Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Authored Books

• Kenix LJ. (2011) Alternative and Mainstream Media: The Converging Spectrum. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic. 216pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781849665421.

Edited Volumes

• Atkinson J; Kenix LJ (Ed.) (2019) Alternative Media Meets Mainstream Politics: Activist Nation Rising. London and New York: Lexington Books. 230.

Journal Articles

• Kenix LJ. and Lopez JB. (2021) Representations of refugees in their home countries and abroad: A content analysis of la caravana migrante/the migrant caravan in Central America and the United States. Newspaper Research Journal 42(1): 48-73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0739532921989490.

• Kenix L. (2019) Exploring national culture through international media: The publication of a viral pro-LGBT image compared against a nation’s wealth, level of religion, and democracy. Journal of Intercultural Communication 49.

• Kenix L. and Abikanlu O. (2019) A comparative analysis of social media messaging by African-centred LGBT refugee NGOs. Journal of African Media Studies 11(3): 313-329. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/jams_00003_1.

• Kenix L. and Jarvandi R. (2019) The Role of Ideology in the International Mainstream News Media Framing of Refugees: A Comparison between Conservative and Liberal Newspapers in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia. Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies 8(3): 349-365. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/ajms_00006_1.

• Kenix LJ. (2016) A straight gay wedding? News images of same-sex marriage in the mainstream and alternative New Zealand press. Communication, Politics and Culture 49(2): 25-49.

• Kenix LJ. (2016) Journalistic boundary work at a time of professional crisis. Australian Journalism Review 38(1): 19-32.

• Gustafson K. and Kenix LJ. (2015) Visually framing press freedom and responsibility of a massacre: Photographic and graphic images in Charlie Hedbo's newspaper front pages around the world. .

• Kenix LJ. (2015) Culture as Constitutive: An Exploration of Audience and Journalist Perceptions of Journalism in Samoa. Communication, Culture and Critique 8(1): 37-54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cccr.12076.

• Kenix LJ. (2015) From Prim to Punk: The Successfully Altered Marketing Image of Christchurch City Post-Disaster. Global Review of Research in Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure Management 1(2): 299-317.

• Kenix LJ. (2015) You are either with us or with us: Constructing Samoan national identity through inclusion at the Samoa Observer. Journalism 16(4): 553-570. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1464884914525557.

• Kenix LJ. (2014) Independent websites not so different from group-owned. Newspaper Research Journal 35(2): 24-39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/073953291403500203.

• Kenix LJ. (2013) A converging image? Commercialism and the visual identity of alternative and mainstream news websites. Journalism Studies 14(6): 835-856. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2012.754239.

• Kenix LJ. (2013) The influence of local culture on the ideology of Samoan journalism. International Journal of Social Science and Humanity 3(3): 246-250. http://dx.doi.org/10.7763/IJSSH.2013.V3.237.

• Jean Kenix L. (2012) Commercialism and the Convergence of Alternative and Mainstream Media. Journal of Mass Communication and Journalism 02(02) http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2165-7912.1000e109.

• Kenix LJ. (2012) Subverting the Marxist paradigm: Vaccination discourse in New Zealand's mainstream and alternative online media. Journal of International Communication 18(1): 79-96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13216597.2012.662166.

• Kenix LJ. and Daviault C. (2012) Is this the future of news? An examination of Samoa Topix. #ISOJ: The official research journal of the International Symposium on Online Journalism 2(2): 118-143.

• Kenix LJ. (2011) The future of alternative media? Observatorio 5(1): 187-214.

• Kenix LJ. (2011) The Traitor and the Hedonist: Motherhood in two New Zealand child abuse cases. Media International Australia 139(May): 42-52.

• Kenix LJ. (2009) A Historical Framing Analysis of Liberalism in American Print Media (1978-2002). Southwestern Mass Communication Journal 25(1): 81-97.

• Kenix LJ. (2009) Exploring blogs as a form of alternative media. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 14(4): 790-822. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1083-6101.2009.01471.x.

• Kenix LJ. (2009) Resistance narratives in radical, alternative media: A historical examination of Earwig. .

• Cunningham GB., Fink JS. and Kenix LJ. (2008) Choosing an endorser for a women's sporting event: The interaction of attractiveness and expertise. Sex Roles 58(5-6): 371-378. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11199-007-9340-z.

