting, from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and her B.A. in communications, with a concentration in journalism, from the University of North Florida. She teaches in the Multimedia Journalism option, advises The Bronco Guide magazine, and co-leads a Media & Politics Research Team.

Prior to teaching, Professor Furey worked as a journalist and has published in newspapers like the Jacksonville Business Journal, The Florida Times-Union, Lubbock Avalanche Journal, Daily News Egypt, Daily Star Egypt, and Pakistan Christian Post. Her research centers on media’s coverage of women, especially women in politics. Also, she studies how political coverage, news aggregators, and social media affect attitudes and voting behavior.

Turcotte, J., Furey, L. D., Garcia-Ortega, J. M., Hernandez, N. Siccion, C., & Stephenson, E. (2021). The novelty news narrative: How social identity influences policy attention of minority political candidates. Newspaper Research Journal, 41(1), 95-110. https://doi.org/10.1177/0739532921990146 *Top Research Paper

Furey, L .D., Cho, M., & Mohr, T. (2019). Is business news starting to bark? How business news covers corporate social responsibility post the economic crisis. Journalism, 20(2), 256-273. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884917731180 

Mohr, T. L., & Furey, L. D. (2018). Advancing agenda-building: Exploring causal relationships. The Agenda Setting Journal, 2(1), 84-103. https://doi.org/10.1075/asj.17008moh

Cho, M., Furey, L. D., & Schweickart, T. L. (2016). Communicating CSR on social media: Strategies, stakeholders, and public engagement on corporate Facebook. Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 80(1), 52-69. http://doi.org/10.1177/2329490616663708

Furey, L. D., Hall, A. E., & Muttram, L. (2022, August). The rise of #GirlDad in a #BoyMom world: Exploring Instagram's role in influencing performative parenthood. Paper presented to the Commission on the Status of Women of the 2022 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference, Detroit, Michigan.

Furey, L. D., Turcotte, J., Sorrell, J., Urbina, N., Frisan, E., & Corrales, N. (2022, August). Miss(ing) representation: Examining how race shaped news coverage of missing women surrounding Gabby Petito's disappearance. Paper presented to the Commission on the Status of Women of the 2022 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference, Detroit, Michigan.

Furey, L. D., & Manoukian, C. V. (2018, August). Fake news and the filter bubble: Exploring the effects of aggregated fake news recommendations on young adults attitudes and information-seeking behavior. Paper presented to the 2018 American Political Science Association Political Communication Pre-Conference, Boston, Massachusetts. 

Furey, L. D. (2017, May). The aggregation effect: Does the type of news aggregation personalization influence information-seeking behavior? Paper presented to the Communication and Technology Division of the 2017 International Communication Association Conference, San Diego, California. 

Furey, L. D., & Kalyanaraman, S. (2017, May). Control ergo cogito: The interplay between interactivity and involvement on information processing. Paper presented to the Political Communication Division of the 2017 International Communication Association Conference, San Diego, California.

Blackstone, G. E., & Furey, L. D. (2017, May). Second-level selective exposure: A theoretical advancement to explore information- and content-seeking in user-adapted digital spaces. Paper presented to the Mass Communication Division of the 2017 International Communication Association Conference, San Diego, California.