ORCID: 0000-0002-2125-2747
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=LLdEbL8AAAAJ
Academia.edu: https://aua.academia.edu/ShawnMcIntosh
Shawn McIntosh taught digital media and journalism courses and was student media advisor for the student-run newspapers and television studios at The College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York, and the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) in Massachusetts. He taught strategic communications, media ethics, and digital media in the strategic communications master’s program at Columbia University’s School of Professional Studies for several years. McIntosh worked as a journalist and editor in London and then Tokyo for nearly a decade, writing for newspapers and magazines in the UK, Japan, and the US, and publishing a travel magazine in Tokyo.
Education
- 2022, PhD - Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey
- 1999, M.S. Journalism, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
- 1987, B.S. Microbiology, University of Idaho
Research Interests
Research interests include journalism's role in democracy, the role of digital technologies in journalism practices and production, journalism and its relationship to the public, and new and emerging models of journalism and journalism business practices.
Current Research Activities/Projects
Main research activities and projects in Fall 2026 include co-editing a white paper on the current state of the Armenian information space, leading solutions journalism training initiatives through the Center for Excellence in Journalism, and presenting papers at two international conferences, one about how Armenian media frames discourses on preserving cultural heritage sites, and the other on how journalism schools can best prepare students for a world in which AI is rapidly changing the journalism profession.
Selected Publications
Monographs
Pavlik, J., McIntosh, S. Converging Media: An Introduction to Mass Communication and Digital Innovation, 7th ed. (November 2023) NY: Oxford University Press.
McIntosh, S., Leverette, M. Zombie Culture: Autopsies of the Living Dead (2008) Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press.
Edited Chapters
McIntosh, S. “First Draft as Final Draft: The Importance of Student Media When a Campus Closes,” in Narratives of Upheaval in Higher Education (2025). Eds. Denise Simard and Janet Acker. New York, NY: IGI Global Scientific Publishing.
McIntosh, S. “Le zombie consommateur. Analyse de la marchandisation d’un archetype de l’horreur,” (Consuming Zombies: Analyzing the Commodification of a Horror Stereotype) in Z pour Zombies (2015). Eds. Samuel Archibald, Antonio Dominguez Leiva, and Bernard Perron. Montreal: Presses de l’Université de Montréal.
McIntosh, S. “Will Yingshuiji Buzz Help HBO Asia?,” in It’s Not TV: Watching HBO in the Post-Television Era (2008). Eds. Marc Leverette, Brian Ott, & Cara Buckley. Routledge.
McIntosh, S. “Thin Democracy/Thick Citizenry: Interactive Media and its Lessons for Citizens/Consumers,” in Mosh the Polls: Youth Voters and Popular Culture (2008). Eds. Brian Cogan and Anthony Kelso. Lexington Books.
McIntosh, S. “Six Shooters and the Fourth Estate: A.W. Merrick and Deadwood’s Information Society,” in Reading Deadwood: A Western to Swear By (2006). Ed. David Lavery. NY. I.B. Tauris.
Peer-Reviewed Articles
McIntosh, S. “Collaboration, Consensus, and Conflict: Negotiating News the Wiki Way,” Journalism Practice, Vol. 2, Iss. 2, June 2008, pgs. 197-211.
McIntosh, S. “Blogs: Has Their Time Finally Come—Or Gone?” Review article. Global Media and Communication, 1(3), December 2005. London: Sage.
Reports
McIntosh, S. “Global independent media needs support,” WAN-IFRA (May 11, 2025), https://wan-ifra.org/2025/05/global-independent-media-needs-support/
McIntosh, S. “If Everyone’s a Publisher, Do We Still Need Professional Journalists? (Yes, We Certainly Do),” with Dan Perry, Mediaite.com (Dec. 27, 2024), https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/if-everyones-a-publisher-do-we-still-need-professional-journalists-yes-we-certainly-do/