• Kenix LJ. (2008) Conscientious dissident or radical eccentric: Negotiation of mediated protest images in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Media Studies 11(2): 58-90.

• Kenix LJ. (2008) Framing Science: Climate Change in the Mainstream and Alternative News of New Zealand. Political Science. Special issue: The Politics of Climate Change: Issues for New Zealand and Small States of the Pacific 60(1): 117-132. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/003231870806000110.

• Kenix LJ. (2008) From media frame to social change? A comparative analysis of same-sex rights in the United States and New Zealand press. Australian Journal of Communication 35(3): 105-128.

• Kenix LJ. (2008) Nonprofit Organizations’ Perceptions and Uses of the Internet. Television and New Media 9(5): 407-428. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1527476408315501.

• Kenix LJ. (2008) The Internet as a tool for democracy? A survey of non-profit Internet decision-makers and web users. First Monday 13(7).

• Kenix LJ. (2007) In search of utopia: An analysis of non-profit web pages. Information Communication and Society 10(1): 69-94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691180701193085.

• Kenix LJ. (2007) The homogenized imagery of non-profit organizations on the Internet. Visible Language 41(2): 127-161.

• Rodgers S., Kenix LJ. and Thorson E. (2007) Stereotypical portrayals of emotionality in news photos. Mass Communication and Society 10(1): 119-138. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15205430709337007.

• Kenix LJ. (2005) A Comparison of Environmental Pollution Coverage in the Mainstream, African American, and Other Alternative Press. The Howard Journal of Communications 16(1): 49-70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10646170590915862.

• Kenix LJ. (2005) Visual communication in large-circulation U.S. newspapers before and after September 11, 2001. Visual Communication Quarterly 12(Winter/Spring): 20-37.

• Fink J., Cunningham G. and Kensicki LJ. (2004) Utilizing athletes as endorsers to sell women's sport: Attractiveness versus expertise. Journal of Sport Management 18(4): 350-367.

• Kensicki LJ. (2004) No Cure for what ails us: The media-constructed disconnect between societal problems and possible solutions. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly 81(1): 53-73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/107769900408100105.

• Kensicki LJ. (2003) Building credibility for non-profit organizations through webpage interface design. Journal of Visual Literacy 23(2): 103-126.

• Fink JS. and Kensicki LJ. (2002) An Imperceptible Difference: Visual and Textual Constructions of Femininity in Sports Illustrated and Sports Illustrated for Women. Mass Communication and Society 5(3): 317-339. http://dx.doi.org/10.1207/S15327825MCS0503_5.

• Kensicki LJ. (2001) Deaf President Now! Positive Media Framing of a Social Movement within a Hegemonic Political Environment. Journal of Communication Inquiry 25(2): 147-166.

• Kensicki LJ. (2000) Second level agenda setting: A study of integration and progress. Egyptian Journal of Public Opinion Research 1(3): 85-100.

• Kensicki LJ. (2000) The modern environmental movement: Public opinion, media coverage, and the importance of visual information. Egyptian Journal of Public Opinion Research 1(4): 1-49.

Chapters

• Kenix L. (2019) Alternative Media and Journalistic Boundary Work. In Atkinson J; Kenix LJ (Ed.), Alternative Media Meets Mainstream Politics: Activist Nation Rising: 159-174. Lanham: Lexington Books.

• Kenix LJ. (2018) Authenticity and Participation as a Radicalised Tourist Space in Post-earthquake Christchurch. In McMillin D; de Bruin J; Smith J (Ed.), Place, Power, Media: Mediated Responses to Globalization: 15-35.Peter Lang.

• Kenix LJ. (2015) Commercialism and the deconstruction of alternative and mainstream media. In Atton C (Ed.), The Routledge Companion to Alternative and Community Media: 66-76. London: Routledge.

• Kenix LJ. (2011) Someone else's periphery? Journalism in New Zealand. Centres and Peripheries: Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Journalism in the Twenty-First Century: 271-285. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

• Kenix LJ. (2010) Print media and journalism. In Goode L; Zuberi N (Ed.), Media Studies in Aotearoa/New Zealand (2nd ed.): 58-68. Auckland: Pearson.

• Kenix LJ. (2008) Framing science: Climate change in the mainstream and alternative news of New Zealand. The Politics of Climate Change: Issues for New Zealand and the Small Pacific: 117-132. Wellington: Dunmore Publishing.

Oral Presentations

• Kenix L. (2018) “Alternative” Media: Does that mean anything now and what's next? The power of framing and ideology. University of Canterbury.

