Journal Articles and Published Proceedings

Kanthawala, S., Cotter, K., Ritchart, A., De, A., McAtee, H., Yun, C., & DeCook, J. (2023). Algorithmic conspirituality: Explicating its emergence, dimensions, and persuasibility. New Media & Society, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448231217425 

Ritchart, A. A., Britt, R., K., Kanthawala, S., Jannat, K. T., & Jones, N. (2024). Reporting during the COVID eras: Media attention and news framing through a large-scale computational analysis. In: Proceedings of the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Nominated for best paper out of the Mediated Conversation minitrack. https://hdl.handle.net/10125/106715

Ritchart, A. A.,  & Britt, R. K. (2024). Pro-social framing and sentiment in U.S. broadcast networks’ Instagram posts about the COVID-19 vaccine. In: Proceedings of the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. https://hdl.handle.net/10125/106846

Britt, R. K., & Ritchart, A. A. (in press). Qualitative inquiry revealing Native Americans’ perspectives on health campaign message strategies on organ donation willingness and promotion. The Qualitative Report.

Manuscripts in Progress

Cotter, K., Ritchart, A. A., Kanthawala, S., De., A., Foyle, K. & Watson, T.X. (2024, revised and resubmitted). If you’re reading this, it’s meant for you: The algorithmic imaginary of algorithmic conspirituality. Convergence.

Ritchart, A. A., Boman, C. D., Britt, R. K., & VanDyke, M. S. (2024, under review). Exploring health disparities in water sanitation tweets: Environmental risk communication across at-risk regions and international contexts. Journal of Risk Research.

Ritchart, A. A. & Martin, K. (2024, under review). It’s giving credibility: Reliability of credibility scales for health information consumption on prosumer video platforms. Social Media + Society.

Ritchart, A. A. & Britt, R. K. (2023, manuscript preparation). Tis the damn season: A case study of Swifties and social support compared across social media.

Britt, R. K., Ritchart, A.A., & Chakraborty, A. R. (2023, manuscript preparation). Imagined audiences and organizational engagement on social media: Performing, curating, and organizing company culture through impression management on Twitter.

Other Publications and Creative Work

Ritchart, A. A. (2019). Reform Judaism in the digital age. In A. E. Grant, A. C. Sturgill, C. H. Chen, & D. A. Stout (Eds.), Religion online: How digital technology is changing the way we worship and pray (pp. 160–169). Praeger an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC. 

Ritchart, A. A. (Summer 2018). [Review of book How Stevie nearly lost the war and other postwar stories]. New Madrid, XIII(2), 126-128.

Ritchart, A. A. (2015). Heading home [Photograph]. Clarksville, TN: Downtown Artists Co-op.

Select Conference Presentations

Britt, R. K., Ritchart, A. A., & Kanthawala, S. (2023, November). The state of mind and the state of tweets: A computational and linguistic analysis of messages from mental health organizations. [Paper presentation]. National Communication Association in National Harbor, MD.

Nichols, T. S., Ritchart, A. A., Bernhardt, J., & Morris, J.R.. (2023, November). Critical conversations: Disabilities and Higher Education – Teaching the Freedom to Ask. [Panel presentation]. National Communication Association, National Harbor, MD.

Kanthawala, S., Cotter, K., Ritchart, A. A., De., A., McAtee, H., Yun, C., & DeCook, J. (2023, May 25-27). Algorithmic conspirituality: Explicating its emergence, dimensions, and persuasibility. [Paper presentation]. International Communication Association 2023: Reclaiming Authenticity in Communication, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Top paper Communication & Technology Division

Ritchart, A. A. (2023, March 2-4). Gaming the midterms: Exploring 2022 midterm election news game schema. [Research-in-progress presentation]. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Southeast Colloquium, Murfreesboro, TN.

Ritchart, A. A., Bernhardt, J., Morris, J.R., & Nichols, T. S. (2022, November). Critical conversations: Exploring the legacy and impact of communication and disability issues. [Panel presentation]. National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.

Ritchart, A. A., Jones, J.J., Nichols, T.S., & Morris, J. R. (2022, October). Critical conversations: A snapshot of public memory, political communication, polarization, and social media. [Roundtable presentation]. Popular Culture Association of the South, New Orleans, LA.

Ritchart, A. A. (2022, March). Framing the COVID-19 vaccine: A content analysis of U.S. broadcast Media’s Instagram posts. [Paper presentation]. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Midwinter, Norman, OK.

Ritchart, A. A., Nichols, T.S., & Morris, J. R. (2021, April). Teaching diversity: Media literacy in the undergraduate core. [Paper presentation]. Media Education Summit 2020, Leeds, England, (virtual).

Ritchart, A. A. (2020, August). Women in podcasting: Making our space. [Panel presentation]. Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, (virtual).

Dunn, M., Nichols, T. S., & Ritchart, A. A. (2019, July). Good grief, America — An exploration of grief as expressed in selected films, the media, and life. [Paper presentation]. The International Organization of Social Sciences and Behavioral Research, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.

Hicks-Goldston, C., & Ritchart, A. A. (2019, July). Disinformation, fake news, and the new Knowledge Gap. [Paper presentation]. The International Organization of Social Sciences and Behavioral Research, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.

Ritchart, A. A. (2019, March). Modern epistolary exchange and key news coverage in #metoo and #timesup. [Paper presentation]. The International Organization of Social Sciences and Behavioral Research, New Orleans, LA.

Baron, R., Bullis, K., Chakrabarti, K., Dunn, M., Ellison, D., Heuston, K., Hicks-Goldston, C., Nichols, T. S., & Ritchart, A. A. (2019, February). A decade of using service learning across a departmental curriculum: What worked. [Panel presentation]. Tennessee Conference on Volunteerism and Service-Learning, Franklin, TN.

Morris, J. R., Nichols, T. S., & Ritchart, A. A. (2018, September). The use of social media during critical times. [Panel presentation]. Tennessee Communication Association, Nashville, TN.