Hans Ibold
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Recent News
- Ibold to present work at Toronto conference
- Ibold to address Rotary
- Seven faculty to lead Mini U sessions
Hans Ibold joined the IU School of Journalism faculty in 2008. His current research examines connections between identity, citizenship and new media. He is particularly interested in the global dimensions of citizenship and in the implications that (new) mediated global citizenship may have for the future of news.
In the industry, Hans was the technology reporter for the Los Angeles Business Journal and the arts editor for the Idaho Mountain Express in Ketchum, Idaho. As a tech reporter in Los Angeles, he covered the dot-com boom-bust cycle of 2001. His business stories reported on efforts of programmers, engineers, media moguls, venture capitalists and other entrepreneurs to tap the power of the Internet. More recently, Hans was an online editor and features writer for the J. Paul Getty Trust in Los Angeles. At the Getty, he oversaw editorial development of Getty.edu.
Prior to entering the doctoral program at Missouri in 2005, Hans taught English and civic education in Kyrgyzstan, where he served for two years as a Peace Corps volunteer from 2003 to 2005. In Kyrgyzstan, Hans collaborated with several organizations focused on media, education and democracy, including the National Democratic Institute (NDI), the International Research and Exchange Board (IREX) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Hans pursued a doctorate in journalism because of a broad question sparked by his experience in post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan: How do news and information flow across cultural divides in an era of media globalization, and with what implications? His dissertation research took him back to Kyrgyzstan, where he used ethnographic tools to study media use, identity and citizenship in the everyday lives of urban youth in Kyrgyzstan. He continues to be motivated to understand youth in Central Asia, their identities, their roles in society, and their involvement in social change through new media.
Hans is an outdoor enthusiast, former bicycle racer, Central Asian news junkie and wannabe-chef.
Teaching and Research Interests
Media and cultural globalization, identity, citizenship, new media literacy, principles of (global) journalism, citizenship, qualitative research methods, social media and social movements, internationalization of journalism education, news media development and journalism training, Central Asian studies.
Education
Ph.D., Journalism, University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo. (2008)
Dissertation:
Identities On the Line: Youth, Internet Use and Citizenship in Kyrgyzstan
M.S., Communication Studies, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, Pa. (1998)
B.A., Liberal Arts, Evergreen State College, Olympia, Wash. (1993)
Past Academic Positions
Visiting Professor, American University-Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (Spring, 2008)
Academic and Professional Organizations
Association for Education of Journalism and Mass Communication
International Communication Association
Investigative Reporters and Editors
Central Eurasian Studies Society
Returned Peace Corps Volunteers
Book Chapters
"Philosophy at Work: Journalism’s Early Professionalization and the Ideas that Made a Difference" (with Lee Wilkins). In Journalism, 1908: Birth of a Profession. Ed. Betty Winfield. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press.
"1908: Beginnings of Globalization in Journalism Education" (with John Merrill). In Journalism, 1908: Birth of a Profession. Ed. Betty Winfield. Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri Press.
Recent Conference Presentations
"Identity Capital in the News: A Strategy for Citizenship-Building in the Digital Age." Beyond East and West Conference, 2009.
"Channeling Youth Identities: Future Directions for Media Development in Central Asia." Central Eurasian Studies Society Conference, 2009.
"Ethnographic Tools at Work in Central Asia: Risks and Opportunities of Short Term Fieldwork" (with Amy Spindler Ibold). Central Eurasian Studies Society Conference, 2009.
"Doing Citizenship the Digital Way? Youth and the Internet in Kyrgyzstan." Central Eurasian Studies Society Conference, 2008.
"Making Sense of Convergence Journalism in Russia and the United States: A Cross Cultural Investigation of What Aspiring Journalists See in Multimedia Storytelling" (with Anastasia Kononova and Fritz Cropp). International Association of Media and Communication Research: Stockholm Congress, 2008.
"In From the Cold and Back Out Again: U.S. Press Coverage of Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia." National Communication Association Conference, 2007.
"Why Men from Mars Stay on Mars, and the Women Roam: Differences in Journalism Student Perceptions of Study Abroad from a Diffusion of Innovations Perspective." Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference, 2007.
"In the Interests of Central Asians: Rethinking Journalism Training with Conflict Theory." Association for Eurasian Studies Conference Paper, 2007.
Awards/Grants
Office of the Vice President for International Affairs (OVPIA) Overseas Conference Fund Grant, Indiana University, 2009.
John Bies International Research Scholarship, University of Missouri, 2007
Top Student Paper, AEJMC, Scholastic Division, 2007
eResearch Grant & Fellowship, Internet Research, University of Missouri, 2006