• Kenix LJ. (2015) Emerging Trends and Established Practices in the Commercialization of Online News Media. Duy Tan University, Da Nang Vietnam.

• Kenix LJ. (2012) What is mainstream and alternative journalism in Samoa? National University of Samoa, Apia Samoa.

• Kenix LJ. (2012) You are either with us or with us: Constructing a Samoan national identity through inclusion at The Samoa Observer. Monash University, Melbourne Australia: Invited Presentation.

• Kenix LJ. (2009) Re-presenting climate change in the alternative and mainstream press of New Zealand. New Zealand Media and Environment Forum, University of Otago, Dunedin New Zealand: New Zealand Media and Environment Forum.

• Kenix LJ. (2008) Exploring political blogs as a form of alternative media. Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford University.

• Kenix LJ. (2004) Female representations in media. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Minneapolis Minnesota: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.

• Kenix LJ. (2002) Advancing democracy on-line? An examination of non-profits and the Internet. Institute for New Media Studies, University of Minnesota.

Other

• Kenix LJ. (2011) Book Review: Susan Forde, Kerrie Foxwell and Michael Meadows, Developing dialogues: Indigenous and ethnic community broadcasting in Australia. London: Intellect, 2009. Ethical Space 7(4): 59-61.

• Kenix LJ. (2010) Book Review: Ethnic Minorities, Electronic Media, and the Public Sphere: A Comparative Study, Donald R. Browne (2005) Series: EURICOM Monographs. International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics 6(1): 122-125. Intellect Ltd.. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/macp.6.1.122/5.

Conference Contributions - Other

• Kenix L. and Lopez JB. (2020) Perceptions of refugees in their home countries and abroad: A content analysis of la caravana migrante/the migrant caravan in Central America and the United States. Virtual: Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 1 Aug 2020.

• Kenix L. and Manickam J. (2020) A Missed Opportunity? President Trump, the Truth Sandwich, and Journalistic Monitoring of the Executive Office Across Ideological Mainstream Outlets. Virtual: Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 1 Aug 2020.

• Chaban N., Matheson D. and Kenix LJ. (2019) Ukraine through a Baltic Lense: Operationalising links between images, frames and narratives in IR. University of Canterbury, New Zealand: NZPSAA, 20-22 Nov 2019.

• Kenix L. and Bandopadhyaya S. (2019) Co-constructing a media narrative: Interviews with LGBT activists from the 1960s and 1970s in New Zealand. Toronto, Canada: 2019 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference, 7-10 Aug 2019.

• Bandopadhyaya S. and Kenix L. (2018) Social media platforms and their role in contemporary LGBT movements in New Zealand. Berkeley, CA, USA: Third International Conference on Communication & Media Studies, 18-19 Oct 2018.

• Kenix LJ. (2017) Exploring nationalised ideology through international media: The publication of a viral pro-LGBT image compared against a nation’s wealth, level of religion and democracy. Cartagena, Colombia: International Association of Mass Communication Research, 1-1 Jul 2017.

• Kenix LJ. (2017) Responsibility, human interest, conflict, morality, and economics: How the ideology of 15 different news publications shaped media coverage of refugees in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom. Cartagena, Colombia: International Association of Mass Communication Research, 1-1 Jul 2017.

• Chaban N., Kenix LJ. and Beltyukova S. (2016) Local vs. International Sources as a Filters of EU Media Images (case-study of EU migration crisis). Prague Media Point Conference: Prague Media Point Conference, 7-9 Nov 2016.

• Kenix LJ. (2016) Keynote Presentation: News Media Framing, Political Ideology, and the Cascading Activation Framing Model: Understanding the Power of Language in Media Re-Presentations. Valencia, Spain: V Conference on Innovation in Philology and Communication Studies: Methodological and Research Applications, 14-16 Dec 2016.

• Kenix LJ. (2016) Keynote Presentation: Tourism in Christchurch Post Earthquake: Integrating Creativity and Resilience into an Altered City Landscape. Prague, Czech Republic: Masters International Research and Development Center Conference on Social Science, 19-21 Jul 2016.

• Kenix LJ. and Jarvandi R. (2016) The role of political ideology in the international mainstream news media framing of refugees and LGBT refugees. Poznan, Poland: International Political Science Association's World Congress of Political Science, 23-28 Jul 2016.

