Matthew Hindman

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Matthew S. Hindman

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Academic Positions

2004-present   Assistant Professor. Political Science Department, Arizona State University.

2002-2004       Doctoral Fellow. National Center for Digital Government, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

2002-2003       Visiting Fellow. Department of Government, Harvard University.

Education

1998-2005      Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. Ph.D. in Politics. Dissertation committee: Larry Bartels (chair), Jennifer Hochschild, Paul DiMaggio, Markus Prior.

1994-1998      Willamette University, Salem, OR. B.A., Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa. Honors in both Politics and English.

Books

2009                The Myth of Digital Democracy.  Princeton University Press.

Refereed Journal Articles

Nov. 2007     “Campaign Politics and the Digital Divide: Constituency Characteristics, Strategic Considerations, and Candidate Internet Use in State Legislative Elections.” With Paul Herrnson and Atiya Stokes-Brown. Political Research Quarterly 60(1):131-143 Forthcoming March 2007.

March 2005   “The Real Lessons of Howard Dean: Reflections on the First Digital Campaign.” Perspectives on Politics, 3(1):121-128. Reprinted in Doris Graber, editor, Media Power and Politics. Washington, DC: CQ Press.

                      This article won the 2006 APSA Information Technology and Politics section award for best article published in the 2005 calendar year.

Book Chapters

2008              "What Is the Online Public Sphere Good For"? In Joseph Turow, and Lokman Tsui, eds., The Hyperlinked Society. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. 

2007              “‘Open Source Politics’ Reconsidered: Emerging Patterns in Online Political Participation.” In David Lazer and Victor Mayer-Schoenberger, eds, Governance and Information Technology: From Electronic Government to Information Government. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Forthcoming.

2006             “A Mile Wide and an Inch Deep: Measuring the Diversity of Political Content Online.” In Philip Napoli, editor, Localism and Media Diversity: Meaning and Metrics. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Works in Progress

                       Voice, Equality, and the Internet. Book project. Under review at potential publishers.

                      “Parties? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Parties!: Roll Call Voting in the Non-Partisan Arizona Territorial Legislature.” With Rodolfo Espino. Paper presented at the 2007 Western Political Science Association meeting.

                     “Amos, Andy, 'n' the APSA: Political Scientists, the Public, and the Dawn of Broadcasting.” Paper accepted for presentation at the 2007 Midwest Political Science Association meeting.

Fellowships, Awards, Grants, and Research Support

Sept. 2006   Best Information Technology and Politics Article Published in 2005. Information Technology and Politics Section, American Political Science Association. For “The Real Lessons of Howard Dean.”

Fall 2005      Research Support, Hitwise Competitive Intelligence. Provided with access to proprietary data on traffic to political Websites, news Websites, and blogs. Annual value: $8,000.

2002-2004   Doctoral Fellow, National Center for Digital Government. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. $20,000 stipend in addition to office and secretarial support.

2002-2003     Visiting Fellow, Department of Government. Harvard University. $17,000 stipend in addition to health insurance and fees.

1998-2002    Jacob K. Javits Fellow. U.S. Department of Education. Highly competitive national fellowship. $60,000 in stipend over 4 years, in addition to full tuition support, health insurance, and fees.

Op-Ed Columns

Aug. 2004     “More is Not Necessarily Better.” With Kenneth Neil Cukier. The New York Times. August 23, 2004.

March 2004  “A Worthy Strategy for Affordable Housing.” The Boston Globe. March 27, 2004.

Dec. 2003     “Keep the Web Worldly and Wide.” With Kenneth Neil Cukier. The International Herald-Tribune. December 11, 2003.

June 2003     “More Media, Less Diversity.” With Kenneth Neil Cukier. The New York Times. June 3, 2003.

Dec. 2002    “How the Web Will Change Campaigns.” The New York Times. December 25, 2002.

