- Hellmueller, L. (2023). Book Review: News After Trump: Journalism’s Crisis of Relevance in a Changed Media Culture, by Matt Carlson, Sue Robinson, and Seth Lewis. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly pp. 107769902311559–107769902311559. doi:10.1177/10776990231155926.
- Hanimann, A., Heimann, A., Hellmueller, L. and Trilling, D. (2023). Believing in Credibility Measures: Reviewing Credibility Measures in Media Research From 1951 to 2018. International Journal of Communication, 17(1).
- Hellmueller, L. and Berglez, P. (2022). Future conceptual challenges of cross-border journalism. Journalism pp. 146488492211255–146488492211255. doi:10.1177/14648849221125535.
- Hellmueller, L., Lischka, J.A. and Humprecht, E. (2021). Shaping (non)-discursive social media spaces: Cross-national typologies of news organizations’ heavy commenters. New Media & Society, 23(11), pp. 3249–3267. doi:10.1177/1461444820946454.
- Hellmueller, L., Hase, V. and Lindner, P. (2021). Terrorist Organizations in the News: A Computational Approach to Measure Media Attention Toward Terrorism. Mass Communication and Society, 25(1), pp. 134–157. doi:10.1080/15205436.2021.1936068.
- Raemy, P., Hellmueller, L. and Beck, D. (2021). Journalists’ contributions to political life in Switzerland: Professional role conceptions and perceptions of role enactment. Journalism, 22(3), pp. 767–786. doi:10.1177/1464884918802542.
- Waheed, M. and Hellmueller, L. (2021). Testing normative journalism models in the United States and Malaysia. SEARCH Journal of Media and Communication Research, 13(2), pp. 87–100.
- Hellmueller, L. and Arias, V.S. (2020). Decisión 2016: Comparative Analysis of Journalistic Role Performance on Spanish- and English-language TV Networks. Journalism Practice, 14(4), pp. 447–464. doi:10.1080/17512786.2019.1625718.
- Eko, L. and Hellmueller, L. (2020). One meta-media event, two forms of censorship: The Charlie Hebdo affair in the United Kingdom and Turkey. Global Media and Communication, 16(1), pp. 75–101. doi:10.1177/1742766519899118.
- Humprecht, E., Hellmueller, L. and Lischka, J.A. (2020). Hostile Emotions in News Comments: A Cross-National Analysis of Facebook Discussions. Social Media + Society, 6(1). doi:10.1177/2056305120912481.
- Gutiérrez-Rentería, M.-.E., Santana, J.C., López-Hernández, C., Pérez-Ayala Madero, M.-.G. and Hellmueller, L. (2019). Perfil de un grupo de audiencia universitaria en México según su participación ciudadana, confianza en las instituciones e interacción cívica en los medios en 2017. Revista de Comunicación, 17(2), pp. 125–141. doi:10.26441/rc17.2-2018-a5.
- Raemy, P., Beck, D. and Hellmueller, L. (2019). Swiss Journalists’ Role Performance. Journalism Studies, 20(6), pp. 765–782. doi:10.1080/1461670x.2018.1423631.
- Hellmueller, L. and Zhang, X. (2019). Shifting toward a humanized perspective? Visual framing analysis of the coverage of refugees onCNNandSpiegel Onlinebefore and after the iconic photo publication of Alan Kurdi. Visual Communication pp. 147035721983279–147035721983279. doi:10.1177/1470357219832790.
- Eko, L. and Hellmueller, L. (2018). To republish or not to republish: The “Je Suis Charlie” Mohammed cartoon and journalistic paradigms in a global context. International Communication Gazette, 80(3), pp. 207–229. doi:10.1177/1748048517727220.
- Almutairi, N., Alhabash, S., Hellmueller, L. and Willis, E. (2018). The Effects of Twitter Users’ Gender and Weight on Viral Behavioral Intentions Toward Obesity-Related News. Journal of Health Communication, 23(3), pp. 233–243. doi:10.1080/10810730.2018.1423648.
- Mellado, C., Hellmueller, L., Márquez-Ramírez, M., Humanes, M.L., Sparks, C., Stepinska, A. … Wang, H. (2017). The Hybridization of Journalistic Cultures: A Comparative Study of Journalistic Role Performance. Journal of Communication, 67(6), pp. 944–967. doi:10.1111/jcom.12339.
- Zhang, X. and Hellmueller, L. (2017). Visual framing of the European refugee crisis in Der Spiegel and CNN International: Global journalism in news photographs. International Communication Gazette, 79(5), pp. 483–510. doi:10.1177/1748048516688134.
