Mark W Tremayne

Associate Professor, Communication

tremayne@uta.edu

http://mentis.uta.edu/explore/profile/mark-tremayne

Last Updated: October 17, 2019

Education

- 2002 PhD in Mass Communication
  Univ ersity of Wisconsin, Madison, 2002
- 1998 MA in Journalism
  The University of Texas at Austin, 1998
- 1989 BA in Legal Studies
  University of California, Berkeley, 1989

Memberships

- 2002 to Present Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
- 2002 to Present Broadcast Education Association
- 2002 to Present International Communication Association

Awards and Honors

- Dec 2006 Dean’s Fellowship sponsored by College of Communication, UT Austin
- Dec 2005 Summer Research Assignment ($12,000) sponsored by UT Austin
- Dec 2003 Jesse H. Jones Fellowship in Communication ($5,000) sponsored by UT Austin
- Dec 2000 Communication Technology and Policy Division Top Three Student Paper sponsored by AEJMC
- Dec 2000 Walter Damm Research Grant ($1,000) sponsored by UW Madison
- Dec 1999 Communication Technology and Policy Division Top Three Student Paper sponsored by AEJMC
- Dec 1998 University WARF Fellowship ($10,000) sponsored by UW Madison
- Dec 1998 Vilas Fellowship ($600) sponsored by UW Madison

Publications

Conference Proceeding Working Paper

Social Media as a Bridge to Political Involvement for Young U.S. Hispanics
[Tremayne, MarkW, Harp, DustinM, Rodriguez Becerra, JulianMarcelo].

Conference Proceeding 2017

Claimbuster: The first ever end-to-end fact-checking system
[Hassan, Naeemul, Zhang, Gensheng, Arslan, Fatma, Caraballo, Josue, Jimenez, Damian, Gawsane, Siddhant, Hasan, Shohedul, Joseph, Minumol, Kulkarni, Aaditya, Nayak, AnilKumar, Sable, Vikas, Li, Chengkai, Tremayne, Mark]. 1945-1948 [.] "Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment". DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.14778/3137765.3137815

2017

Toward Automated Fact-Checking: Detecting Check-worthy Factual Claims by ClaimBuster
[Hassan, N., Arslan, F., Li, C., Tremayne, MarkW]. 1803-1812 [.] Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada: "Proceedings of the 2017ACM SIGKDD International Conference". DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3097983.3098131

Journal Article 2017

The Facebook Agenda: Global Social Media News Characteristics
[Tremayne, MarkW]. 19(1),
http://www.ac-journal.org

Conference Proceeding 2016

Comparing Automated Factual Claim Detection Against Judgments of Journalism Organizations
[Hassan, N., Tremayne, MarkW, Arslan, F., Li, C.]. Stanford, CA.

Conference Proceeding 2015

Detecting Check-worthy Factual Claims in Presidential Debates
[Hassan, Naeemul, Li, Chengkai, Tremayne, MarkW]. "ACM Press". DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2806416.2806652

2015

The Quest to Automate Fact-Checking
[Hassan, N., Adair, B., Hamilton, J., Li, C., Tremayne, MarkW, Yang, J., Yu, C.]. New York.
http://cj2015.brown.columbia.edu/papers/automate-fact-checking.pdf

Journal Article 2015

Using Social Media to Analyze Candidate Performance During Televised Political Debates
[Tremayne, MarkW, Minooie, Milad]. 9(3), 143-159 [.] "SAGE Publications". DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1931243115593321

2015

Partisan Media and Political Poll Coverage
[Tremayne, MarkW]. 12(3), 270-284 [.] "Informa UK Limited". DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19331681.2015.1063366

Journal Article 2014

The gendered blogosphere: Examining inequality using network and feminist theory
[Tremayne, MarkW].
http://journals.sagepub.com/page/jmq/women-in-the-newsroom/virtual-collection

2014

New Perspectives from The Sky
[Tremayne, MarkW, Clark, AndrewM]. 2(2), 232-246 [.] "Informa UK Limited". DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2013.805039

