John Vernon Pavlik is an American academic and author who publishes on the impact of technology on journalism, media, and society.

Biography

He is a professor in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies in the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers, the state university of New Jersey. He is former chair of the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at the School of Communication, Information and Library Studies at Rutgers University. While on leave from Rutgers in 2013 he served as the associate dean for research at Northwestern University in Qatar. He is also former chair of the editorial board for the journal of the

National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) is an American professional service organization founded in 1955 for "the advancement of the arts and sciences of television and the promotion of creative leadership for artistic, edu ...

' ''Television Quarterly'' and a faculty associate at the

Columbia Institute for Tele-Information The Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI) is one of several research centers for Columbia Business School, focusing on strategy, management, and policy issues in telecommunications, computing, and electronic mass media. It aims to addre ...

. Pavlik was a professor and executive director of the Center for New Media at the

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is located in Pulitzer Hall on the university's Morningside Heights campus in New York City. Founded in 1912 by Joseph Pulitzer, Columbia Journalism School is one of the oldest journalism s ...

. He also previously served as the founding director of the School of Communication at

San Diego State University San Diego State University (SDSU) is a public research university in San Diego, California. Founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, it is the third-oldest university and southernmost in the 23-member California State University (CSU) system ...

. Pavlik writes about the impact of new technology on journalism, media and society. His most recent book is ''Converging Media'', co-written with Shawn McIntosh (Oxford University Press 2013). Other works include ''Journalism and New Media'' (, Columbia University Press, 2001) and ''New Media Technology: Cultural and Commercial Perspectives'' (), now in its 2nd edition (Allyn & Bacon, 1998). Pavlik has written more than a dozen computer software packages for education in journalism and communication. He holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in mass communication from the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw ...

and is a graduate of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the

University of Wisconsin–Madison A university () is an educational institution, institution of higher education, higher (or Tertiary education, tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several Discipline (academia), academic disciplines. Universities ty ...

. He is co-developer with Prof. Steven Feiner of the Situated Documentary, a new form of storytelling using augmented reality. He is married with two children and lives in

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...

. He developed the idea of the ''Three Stages of Online News Content,'' a concept which explains the source of online news content. That model contains three stages: # Posting repurposed content taken directly from printed or over-air media. This is currently the most dominating format used. # Posting repurposed information augmented with original content. # Enhancing the cyberspace community while establishing a willingness to experiment with new forms of storytelling.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pavlik, John V. Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Rutgers University faculty Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism faculty San Diego State University faculty American technology writers Journalism academics University of Minnesota School of Journalism and Mass Communication alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Journalism & Mass Communication alumni Writers from New York City People in information technology