Mike Horning

Mike Horning, Associate Professor

_{School of Communication

140 Shanks Hall

181 Turner Street

Blacksburg, VA 24061

540-231-5691 | mhorning@vt.edu}

Mike Horning is an associate professor of multimedia journalism in the Virginia Tech School of Communication and director of social informatics research in the Center for Human Computer Interaction at Virginia Tech. His research examines how communication technologies impact social attitudes and behaviors, with a current focus on the impact of “fake news” and misinformation on our democratic processes. His expertise has been featured in The Hill, on Sinclair Broadcast Group, and in a number of other media outlets.

Principal Areas of Research Focus

Social and Psycological Effects of Communications Technologies
Mass Communication
Multimedia Reporting
Politics
Visual Media

Education

PhD, Penn State University
MS, Rochester Institute of Technology
BS, Liberty University

Professional Roles

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
Online News Association
Society of Professional Journalists
Institute for Creativity Arts and Technology

Awards and Honors

Top Research Paper Award in New Media and Politics Competition: Mass Communication and Society Division at AEJMC Conference, Chicago, IL, 2008
Top Three Paper Award at International Association of Science Technology and Society Conference, Baltimore, MD, 2007
Top Paper in Mass Communications at Eastern Communication Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA, 2006

Publications

Journal Articles

Brubaker, P., Horning, M., & Toula, C. (In Press) Engaging Young Voters in the Political Process: U.S. Presidential Debates and YouTube. In L. Robinson et al.(Eds). Communication and Information Technologies Annual 2014: Politics, Participation, and Production. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing.

Horning, M. A., Robinson, H. R., & Carroll, J. M. (2014). A scenario-based approach for projecting user requirements for wireless proximal community networks. Computers in Human Behavior, 35, 413–422. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2014.02.010

Carroll, J.M., Horning, M., Hoffman, B., Ganoe, C.H., Robinson, H. & Rosson, M.B. (2011). Community network 2.0. Proceedings of 3rd International Symposium on End-User Development: IS-EUD. (Torre Canne, Brindisi, Italy, June 7-10). Berlin: Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 270-275.

Horning, M. (2007). Putting the community back into community networks: A content analysis. Bulletin of Science Technology and Society, 27(5), 417-426.

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