2014

Anatomy of Protest in the Digital Era: A Network Analysis ofTwitterand Occupy Wall Street
[Tremayne, MarkW]. 13(1), 110-126 [.] "Informa UK Limited". DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14742837.2013.830969

Journal Article 2013

Opinion Leadership on Gun Control in Social Networks:Preferential Attachment versus Reciprocal Linking
[Tremayne, MarkW, Minooie, M.]. 15(4), 34-52 [.]
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/e0eb/a36e986b33932ebe2787e62c56627aefe25d.pdf?_ga=2.25396733.1763063710.1544662129-56458939.1542233557

Journal Article 2009

Blogwars, by David D. Perlmutter
[Tremayne, MarkW]. 26(3), 356-357 [.] "Informa UK Limited". DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10584600903037604

Journal Article 2008

Perceived authority and communication channel: Experiments with instant messaging
[Tremayne, MarkW, Chen, X., Figur, N., Huang, J.S.]. 26(2), 178-189 [.] DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0894439307301895

2008

Manipulating interactivity with thematically hyperlinked news texts: a media learning experiment
[Tremayne, MarkW]. 10(5), 703-727 [.] "SAGE Publications". DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1461444808094353

Book 2007

Blogging, citizenship and the future of media
[Tremayne, MarkW]. 287 [.] New York: "Routledge". DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203944196

Book Chapter 2007

Examining the blog-media relationship
[Tremayne, MarkW]. ix-xix [.] New York: "Routledge".

2007

Harnessing the active audience: Synthesizing blog research and lessons for the future of media
[Tremayne, MarkW]. 261-272 [.] New York: "Routledge".

Journal Article 2007

From product to service: The diffusion of dynamic content in online newspapers
[Tremayne, MarkW, Schmitz Weiss, A., Alves, R.C.]. 84(4), 825-839 [.] DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/107769900708400411

Book Chapter 2006

Applying network theory to the use of external links on news web sites
[Tremayne, MarkW]. 49-64 [.] Mahwah,NJ: "Lawrence Erlbaum".

Journal Article 2006

Issue publics on the web: Applying network theory to the war blogosphere
[Tremayne, MarkW, Zheng, N., Lee, J., Jeong, J.]. 12(1), DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1083-6101.2006.00326.x
http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol12/issue1/tremayne.html

2006

The Gendered Blogosphere: Examining Inequality using Network and Feminist Theory
[Harp, DustinM, Tremayne, MarkW]. 83(2), 247-264 [.] "SAGE Publications". DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/107769900608300202

Newsletter 2006

Citizen media and the technology division
[Tremayne, MarkW].(Fall), 2 [.] "AEJMC".

Newsletter 2005

Blogs, restoring public trust in journalism, among many topics at midwinter conference
[Tremayne, MarkW].(Spring), 6 [.] "AEJMC".

Journal Article 2005

News Websites as Gated Cybercommunities
[Tremayne, MarkW]. 11(3), 28-39 [.] "SAGE Publications". DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/135485650501100303

2005

Lessons Learned from Experiments with Interactivity on the Web
[Tremayne, MarkW]. 5(2), 0-0 [.] "Informa UK Limited". DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2005.10722100

Book Review 2004

Book review of Leah Lievrouw and Sonia Livingstone’s (Eds.) “The Handbook of New Media,” Martin Lister, Jon Dovey, Seth Giddings, Iain Grant and Kieran Kelly’s “New Media: A Critical Introduction,” and Leonard Shyles’ (Ed.) “Deciphering Cyberspace”
[Tremayne, MarkW]. 59(1), 83-85 [.]

Journal Article 2004

The Web of Context: Applying Network Theory to the Use of Hyperlinks in Journalism on the Web
[Tremayne, MarkW]. 81(2), 237-253 [.] "SAGE Publications". DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/107769900408100202

Journal Article 2001

Interactivity, information processing and learning on the World Wide Web
[Tremayne, MarkW, Dunwoody, S.]. 23(2), 111-134 [.] DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1075547001023002003

Presentations

- April 2018
  
  Tremayne, MarkW, Harp, DustinM, Rodriguez Becerra, JulianMarcelo, "Social Media as a Bridge to Political Involvement for Young U.S. Hispanics", Las Vegas. (April 9, 2018).
- October 2015
  
