Communication Studies

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Ksiazek, Thomas B. & Limor Peer (2017). User Comments and Civility on YouTube. In: Franklin, Bob & Eldridge, Scott II (eds.) The Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies. New York: Routledge.

Ksiazek, Thomas B., Limor Peer, Kevin Lessard (2016). User Engagement with Digital News: Conceptualizing Interactivity and Exploring the Relationship between Online News Videos and User Comments. New Media & Society, 18(3): 502-520. DOI: 10.1177/1461444814545073.

Paluck, Elizabeth Levy, Paul Lagunes, Donald P. Green, Lynn Vavreck, Limor Peer, Robin Gomila (2015). Does Product Placement Change Television Viewers’ Social Behavior? PLoS ONE, 10(9). e0138610. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0138610.

Ksiazek, Thomas B., Limor Peer, Andrew Zivic (2015). Discussing the News: Civility and Hostility in User Comments. Digital Journalism. 3(6): 850-870. DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2014.972079.

Ma, Wenjuan, Steven S. Wildman, Bradley S. Greenberg, Limor Peer (2012). Getting Ready for Digital Broadcasting: Factors Contributing to Consumer Readiness. International Journal of Digital Television, 3(1): 23-28.

Boczkowski, Pablo, J. & Limor Peer (2011). The Choice Gap: The Softening of News and the Divergent Preferences of Journalists and Consumers. Journal of Communication, 61(5): 857–876.

Peer, Limor & Thomas B. Ksiazek (2011). YouTube and the Challenge to Quality Journalism. Journalism Studies, 12(1): 45-63.

Makoul, Gregory & Limor Peer (2004). Dissecting the Doctors Shows: A Content Analysis of ER and Chicago Hope. In: Friedman, Leslie (ed.) Cultural Sutures: Medicine and Media. Raleigh, North Carolina: Duke University Press.

Peer, Limor (1999). Women in Talk Radio and the Public Sphere(s) in the United States. In: Sreberny-Mohammadi, Annabelle & Van Zoonen, Lisbet, (eds.), Gender, Politics and Communication. Cresskill, New Jersey: Hampton Press.

Peer, Limor & James S. Ettema (1998). The Mayor’s Race: Campaign Coverage and the Discourse of Race in America’s Three Largest Cities, Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 15:255-278.

Ettema, James S. & Limor Peer (1996). Good News from a Bad Neighborhood: Toward an Alternative to the Discourse of Urban Pathology, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 73: 835-856.

Peer, Limor & Beatrice Chestnut (1995). Deciphering Media Independence: The Gulf War Debate in Television and Newspaper News, Political Communication, 12:81-95

Peer, Limor (1992). The Practice of Opinion Polling as a Disciplinary Mechanism: A Foucauldian Perspective, International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 4:230-242.

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

Ksiazek, Thomas B., Limor Peer, Andrew Zivic (2014, May), Discussing the News: Hostility and Civility in User Comments. International Communication Association, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Peer, Limor & Thomas B. Ksiazek (2009, November). YouTube and the Challenge to Quality Journalism. National Communication Association, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Peer, Limor (2008, June). The News People Want. Future of Journalism Conference, sponsored by the Carnegie-Knight Task Force on the Future of Journalism Education at the Joan Shorenstein Center for Press, Politics and Public Policy, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Boczkowski, Pablo J. & Limor Peer (2008, May). The Choice Gap: The Softening of News and the Divergent Preferences of Journalists and Consumers. International Communication Association, Montreal, Canada.

Peer, Limor (2007, August). The Former Audience and the Future Public: Conceptualizing and Measuring New Media Use and Its Potential for Democracy. American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Peer, Limor (2005, November). Citizen-Journalism and the Expression of Public Opinion. Midwestern Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Peer, Limor, Edward C. Malthouse, Bobby J. Calder (2003, September). Estimating the Effect of News Media Consumption on Political Participation. American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Peer, Limor & Susan Herbst (1995, September). Talk Shows as Electronic Salons: On the Nature of Discourse in a Rational Public Sphere. American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Ettema, James S. & Limor Peer (1995, August). Good News from a Bad Neighborhood: A Theoretical and Empirical Approach to Civic Journalism. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Washington, DC, USA.

Peer, Limor (1994, November). Public Attitudes toward Polls and Surveys as a Representation of Public Opinion. Midwestern Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Peer, Limor (1993, November). Conceptions of Public Opinion in Israel and the United States. Midwestern Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Chestnut, Beatrice & Limor Peer (1993, May). Deciphering Media Independence: Decoding Differing Depictions of the Persian Gulf Debate in Television and Newspaper News. International Communication Association, Washington, DC, USA.

SELECTED PUBLISHED REPORTS

Peer, Limor, Mary Nesbitt, Bob LeBailly (2008). Reader Behavior Scores, local daily newspapers 2008. The Readership Institute, Evanston, Illinois

Peer, Limor, Mary Nesbitt, Bob LeBailly (2008). Local daily newspaper Web sites: Usage and experiences, 2008. The Readership Institute, Evanston, Illinois

Peer, Limor & Mary Nesbitt (2007). Newspaper executives: Priorities and perspectives. The Readership Institute, Evanston, Illinois

Peer, Limor, Edward Malthouse, Mary Nesbitt & Bobby Calder (2007). The local TV news experience: How to win viewers by focusing on engagement. The Media Management Center, Evanston, Illinois

Peer, Limor & Mary Nesbitt (2007). Local daily newspapers, civic activities and trust in government. The Readership Institute, Evanston, Illinois

Peer, Limor & Mary Nesbitt (2004). An analysis of content in 52 U.S. daily newspapers. The Readership Institute, Evanston, Illinois

Peer, Limor, Bobby J. Calder & Edward C. Malthouse (2003). The daily diet of news. The Readership Institute, Evanston, Illinois)

Lynch, Stacy & Limor Peer (2002). Analyzing newspaper content: A how-to guide. The Readership Institute, Evanston, Illinois

SELECTED BLOG POSTS

Get Smart blog , published by the Readership Institute, Northwestern University (May 2006 – 2008)