COURSES
Communication Arts 266 Theory and Practice of Group Discussion
Communication Arts 612 New Media and Politics

ACTIVITIES
My research focuses on how the context and content of political communication influences the quality of democratic deliberation, public opinion, and civic engagement. I am particularly interested in how different aspects of political information environments affect processes of opinion formation and civic engagement. Some of my recent projects have explored how factors such as campaign intensity, negative campaigning, new communication technologies, and new sources of political information like late-night comedy and youth political websites, enable or constrain democratic citizenship.

DEGREES

• Ph.D., University of Washington, 2005
• MA, Western Washington University, 1998
• BA, Western Washington University, 1996

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Xenos, M.A., and Moy, P. (2007). "Direct and Differential Effects of the Internet on Political and Civic Engagement." Journal of Communication.

Xenos, M.A., and Foot, K.A. (2007). "Not Your Father’s Internet: The Generation Gap in Online Politics." In Civic Life Online: Learning How Digital Media Can Engage Youth. Lance Bennett Ed. Boston, MA: MIT Press.

Xenos, M.A., and Bennett, W.L. (2007). "The Disconnection in Online Politics: The Youth Political Web Sphere and U.S. Election Sites, 2002-2004." Information, Communication and Society (iCS), 10(4): 443-464.

Moy, P., Xenos, M., and Hess, V. (2006).  “Priming Effects of Late-Night Comedy” International Journal of Public Opinion Research. 18(2): 198-210.

Xenos, M. A., and Foot, K. A. (2005). "Politics as Usual or Politics Unusual? Campaign Web Sites in the 2002 U.S. Elections." Journal of Communication, 55(1): 169-185.

Moy, P., Xenos, M. A., and Hess, V. (2005). "Communication and Citizenship: Mapping the Political Effects of Infotainment." Mass Communication & Society, 8(2).

Simon, A. and Xenos M., (2003). "Dimensional Reduction of Word-Frequency Data as a Substitute for Intersubjective Content Analysis." Political Analysis, 12(1).

Simon, A. and Xenos, M. A., (2000). "Media Framing and Effective Public Deliberation." Political Communication, 17(4):363-376.