Lauren Furey

Office: Building 1-307
Phone: 909-869-4588
Email: ldfurey@cpp.edu

Lauren Furey (Ph.D., University of Florida) is an Assistant Professor of Communication. She received her M.A. in journalism, with a focus in business and economics reporting, from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and her B.A. in communications, with a concentration in journalism, from the University of North Florida. She teaches in the multimedia journalism option.

Prior to teaching, Professor Furey worked as a journalist and has published in newspapers like the Jacksonville Business Journal, The Florida Times-Union, Lubbock Avalanche Journal, Daily News Egypt, Daily Star Egypt, and Pakistan Christian Post. Her research focuses on media literacy and effects, specifically how news content and features, like personalization, interactivity and platform, affect audience attitudes, opinions, behavior and comprehension of news.

• Reporting
• Magazine Journalism
• Communication Law & Ethics

Sample Publications:

Furey, L .D., Cho, M., & Mohr, T. (2019). Is business news starting to bark? How business news covers corporate social responsibility post the economic crisis. Journalism, 20(2), 256-273. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884917731180 

Mohr, T. L., & Furey, L. D. (2018). Advancing agenda-building: Exploring causal relationships. The Agenda Setting Journal, 2(1), 84-103. https://doi.org/10.1075/asj.17008moh

Cho, M., Furey, L. D., & Schweickart, T. L. (2016). Communicating CSR on social media: Strategies, stakeholders, and public engagement on corporate Facebook. Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 80(1), 52-69. http://doi.org/10.1177/2329490616663708

Furey, L. D., & Manoukian, C. V. (2018, August). Fake news and the filter bubble: Exploring the effects of aggregated fake news recommendations on young adults attitudes and information-seeking behavior. Paper presented to the 2018 American Political Science Association Political Communication Pre-Conference, Boston, Massachusetts. 

Furey, L. D. (2017, May). The aggregation effect: Does the type of news aggregation personalization influence information-seeking behavior? Paper presented to the Communication and Technology Division of the 2017 International Communication Association Conference, San Diego, California. 

Furey, L. D., & Kalyanaraman, S. (2017, May). Control ergo cogito: The interplay between interactivity and involvement on information processing. Paper presented to the Political Communication Division of the 2017 International Communication Association Conference, San Diego, California.

Blackstone, G. E., & Furey, L. D. (2017, May). Second-level selective exposure: A theoretical advancement to explore information- and content-seeking in user-adapted digital spaces. Paper presented to the Mass Communication Division of the 2017 International Communication Association Conference, San Diego, California.

Furey, L. D., & Kalyanaraman, S. (2016, June). Taking the power back: Does interactivity enhance attitudes and memory of mediated political communication? Paper presented to the Political Communication Division of the 2016 International Communication Association Conference, Fukuoka, Japan.

Schweickart, T. L., & Furey, L. D. (2016, June). Advancing agenda-building: Exploring causal relationships. Paper presented to the Public Relations Division of the 2016 International Communication Association Conference, Fukuoka, Japan. *Top Student Paper

Furey, L. D., & Hall, A. E. (2015, August). An issue divided: How business and national news differ in Affordable Care Act coverage. Paper presented to the Newspaper and Online News Division of the 2015 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference, San Francisco, California. *Top Student Paper