Newly Paul

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Published Intellectual Contributions

Book Chapter

• Paul, N., Nisbett, G.S. (2024). Exploring Disney’s Portrayal of Jessica Jones and She Hulk as Complex Women Characters. The Disney+ Kingdom: Essays on Nostalgia, Representation and Branding.
• Paul, N. (2023). Exploring media framing of trans politicians in the U.S.. Race/Gender/Class/Media: Considering Diversity across Audiences, Content, and Production (5th Edition).
• Paul, N. (2022). Cracking the glass ceiling in the newsroom: A historical examination of women journalists’ perspectives on gender in the media. The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research. Purdue University.
• Nisbett, G., Schartel-Dunn, S., Paul, N. (2022). Athletes as Activists: Exploring Audience Evaluations of Black Celebrity Athlete Activism. Not Playing Around: Intersectional Identities, Media Representation and the Power of Sport.
• Nisbett, G., Dunn, S.S., Paul, N. (2022). The escapism and social bond of pandemic binge watching.
• Nisbett, G., Paul, N., James, J. (2021). When Learning is Play: Using video games to educate Gen Z in the classroom.
• Nisbett, G., Paul, N. (2021). Redefining the Female Lead in Science Fiction Television: A Case Study of Doctor Who’s 13th Doctor. Television dramas and the global village: Storytelling through race and gender.
• Champlin, S., Paul, N. (2020). Long-Format Commercials in a World of Short Attention Spans? How Advertisers Create Engagement through Storytelling. Implications and Innovations of Persuasive Narrative. Peter Lang Publishing.
• Paul, N. (2020). He said, she said: How reporter gender and race affect the tone and substance of White House press conferences. The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research. Purdue University.
• Paul, N., Nisbett, G. (2020). Understanding Gender Differences in Political Persuasive Social Media Narratives. Implications and Innovations of Persuasive Narrative.
• Paul, N. (2019). Media coverage of Malia and Sasha Obama as young political celebrities. Celebrity and Youth: Mediated Audiences, Fame Aspirations, and Identity Formation. 172-199. Peter Lang.
• Dunaway, J., Searles, K., Sui, M., Paul, N. (2018). The move to mobile: What’s the impact on citizen news engagement?. New Directions in Media and Politics.
• Paul, N., Perreault, G. (2017). Leader or lady? The visual rhetoric of Hillary Clinton’s Twitter images.. Gender, Communication, and the Leadership Gap.

Book Review

• Paul, N. (2022). Debating the drug war: Race, politics, and the media. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media. 66 (1) 209-211.
• Paul, N. (2019). Nasty Women and Bad Hombres. Presidential Studies Quarterly.
• Paul, N. (2019). The Digital Edge: How Black and Latino Youth Navigate Digital Inequality.. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media. 63 (4)

Encyclopedia Article

• Paul, N. (2018). Encyclopedia entries on “Jeanne Shaheen,” and “Claire Mccaskill.”. Women in American politics: An encyclopedia of women as voters, candidates, and office holders.. Santa Barbara, CA,