• Kenix LJ. and Olorunfemi A. (2016) Faces and voices: A comparative study of African LGBT refugee representation on social media. University of Otago, Dunedin New Zealand: Performing precarity: Refugee representation, determination and discourses' conference, 1-1 Nov 2016.

• Kenix LJ. and Olorunfemi A. (2016) The organizational-level communication of African LGBT refugee NGOs on social media. Barcelona, Spain: International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 2-4 Aug 2016.

• Gustafson, K. and Kenix LJ. (2015) Visually framing press freedom and responsibility of a massacre: Photographic and graphic images in Charlie Hedbo’s newspaper front pages around the world (*Won the Second Place Faculty Paper in the Visual Communication Division). San Francisco: Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communicatio, 1-1 Aug 2015.

• Kenix LJ. (2015) Dirty Politics in New Zealand: How newspaper reporters and online bloggers constructed the professional values of journalism at a time of crisis. San Francisco, CA, USA: 2015 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference (AEJMC), 6-9 Aug 2015.

• Kenix LJ. (2015) From Prim to Punk: The Successfully Altered Marketing Image of Christchurch City Post-Disaster. Danang, Vietnam: 2nd Asia-Pacific Conference on Global Business, Economics, Finance and Social Sciences, 10-12 Jul 2015.

• Kenix LJ. (2014) The mediated visualization of shame and pride: News images of same-sex marriage in the alternative and mainstream press of New Zealand. Whispering Pines, RI, USA: Visual Communication Conference (VISCOM), 22-26 Jun 2014.

• Kenix LJ. (2013) Culture as constitutive: An exploration of audience and journalist perceptions of journalism in Samoa. Washington, D.C.: Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication conference, 1-1 Aug 2013.

• Kenix LJ. (2013) The influence of local culture on the ideology of Samoan journalism. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Conference on Humanities, Culture and Sociality (ICSCH), 15-16 Jun 2013.

• Kenix LJ. and Daviault C. (2012) Is this the future of news? An examination of Samoa Topix. Austin, TX, USA: 13th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ), 20-21 Apr 2012.

• Kenix LJ. (2011) A Converging Image? Capitalism and the visual identity of alternative and mainstream news sites. Auckland: Journalism, Media and Democracy, 1-1 Sep 2011.

• Kenix LJ. (2011) The influence of ownership on community political news websites. Chicago, IL USA: 69th Annual National Conference of the Midwest Political Association (MPA), 31 Mar-3 Apr 2011.

• Kenix LJ. (2010) Subverting the Marxist paradigm: Vaccination discourse in New Zealand mainstream and alternative online media. Braga, Portugal: 28th International Association for Media and Communication Research Conference, 18-22 Jul 2010.

• Kenix LJ. (2010) The Future of Alternative Media. Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication conference, 1-1 Jun 2010.

• Dana T. and Kenix LJ. (2009) Determining Values Depicted in Advertisements: A Study of Prime-Time Television in New Zealand. Brisbane, Australia: Australian and New Zealand Communication Association Conference 2009 (ANZAC 09), 8-10 Jul 2009.

• Kenix LJ. (2009) Exploring political blogs as a form of alternative media. Brisbane, Australia: Australian and New Zealand Communication Association Conference 2009 (ANZAC 09), 8-10 Jul 2009.

• Kenix LJ. (2009) Resistance narratives in radical, alternative media: A historical examination of Earwig. Boston, Massachusetts: Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication conference, 1-1 Aug 2009.

• Kenix LJ. (2008) A Comparative Analysis of Climate Change in the Alternative and Mainstream Press of New Zealand and the United States. Montreal, Canada: 58th Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference, 22-26 May 2008.

• Kenix LJ. (2008) The Traitor and the Hedonist: The mythology of motherhood in two New Zealand child abuse cases. Montreal, Canada: International Communication Association conference, 1-1 May 2008.

• Kenix LJ. (2007) An analysis of climate change narratives in the alternative press of New Zealand. Honolulu, HI, USA: 6th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences, 30 May-2 Jun 2007.

• Kenix LJ. (2007) Conflict, Human Interest, Morality And Responsibility: Examining the Power of Media Frames for Same-Sex Rights in New Zealand and the United States. Wellington, New Zealand: MEDIANZ, 8-10 Feb 2007.

• Kenix LJ. (2007) Conscientious dissident or radical eccentric? Negotiation of mediated protest in New Zealand. Honolulu, HI, USA: 6th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences, 30 May-2 Jun 2007.