- Hellmueller, L., Cheema, S.E. and Zhang, X. (2017). The Networks of Global Journalism. Journalism Studies, 18(1), pp. 45–64. doi:10.1080/1461670x.2016.1215254.
- Hellmueller, L. (2017). Gatekeeping beyond geographical borders: Developing an analytical model of transnational journalism cultures. International Communication Gazette, 79(1), pp. 3–25. doi:10.1177/1748048516656304.
- Izawan, M., Waheed, M. and Hellmueller, L. (2017). The Impact of Digital Media Platforms on the Ethnic-Based Political System in Malaysia. Communication Research Trends, 36(3).
- Hellmueller, L., Mellado, C., Blumell, L. and Huemmer, J. (2016). The Contextualization of the Watchdog and Civic Journalistic Roles: Reevaluating Journalistic Role Performance in U.S. Newspapers. Palabra Clave - Revista de Comunicación, 19(4), pp. 1072–1100. doi:10.5294/pacla.2016.19.4.6.
- Hellmueller, L. and Mellado, C. (2016). Watchdogs in Chile and the United States: Comparing the networks of sources and journalistic role performances. International Journal of Communication, 10, pp. 3261–3280.
- Arias, S. and Hellmueller, L. (2016). Hispanics-and-Latinos and the U.S. Media: New Issues for Future Research. Communication Research Trends, 35(2).
- Zhang, X. and Hellmueller, L. (2016). Transnational media coverage of the ISIS threat: A global perspective? International Journal of Communication, 10, pp. 766–785.
- Hellmueller, L. and Li, Y. (2015). Contest Over Content. Journalism Practice, 9(5), pp. 617–633. doi:10.1080/17512786.2014.987553.
- Mellado, C. and Hellmueller, L. (2015). Professional roles and news construction: a media sociology conceptualization of journalists’ role conception and performance. Communication & Society, 28(3), pp. 1–11. doi:10.15581/003.28.3.1-11.
- Buhmann, A., Hellmueller, L. and Bosshart, L. (2015). Popular culture and communication practice. Communication Research Trends, 16(4).
- Tandoc, E.C., Hellmueller, L. and Vos, T.P. (2013). MIND THE GAP. Journalism Practice, 7(5), pp. 539–554. doi:10.1080/17512786.2012.726503.
- Hellmueller, L., Vos, T.P. and Poepsel, M.A. (2013). SHIFTING JOURNALISTIC CAPITAL? Journalism Studies, 14(3), pp. 287–304. doi:10.1080/1461670x.2012.697686.
- Hellmueller, L. and Aeschbacher, N. (2010). Factual entertainment and reality TV. Communication Research Trends, 29(4).
- Bosshart, L. and Hellmueller, L. (2009). Pervasive entertainment, ubiquitous entertainment. Communication Research Trends, 28(2).
Dr Lea Hellmueller
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Overview
Lea Hellmueller is Director of Research and an Academic (Lecturer/Assistant Professor) at the Journalism Department at City, University of London. She is also an Affiliated Researcher with the Violence & Society Centre.
Before joining City in 2022, She was Assistant Professor at the University of Houston and Texas Tech University, and visiting professor at the University of Zurich (Switzerland) in 2017. She is also a former Fulbright researcher, recipient of two Swiss NSF fellowships and was a visiting fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford in 2019.
Fluent in multiple languages, Dr Hellmueller researches the role of media and journalism in a globalizing world, focusing on questions such as global risk journalism, social justice and violence & media. She grew up in Switzerland and prior to joining academia worked as a journalist in Switzerland, South Africa, and the United States.
Lea Hellmueller is the author of The Washington, DC Media Corps in the 21st Century (Palgrave) and co-editor of Journalistic Role Performance: Concepts, Contexts, and Methods (Routledge). She is currently on the editorial boards of Journalism Practice and International Communication Gazette, serves as the Vice Head for the International Communication Division at AEJMC, Secretary for the Global Communication & Social Change Division at ICA, and as the North America Regional Lead for the Global Risk Journalism Hub.
Awards
2019: Faculty Research Award. Mass Communication & Society Research (MCS) Award from AEJMC
2018: Honorary Mention; Wolfgang Donsbach Outstanding Journal Article of the Year ICA / Journalism Studies Division
2018: Outstanding Research Award. School of Communication, University of Houston
2016: First Place Teaching Contest. International Communication Division Teaching Contest, AEJMC, 2016
2016: Top Faculty Paper. Third place in the 2016 Robert L. Stevenson Open Paper Competition of the International Communication Division (ICD)
of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC).