Journal Article

• Sui, M., Paul, N. (2024). Good Guys became Bad Guys? Changing representations of Asians and other races in crime news during COVID-19. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly.
• Paul, N. (2023). Visualizing the pandemic: How the front pages of local and national U.S. media used images to cover the coronavirus pandemic. American Behavioral Scientist.
• Paul, N., Sui, M. (2023). Characterizing Asians in violence: A comparative analysis of English- and ethnic-language media coverage of anti-Asian hate crimes during the pandemic. Asian Journal of Communication.
• Sui, M., Paul, N., Hewitt, C., Maki, J., Searles, K. (2022). Can increasing women in the news positively affect audience perceptions and behaviors?. Journalism.
• Paul, N. (2022). When love wins: Framing analysis of the Indian media’s coverage of Section 377, decriminalization of same-sex relationships. Newspaper Research Journal.
• Sui, M., Paul, N. (2022). Is More Better? Effects of Newsroom and Audience Diversity on Trait Coverage of Minority Candidates. State Politics & Policy Quarterly.
• Paul, N., Sui, M., Searles, K. (2021). Look Who’s Writing: How Gender Affects News Credibility and Perceptions of News Relevance. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly. 99 (1) 183-212.
• Paul, N., Nisbett, G. (2021). The numbers game: How local newspapers used statistics and data visualizations to cover the coronavirus pandemic. Howard Journal of Communications. 33 (3) 297-313.
• Paul, N., Nisbett, G. (2021). “Thoughtful, well-written and vital” or “Outdated, sensational, and biased”? A longitudinal case study of changing readership patterns at the North Texas Daily. Southwestern Mass Communication Journal. 36 (2)
• Paul, N., Perreault, G. (2021). Picturing the President: Visual analysis of the Donald Trump presidency on U.S. magazine covers between 2016 and 2018. Journal of Magazine Media. 21 (1) 51-81.
• Nisbett, G., Paul, N. (2021). From Daleks to the TARDIS: How the robots of Doctor Who help us understand modern labor issues. The Popular Culture Studies Journal.
• Paul, N. (2020). Politics of a plate: How an Indian food blog explored issues of identity, community and food politics during the pandemic. Journal of Applied Communication Research. 1 85-92.
• Yang, C.H., Paul, N., DeHart, J. (2020). Social Media Uses, Political and Civic Participation in U.S. Election 2016. The Journal of Social Media in Society.
• Sui, M., Paul, N. (2019). Latinos in Twitter News: The Effects of Newsroom and Audience Diversity on the Visibility of Latinos on Twitter. Howard Journal of Communications.
• Paul, N., Sui, M. (2019). I Can Feel What You Feel: Emotion Exchanges in Twitter Conversations between Candidates and the Public. Journal of Political Marketing.
• Perreault, G., Paul, N. (2019). Narrative framing of the Syrian refugee crisis in British religious news. Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture. 8 (2) 276–297.
• Paul, N. (2019). Meet the Candidates: An examination of race and gender mentions on minority women candidates' websites. Media Report to Women. 47 (3) 12-19.
• Paul, N. (2019). Visual depiction of class in digital spaces: An examination of a photo series on Macomb County in “Humans of New York”. The Electronic Journal of Communication.
• Dunaway, J., Searles, K., Sui, M., Paul, N. (2018). News attention and engagement in a mobile era. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. 23 (2) 107-124.
• Sui, M., Paul, N., Shah, P., Dunaway, J. (2018). The role of minority journalists, candidates and audiences in shaping race-related campaign news coverage.. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly. 95 (4) 1079-1102.
• Perreault, G., Paul, N. (2018). An image of refugees through the social media lens: A narrative framing analysis of the Humans of New York series ‘Syrian Americans.’. Journal of Applied Journalism and Media Studies. 7 (1) 79-102.
• Paul, N., Perreault, G. (2018). The first lady of social media: The symbolic convergence of Michelle Obama’s Twitter visuals.. Atlantic Journal of Communication. 26 (3) 164-179.
• Sui, M., Paul, N. (2017). Asian Americans’ participation in U.S. politics and in politics of nation of origin. Asian Journal of Comparative Politics. 2 (3) 273-292.
• Sui, M., Paul, N. (2017). Latino portrayals in local news media: Underrepresentation, negative stereotypes, and institutional predictors of coverage. Journal of Intercultural Communication Research. 46 (3) 273-294.
• Turcotte, J., Paul, N. (2015). A case of more is less: The role of journalist and candidate gender in equalizing issue priorities in presidential debates. Political Research Quarterly. 68 (4) 773-784.
• Paul, N., York, C. (2015). I approve this candidate: The strategic use of ad endorsements in the 2008 elections.. PS: Political Science & Politics. 48 (4) 584-589.
• Song, F., Paul, N. (2015). Online product research as a labor of love: motherhood and the social construction of the baby registry. Information, Communication, & Society. 19 (7) 892-906.
• Broussard, J., Paul, N. (2014). Ollie Stewart: An African American looking at American politics, society and culture. Journal of Pan-African Studies. 6 (8) 228-246.

Personal Essay

• Paul, N. (2020). Food for the soul: How immigrants use food blogs to heal during times of crisis. Other. Quarantined Across Borders blog.