Invited Conference Participation

Dec. 2007      “Political Accountability and the Web’s ‘Missing Middle.’” New Media and Political Accountability Conference. Center for the Study of Democratic Politics. Princeton University, Princeton, NJ: December 1.

 Nov. 2007     “‘Open Source Politics’ and Political Participation.” Information Technology and Governance Symposium. Kennedy School of Government. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA: November 14.

 June 2006     “Mapping Traffic Between Political Websites.” Hyperlinked Society Conference. Annenberg School of Communication. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA: June 9.

 April 2006     “The Internet and the Future of Journalism.” One of seven workshop participants. Supported by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation and the Knight Foundation. The Shorenstein Center for People and the Press, John F. Kennedy School of Government. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA: April 7.

Feb. 2006     “From Production to Filtering: Changing Patterns of Online Exclusivity.” The Web and Access to Knowledge workshop, Oxford Internet Institute (OII). Oxford University, Oxford, UK: February 10-11.

Feb. 2006      “Reconsidering ‘Open Source Politics.’” Invited lecture, Oxford Internet Institute (OII). Oxford University, Oxford, UK: February 9.

April 2004     “All Roads Lead to Rome: Search Engines and the Winners-Take-All Web.” Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference (CFP). Berkeley, CA: April 20-23.

April 2004    “Media Diversity and the Concentration of Online Attention.” Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI), Conference on Online Media Concentration. Columbia University, New York, NY: April 15.

Dec. 2003    “A Mile Wide and an Inch Deep: Measuring Media Diversity Online.” Media Diversity and Localism: Meaning, Metrics, and the Public Interest. Conference sponsored by the Ford Foundation. Fordham University, New York, NY: December 16-17.

 Other Conference Papers and Presentations

April 2007     “Amos, Andy ’n’ the APSA: Political Scientists, the Public, and the Dawn of Broadcasting.” Paper to be presented at the Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, IL: April 11-14

March 2007    “A Tale of Two States: Ideological Voting in the Arizona and New Mexico Territorial Legislatures.” With Rudolfo Espino. Paper to be presentated at the Western Political Science Association convention. Las Vegas, NV: March 8-10.

Oct. 2004 “Online Diversity in Theory and Practice.” Telecommunications Policy Research Conference (TPRC). George Mason University Law School, Washington, DC: October 1-3.

Aug. 2003   “A Winners-Take-All Web.” Poster presentation. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. Philadelphia, PA: August 28-31.

Aug. 2003      “Why the Structure of the Web Matters for Politics.” APSA Pre-Conference sponsored by the Political Communication Section of the APSA. Annenberg School of Communication. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA: August 27.

March 2003 “Googlearchy: How a Few Heavily-Linked Sites Dominate Politics Online.” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, IL: April 4-6.

Aug. 2002      “The Liberal Medium?: The Political Correlates of Web Use.” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. Boston, MA: August 28-31.

Courses Taught

POS 498        Information Technology and Politics. Senior seminar. Taught Fall 2004, Fall 2005, Fall 2006. Average student evaluation score (trimmed mean): 8.5.

POS 394       American Political Development. Upper-division seminar. Taught Spring 2005, Spring 2006. Average student evaluation score (trimmed mean): 8.0.

POS 110   American Politics and Government. Introductory lecture hall. Taught Spring 2006, Fall 2006. Average student evaluation score (trimmed mean): 7.6.

                     *Note: ASU undergraduate courses are scored on a scale of 0-9, where 0=“E”, 8=“A” and 9=“A+”. Listed scores are student responses to the question: “What grade would you give the instructor?” More detailed teaching evaluations for all courses available upon request.

Department and University Service

2006-2007    Member, Political Science Department Advisory Committee. Elected by Department faculty to a one-year term.

2004-2006   Member, Information Infusion Initiative (I3) Steering Committee. Duties included revision of the University’s Learning Communities curriculum.

Tempe, AZ

3 March 2007