  Tremayne, MarkW, "The Facebook Agenda: Global Social Media News Characteristics", College Station, Texas. (October , 2015).
- August 2014
  
  Tremayne, MarkW, Minooie, M., "Using Social Media To Analyze Candidate Performance and Public Opinion During Political Debates.", Montreal. (August , 2014).
- June 2013
  
  Tremayne, MarkW, Minooie, M., "Opinion Leadership in Social Networks:Preferential Attachment versus Reciprocal Linking", London. (June , 2013).
- August 2012
  
  Tremayne, MarkW, Clark, AndrewM, "New Perspectives from the Sky: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Journalism", Chicago, IL. (August , 2012).
- May 2012
  
  Tremayne, MarkW, "Anatomy of Protest in the Digital Era: A Network Analysis of Twitter and Occupy Wall Street", Phoenix. (May , 2012).
- August 2009
  
  Tremayne, MarkW, Harp, DustinM, "Race, Gender and Teen New Media Use", Boston. (August , 2009).
- August 2008
  
  Tremayne, MarkW, "Collective Intelligence: The Promise and Peril of User-Generated Politics", Chicago. (August , 2008).
- August 2007
  
  Tremayne, MarkW, Schmitz Weiss, A., Alves, R., "From product to service: Dynamic content in online newspapers.", Washington, D.C.. (August , 2007).
- May 2007
  
  Harp, DustinM, Tremayne, MarkW, "Programmed by the People: The Intersection of Political Communication and the YouTube Generation", San Francisco. (May , 2007).
- 2006
  
  Chen, X., Figur, N., Huang, J.S., Tremayne, MarkW, "Perceived Authority and Communication Channel: Experiments with Instant Messaging", San Francisco. ( , 2006).
- August 2006
  
  Harp, DustinM, Nichols, S., Tremayne, MarkW, Castronova, T., "Women in the Blogosphere: Access, Practices, and Gender Politics", San Francisco. (August , 2006).
- March 2006
  
  Tremayne, MarkW, "Blogs: Cutting-Edge Communication Tools", Austin, TX. (March 29, 2006).
- 2005
  
  Tremayne, MarkW, "Information Flows on the Web", Austin . ( , 2005).
- August 2005
  
  Tremayne, MarkW, Schmitz Weiss, A., "Contingent Interactivity and News Story Navigation: An Experiment", San Antonio. (August , 2005).
- August 2005
  
  Tremayne, MarkW, "Customized media messages:Prospects and promises for mass communication on the web", San Antonio, TX. (August , 2005).
- August 2005
  
  Harp, DustinM, Tremayne, MarkW, "The gendered blogosphere: Where promise meets reality", San Antonio. (August , 2005).
- June 2005
  
  Tremayne, MarkW, "Blogging: A Public Dialogue". (June 28, 2005).
- May 2005
  
  Tremayne, MarkW, Schmitz Weiss, A., "Issue salience and web page design: An agenda setting experiment", New York. (May , 2005).
- August 2004
  
  Tremayne, MarkW, "News websites as gated cybercommunities", Toronto. (August , 2004).
- August 2004
  
  Tremayne, MarkW, "Untangling interactivity on the web", Toronto. (August , 2004).
- March 2004
  
  Tremayne, MarkW, "Online Journalism". (March 29, 2004).
- September 2003
  
  Tremayne, MarkW, "New Research for New Media: Innovative Research Methodologies", University of Minnesota. (September , 2003).
- May 2003
  
  Tremayne, MarkW, "Learning on the web: The importance of interactivity and motivation", San Diego. (May , 2003).
- March 2003
  
  Tremayne, MarkW, "Center for citizen initiatives", Productivity Enhancement Program. (March , 2003).
- November 2002
  
  Tremayne, MarkW, "Interactivity and Learning in the New Media Environment". (November 11, 2002).
- August 2001
  
  Tremayne, MarkW, Dunwoody, S., "Interactivity as a cognitive process", Washington,D.C.. (August , 2001).
- February 2001
  