2016: Top Paper Award, International Communication Association 2016, Fukuoka (Japan) (Global Communication and Social Change Division)
Grants and Fellowships
2020: Research Progress Grant, University of Houston, Early Career (Principal Investigator)
2018: Swiss NSF (SNF) Short-Term Visiting Researcher Grant for Research Project on Media and Terrorism, University of Zurich (Switzerland)
2015-18 Swiss NSF (SNF) Grant on Journalistic Role Performance in Switzerland (International Collaborator)
2013 Recipient of 2013 Swiss NSF (SNF) Early Postdoctoral Fellowship
2011 Recipient of Swiss NSF (SNF) Fellowship for Prospective Researcher
2010 Recipient of Fulbright Scholarship
Qualifications
- Ph.D. in Economics and Social Sciences, University of Fribourg (Switzerland), Department of Media and Communication Research, Dissertation co-supervision with University of Missouri-Columbia, USA, Switzerland / USA
Postgraduate training
- Postdoc, University of Texas at Austin, United States, Jan – Jun 2013
Administrative role
- Research Chair, International Communication Division, AEJMC, AEJMC, Aug 2021 – Aug 2022
Employment
- Visiting Fellow, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Sep – Dec 2019
- Visiting Professor, University of Zurich, Aug 2017 – Jan 2018
- Visiting Researcher, Universidad Panamericana, Jul – Aug 2017
- Assistant Professor, University of Houston, Sep 2016 – Jan 2022
- Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University, Sep 2013 – Jul 2016
Languages
English (can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review), French (can read, write, speak and understand spoken), German (can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review), Spanish - Latin American (can read, write, speak and understand spoken) and Swiss German; Alemannic; Alsatian (can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review).
Publications
Publications by category
Books (2)
- Mellado, C., Hellmueller, L. and Donsbach, W. (2016). Journalistic role performance: Concepts, contexts, and methods. ISBN 978-1-138-78301-0.
- Hellmueller, L. (2014). The Washington, DC Media Corps in the 21st Century. Palgrave Macmillan US. ISBN 978-1-349-48548-2.
Chapters (12)
- Blumell, L. and Hellmueller, L. (2022). Objectivity. In Borchard, G.A. (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Journalism Sage.
- Raemy, P. and Hellmueller, L. (2021). Exploring Journalistic Cultures. In Dimitrova, D. (Ed.), Global Journalism Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
- Eko, L. and Hellmueller, L. (2019). The Charlie Hebdo Terrorist Attack and European Journalistic Solidarity. The Charlie Hebdo Affair and Comparative Journalistic Cultures Human Rights Versus Religious Rites Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-030-18079-9.
- Blumell, L. and Hellmueller, L. (2019). Celebrity Journalism. International Encyclopedia of Journalism Studies Wiley.
- Hellmueller, L., Cheema, S.E. and Zhang, X. (2017). The Networks of Global Journalism: Global news construction through the collaboration of global news startups with freelancers. (pp. 45–64).
- Mellado, C., Hellmueller, L. and Donsbach, W. (2016). Journalistic role performance: A new research agenda in a digital and global media environment. Journalistic Role Performance: Concepts, Contexts, and Methods (pp. 1–18). ISBN 978-1-138-78301-0.
- Li, Y. and Hellmueller, L. (2016). Constructing news with audiences: A longitudinal study of CNN’s integration of participatory journalism. The Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies (pp. 335–344). ISBN 978-1-138-88796-1.
- Mellado, C., Hellmueller, L. and Weaver, D.H. (2016). Revisiting journalists' role conceptions research. Journalistic Role Performance: Concepts, Contexts, and Methods (pp. 21–40). ISBN 978-1-138-78301-0.
- Hellmueller, L. (2015). Media structures and journalists’ truth-justification. In Vos, T.P. and Heindercyckx, F. (Eds.), Gatekeeping in Transition Routledge.
- Hellmueller, L. and Konow Lund, M. Transnational Journalism. International Encyclopedia of Journalism Studies
- Hellmueller, L. and Mellado, C. Journalistic Role Performance and the Networked Media Agenda: A Comparison between the United States and Chile. In Guo, L. and McCombs, M. (Eds.), The Power of Information Networks: New Directions for Agenda Setting Routledge.
- In Mellado, C., Hellmueller, L. and Donsbach, W. (Eds.), Journalistic Role Performance. In Routledge.
Journal articles (31)
Professional activities
Collaboration (academic)
- Lead partner of Regional Lead North America & Steering Committee project (Apr 2021 – Aug 2023)
Other partners: Global Risk Journalism Hub
Editorial activity (2)
- Journalism Practice, Editoral Board, Jan 2021 – Jan 2025.
- International Communication Gazette, Editorial Advisory Board, Jan 2021 – Jan 2025.