Professional Summary
Ben received an M.S. in journalism from WVU in 2008 and a Ph.D. in media and public affairs from LSU in 2013. LaPoe's work focuses on the intersections of journalism, media, and politics. Ben has taught media writing, interactive storytelling, multimedia journalism, ethical community coverage in journalism, media advocacy, social media, intercultural communication, strategic political communications, quantitative research methods, civil rights tour, media law, and media history courses. A significant component of LaPoe's teaching philosophy is founded on helping students be adaptive, inquisitive individuals prepared to research and apply informed solutions in a constantly changing communications environment.
Education
Ph.D.: Louisiana State University 2013 (Media and Public Affairs)
M.S.: West Virginia University 2008 (Journalism)
Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications
LaPoe, V. L., Carter Olson, C. S., Azocar, C. L., LaPoe, B. R., Hazarika, B., & Jain, P. (2021. ) A Comparative Analysis of Health News in Indigenous and Mainstream Media .Health Communication, ,
Azocar, C., LaPoe, V., Carter Olson, C.S., LaPoe, V. & Hazarika, B. (2021. ) Indigenous Communities and COVID 19: Reporting on Resources and Resilience. Howard Journal of Communications, ,
LaPoe, B. R., Carter Olson, C. S., LaPoe, V. L., Jain, P., Woellert, A., & Long, A. (2022. ) Politics, Power and a Pandemic: Searching for Information and Accountability During a Twitter Infodemic .Electronic News, ,
Carter Olson, C. S., LaPoe, B., LaPoe, V., Azocar, C. L., & Hazarika, B. (2022. ) “Mothers are Medicine”: US Indigenous Media Emphasizing Indigenous Women's Roles in COVID-19 Coverage .Journal of Communication Inquiry, ,
LaPoe, B. R., LaPoe, V. L., Carter Olson, C. S., Hazarika, B., & Woellert, A. (2022. ) Addressing Racism, Politics and the Pivotal 2018 Midterm Point: Social Network Analysis of Black Lives Matter Twitter Discourse .Electronic News, ,
LaPoe, B., Carter Olson, C. S., LaPoe, V. L., Woellert, A., Hazarika, B., & Weber, J. (2023. ) #MeToo, Intersectionality, and Community Conversation Frames: A Social Network Analysis of Midterm Election “Resistance” Tweets .Electronic News, ,
Published Books
LaPoe, B., & LaPoe, V. (2018. ) Resistance Advocacy as News: Digital Black Press Covers the Tea Party .
LaPoe, V., Olson, C., & LaPoe, B. (2018. ) Underserved Communities and Digital Discourse: Getting Voices Heard .
LaPoe, V., & LaPoe, B. (2017. ) Indian Country: Telling a Story in a Digital Age .
Book Chapter
Broussard, J. & LaPoe, B. (2014 ) A History of the New Orleans Times-Picayune News Evolution or Revolutions? The Future of Journalism in the Digital Age .
LaPoe, B. & Sullivan, J. (2017 ) The Black Press and Priming Critical Black Studies Reader .
Keywords
Journalism, Politics, Strategic Political Communications, Intercultural Communications Competence