  Tremayne, MarkW, Dunwoody, S., "Using Think Aloud Protocols to Compare the Usefulness of Science Web Sites", San Francisco. (February , 2001).
- August 2000
  
  Tremayne, MarkW, "Broadcasters on the Web: The changing patterns of mass communication", Phoenix. (August , 2000).
- August 2000
  
  Tremayne, MarkW, "The hypermedia news story", Phoenix. (August , 2000).
- August 1999
  
  Harp, DustinM, Tremayne, MarkW, "Everything leads to pornography: Myths and realities of searching the Web", New Orleans. (August , 1999).
- August 1999
  
  Tremayne, MarkW, "Media convergence on the Internet", New Orleans. (August , 1999).
- May 1999
  
  Tremayne, MarkW, "The Internet user: Active, passive or both", San Francisco. (May , 1999).
- May 1999
  
  Tremayne, MarkW, "Use of nonlinear storytelling on news Web sites", San Francisco. (May , 1999).
- 1998
  
  Tremayne, MarkW, "Online news: The importance of interactivity", Dallas. ( , 1998).
- August 1997
  
  Tremayne, MarkW, "The Internet: Is the medium the message?", Chicago. (August , 1997).

Support & Funding

This data is entered manually by the author of the profile and may duplicate data in the Sponsored Projects section.

- Sept 2017 to Aug 2020 III: Small: Collaborative Research: Towards End-to-End Computer-Assisted Fact-Checking sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF) - $320780
  (Funded)
- May 2017 to Dec 2018 Bot vs. Bot: Automated Detection of Fake-news Bots sponsored by Texas National Security Network Fund - $30000
  (Funded)
- Sept 2019 to May 2020 Convergence Accelerator Phase I (RAISE): Credible Open Knowledge Network sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF) - $999870
  (Funded)
- 2014 to 2017 Medium: Collaborative Research: From Answering Questions to Questioning Answers (and Questions) - Perturbation Analysis of Database Queries sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF) - $
  (Funded)
- Nov 2015 to Nov 2016 ClaimBuster: Detecting Check-worthy Factual Claims in Presidential Debates sponsored by Knight Foundation - $35000
  (Funded)
- 2007 to 2008 Viewers as Content Providers: The Impact on Broadcasters sponsored by National Association of Broadcasters Research Grant - $
  Mark Tremayne (Funded)

Students Supervised

- Present
  Kanai Kuhnel, (Communication)
- Aug 2018
  Zedan Xu, (Communication)
- May 2018
  Konnori Battee, (Communication)

Courses

Service to the University

- Sept 2017 to Present Committee Member
  
  Graduate Assembly
  Attended all 2017-18 meetings of the Graduate Assembly representing the College of Liberal Arts.
- Sept 2017 to Present Committee Member
  
  Teaching and Learning Advisory Committee
  Attended meetings representing the College of Liberal Arts
- Sept 2015 to Present Committee Member
  
  Archer Center Graduate Program Selection Committee
  Primary responsibility is to interview, with the committee, each graduate student who applies for the Archer graduate fellowship.
- Sept 2014 to Present Committee Member
  
  Academic Standards
- Sept 2014 to Present Committee Member
  
  Scholarship Committee
  Review dozens of student applications and make recommendations for various department scholarships.
- Sept 2013 to Present Committee Member
  
  Liberal Arts Research Committee
- Sept 2017 to May 2018 Program Organizer
  
  ACES/Spotlight Planning Committee
  This committee organized a College of Liberal Arts event to Spotlight student research and creative work. I served as program chair, reviewing and selecting student applications and organizing sessions for the event.

Service to the Profession

- Mar 2018 to Aug 2018
  Reviewer, Journal Article
  Journal of Data and Information Quality
- Jan 2018 to May 2018
  Reviewer, Book
  Grawemeyer World Order award
  Read and review a book nominated for the Grawemeyer World Order award
- Dec 2017 to Jan 2018
  Reviewer, Journal Article
  Journal of Communication
- Nov 2017 to Dec 2017
  Reviewer, Journal Article
  Mass Communication and Society
- Oct 2017 to Nov 2017
  Reviewer, Journal Article
  Social Media and Society

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