Webpage

• Paul, N. (2017). Trump inauguration speech highlights the tone and priorities of his presidency. Trump inauguration speech highlights the tone and priorities …
• Paul, N. (2016). Election 2016 lesson for the media: New journalistic norms needed to cover elections. https://blog.mpsanet.org/2016/12/01/election-2016-lesson-for-the-media/
• Paul, N. (2016). “North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory’s claims of voter fraud may further undermine public trust in elections and political institutions. http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2016/11/29/north-carolina-governor-pat-mccrorys-claims-of-voter-fraud-may-further-undermine-public-trust-in-elections-and-political-institutions/
• Paul, N. (2016). Fear and anger loom large at the third presidential debate. http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2016/10/20/the-third-presidential-debate-usapp-expert-reaction-and-commentary/
• Paul, N. (2016). Gender issues occupy center stage at the second presidential debate. http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2016/10/11/the-second-presidential-debate-usapp-expert-reaction-and-commentary/
• Paul, N. (2016). Don’t forget the importance of the debate format. http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2016/09/28/the-first-presidential-debate-usapp-expert-reaction-and-commentary/
• Paul, N. (2016). Turnout could be key in North Carolina’s tight Senate race. http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2016/09/20/turnout-could-be-key-in-north-carolinas-tight-senate-race/
• Paul, N. (2016). Social media: Great campaign tool, but bad news for democracy. https://blog.mpsanet.org/2016/05/06/social-media-great-campaign-tool-but-bad-news-for-democracy/
• Paul, N. (2016). Tough enough? National security issues could affect the 2016 U.S. Presidential race. https://blog.mpsanet.org/2016/03/28/tough-enough-national-security-issues-could-affect-the-2016-u-s-presidential-race/
• Paul, N. (2016). Gender and emotions on the campaign trail. https://blog.mpsanet.org/2016/02/02/gender-and-emotions-on-the-campaign-trail/
• Paul, N., York, C. (2015). Endorsement ads are primarily used by incumbents and female candidates in the early stages of campaigns. http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2015/12/22/endorsement-ads-are-primarily-used-by-incumbents-and-female-candidates-in-the-early-stages-of-campaigns/
• Paul, N. (2015). Despite progress on gender equity in US politics, female journalists and candidates do little to diversify debate agendas. http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2015/10/20/despite-progress-on-gender-equity-in-us-politics-female-journalists-and-candidates-do-little-to-diversify-debate-agendas/

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Fellowship

• Paul, N. (Principal), "UNT Special Collections Research Fellowship," sponsored by UNT, University of North Texas, $1000 Funded. (2023 - 2023).
• Paul, N., "UNT Washington DC Faculty Fellowship," sponsored by UNT, University of North Texas, Funded. (2021 - 2021).

Grant - Research

• Paul, N., "Colegrove Research Grant," sponsored by Mayborn School of Journalism, University of North Texas, $1500 Funded. (2023).
• Paul, N., "Scholarly and Creative Activity Award," sponsored by UNT, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2022 - 2022).
• Paul, N., Huraysi, M. (Co-Principal), "Colegrove Research Grant," sponsored by Mayborn School of Journalism, University of North Texas, $2000 Funded. (2021 - 2022).
• Paul, N., Shewade, R. (Co-Principal), "Colegrove Research Grant," sponsored by Mayborn School of Journalism, University of North Texas, $1500 Funded. (2020 - 2021).
• Paul, N., "Artinian Travel Award," sponsored by Southern Political Science Association, State, $500 Funded. ( - 2019).
• Paul, N., "Undergraduate Research Assistantship Award," sponsored by Appalachian State University, State, $1000 Funded. ( - 2018).
• Paul, N., "University Research Council Grant," sponsored by Appalachian State University, State, $2500 Funded. (2016 - 2017).
• Paul, N., "MPSA Travel Award," sponsored by Midwest Political Science Association, International, $200 Funded. ( - 2016).
• Paul, N., "Prestage-Cook Travel Award," sponsored by Southern Political Science Association, State, $250 Funded. ( - 2015).