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Northwestern School of Communication

Pablo J. Boczkowski

(he/él)
Professor; Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor
Frances Searle Building
2240 Campus Drive
Room 2-146
Evanston , IL 60208
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My research program examines the dynamics of digital culture from a comparative perspective. My next book, forthcoming with MIT Press, is "To Know Is to Compare: Studying Social Media across Countries, Media and Platforms" (with Mora Matassi). I am currently writing "The Patina of Distrust: Misinformation in a Context of Generalized Skepticism" (with Eugenia Mitchelstein, Facundo Suenzo, and María Celeste Wagner; under contract with MIT Press).

Department

Communication Studies
Radio/Television/Film

Area(s) of Expertise

Digital Media, Latinx Culture and Politics, Social Media

Affiliated Center(s)

Center for Latinx Digital Media
Center for the Study of Media and Society in Argentina
Pablo J. Boczkowski

Pablo J. Boczkowski (he / él) is Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Northwestern University. He is Founder and Director of the Center for Latinx Digital Media, and Faculty Director of the Master of Science in Leadership for Creative Enterprises, both at Northwestern, and Co-Founder and Co- Director of theMaster of Science in Leadership for Creative Enterprises, a joint initiative between Northwestern and Universidad de San Andrés, in Buenos Aires. In 2020 he was named Fellow of the International Communication Association, and in 2022 elected Chair of the Fellows. His research program examines the dynamics of digital culture from a comparative perspective. He is the author of six books, four edited volumes, and more than sixty journal articles.

Education

  • PhD, Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University
  • MA, Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University,
  • Doctor, Psychology, University of Belgrano, Argentina, Licenciado (5-year undergraduate degree), Psychology, University of Buenos Aires

Selected Publications

  • Boczkowski, P. & Mitchelstein, E. (2013). The news gap: When the information preferences of the media and the public diverge. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
  • Boczkowski, P. (2010). News at work: Imitation in an age of information abundance. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  • Boczkowski, P. (2004). Digitizing the news: Innovation in online newspapers. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
  • Gillespie, T., Boczkowski, P., & Foot, K. (2014). Media technologies: Essays on

Selected Awards and Honors

  • 2011 Best Book Award, Section on Communication and Information Technologies, American Sociological Association.
  • 2005 Outstanding Book Award, International Communication Association.
  • 2005 Outstanding Book Award, Critical and Cultural Studies Division, National Communication Association.
  • 2004 Outstanding Book Award, Organizational Communication Division, National Communication Association.