• Kenix LJ. (2007) Framing science: Climate change in the mainstream and alternative news of New Zealand. Wuhan, China: International Conference on Political Communication, 1-1 Oct 2007.

• Kenix LJ. (2006) From media frame to social change? A comparative analysis of same-sex rights in the United States and New Zealand press. Amherst, MA, USA: Communication in Crisis, 31 Mar-1 Apr 2006.

• Kenix LJ. (2005) A historical framing analysis of liberalism in the U.S. Press (1978-2002). Sydney, Australia: Cultural Studies Association of Australasia (CSAA) Conference, 25 Nov 2005.

• Kenix LJ. (2005) Instant credibility with no intrinsic value: Exploring the "internet paradox" for social advocacy groups. Christchurch, New Zealand: Australia New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA) Conference, 4 Jul 2005.

• Kenix LJ. (2005) The internet as a diverse communicative sphere?: A comparative analysis of activist websites in the United States and New Zealand. Putrajaya, Malaysia: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia International Conference on Media and Communication, 26 Sep 2005.

• Kensicki LJ. (2004) Non-Profit Organizations' Use of the Internet. Toronto, Canada: Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Convention, 4 Aug 2004.

• Kensicki LJ. (2004) The homogenized imagery of activist organizations on the Internet. Toronto, Canada: Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Convention, 4 Aug 2004.

• Kensicki LJ. and Dicken-Garcia H. (2003) "How wicked and cruel this prejudice": Gender, race and class in Civil War Era-related Fiction of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. Chattanooga, TN, USA: Symposium on the 19th Century Press, the Civil War and Free Expression, 29 Oct 2003.

• Rodgers S., Kensicki LJ. and Thorson E. (2003) Stereotypical Portrayals of Emotionality in News Photographs. San Diego, CA, USA: International Communication Association, 23 May 2003.

• Fink J., Kensicki LJ. and Miller L. (2002) Sports Illustrated for Women: A Step Toward Equity? Canmore, Canada: North American Society for Sport Management, 29 May 2002.

• Kensicki LJ. (2002) Crafting an Upper-Class Movement: The Compelling Arguments of Socioeconomically-Defined Pollution Coverage. Seoul, Korea: International Communication Association, 15 Jul 2002.

• Kensicki LJ. (2002) Heterosexuality as a News Value: Media Representation and the Construction of Gender Within Two Divergent Social Change Organizations. International Communication Association, 15-19 Jul 2002.

• Kensicki LJ. (2002) No exceptions to the rule: the ubiquity of journalism norms throughout 29 years of environmental movement coverage. Miami, FL, USA: Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 7 Aug 2002.

• Kensicki LJ. (2002) Speaking of new media: Oral explorations into social change through the Internet. Minneapolis, MN, USA: Minnesota-Amsterdam Symposium on Technological Innovation and Cultural Change, 27 Sep 2002.

• Kensicki LJ. (2002) Visual Components of Source Credibility for Non-Profit Organizations on the World Wide Web. Miami, FL, USA: Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 7 Aug 2002.

• Kensicki LJ. (2000) An activist pedagogical approach: Creating a media resource kit for community organizations. Phoenix, AZ, USA: Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 9 Aug 2000.

• Kensicki LJ. (2000) De/sexualization and the castrated image: A psychoanalytical study of political imagery in the media. Denver, CO, USA: Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 9 Feb 2000.

• Kensicki LJ. (2000) Deaf President Now! Positive media framing of a social movement. International Communication Association Conference, 1-5 Jun 2000.

• Kensicki LJ. (2000) Tracing the trajectory of third wave environmentalism in the United States: An agenda setting study of public opinion. Pamplona, Spain: World Association for Public Opinion Research, 24 Nov 2000.

• Kensicki LJ. (1999) Advertising representation of female bravery during the 1990’s and its relationship to creative production. Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication, 2-5 Aug 1999.

• Kensicki LJ. (1999) An analysis of newspaper coverage surrounding the Women’s Liberation Movement (1960’s-Present). Austin, TX, USA: Emerging Scholarship in Women’s and Gender Studies Graduate conference, 1 Jan 1999.

• Kensicki LJ. (1999) Gendered bravery as an essential characteristic of the female creative. Austin, TX, USA: National Feminist Identities Graduate Student conference, 4 Mar 1999.