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Marie K. Shanahan

  • Associate Professor, University of Connecticut
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Covers:  online comments, digital discourse, future of journalism, journalism education, online reputation, media ethics, online journalism, social media, digital defamation, anonymity, free speech
Associate Professor & Department Head @UConnJournalism. Online discourse, future of #journalism. Fulbright U.S. Scholar, Philippines, 2022. Views are my own.

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Marie K. Shanahan’s Biography

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Marie K. Shanahan is an associate professor of journalism at the University of Connecticut. She spent 17 years as a reporter and online news editor before joining the faculty at UConn's nationally accredited journalism program. Shanahan's academic research explores online commenting, digital discourse, online reputation and news engagement. She teaches undergraduate journalism students about digital newsgathering, multimedia storytelling and online ethics. Admittedly, she spends way too much …

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Marie Shanahan: What Aren't People Getting From The Media? Civil Conversations

Marie Shanahan: What Aren't People Getting From The Media? Civil Conversations

A traditional function of the press in society is to foster discussion and debate on issues of public concern…

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Journalism, Online Comments, and the Future of Public Discourse

Journalism, Online Comments, and the Future of Public Discourse

Marie K. Shanahan's first academic book explains online comments as the digital iteration of “conversation,” …

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In Opinion: The media helped foster trolls, giving rise to our hateful electorate

In Opinion: The media helped foster trolls, giving rise to our hateful electorate

Critics may accuse President-elect Donald J. Trump and his supporters of dragging down public discourse in Am…

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How news sites' online comments helped build our hateful electorate

How news sites' online comments helped build our hateful electorate

Critics may accuse President-elect Donald J. Trump and his supporters of dragging down public discourse in Am…

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Asthma Hospitalizations By Community [INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC]

Asthma Hospitalizations By Community [INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC]

A Tableau visualization showing that more than 100 communities in Connecticut reported a decrease in hospital…

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Yes, Campuses Should Be Safe Spaces - for Debate

Yes, Campuses Should Be Safe Spaces - for Debate

The cry of college students demanding "safe spaces" to protect themselves from speech that could harm their s…

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Connecticut activists fight for animal rights

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By Marie K. Shanahan
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By Aman­da McCard | UConn Journalism June 5, 2023 Chris­tine Cum­mings remem­bers the cold, driz­zly day last year that she saved two baby great-horned owls. The res­cue itself was rou­tine for Cum­mings, who is the pres­i­dent of A Place Called Hope, a reha­bil­i­ta­tion cen­ter for birds of prey.
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Photos by Esther Ju '23

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By Marie K. Shanahan
| uconn.edu
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UConn veterans exposed to burn pits welcome new legislation expanding health care benefits

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By Marie K. Shanahan
| uconn.edu
By Mikhael Thomp­son | UConn Jour­nal­ismDecem­ber 8, 2022 Bran­don Soto, a fresh­man biol­o­gy major at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Con­necti­cut who joined the Navy in 2016, was exposed to a burn pit while deployed in the Mid­dle East. "We would wake up dai­ly to what would look like fog out­side only to be smog," Soto said.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

My first full-time job: reporter for the "Hartford Neighborhoods" page of The Hartford Courant. Two stories a day, one brief, one photo.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes. My parents owned a big, heavy Underwood with keys that would jam. The inky mess taught me how to use Wite-out and edit carefully.

How is social media changing news?

Constant connection means immediate and ongoing discovery, delivery, correction and participation.
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