Rutgers Urban and Civic Informatics Lab

Rutgers Urban and Civic Informatics Lab

Matthew Weber

Mathew Weber

Matthew is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication, School of Communication and Information, at Rutgers University. With more than a decade of experience researching information ecosystems, organizations and communities, he focuses on the use of large-scale Web data to study processes of change. Current areas of focus include work on algorithms and knowledge, public policy processes, production of media, and the science of communication within information ecosystems. Additional research includes an examination of the role of technology in local news organizations, and the effectiveness of adopting social media within organizations.

For Matthew’s full bio and CV, see https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/weber-matthew

Recent publications

Weber, M. S., Armour, V., Lindstadt C., Yanovitzky, I. (In Press). Information Ecosystems, Knowledge Brokerage and Access to Policy Related Health Research. Journal of Medical Internet Research. doi:10.2196/41997

Treem, W., Weber, M. S., Barley, W., Barbour, J. (In Press). Managing CMC at work: Coping with Goodhart’s Law in an era of digitization and datafication. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication.

Weber, M. S. & Matthews, N.* (In Press). Defining local news based on audience perspectives in the digital era, Digital Journalism.

Brugger, N., Milligan, I., Ben-David, A., Gebeil, S., Nanni, F., Rogers, R., Weber, M. S., & Webster, P. (In Press). Internet histories and computational methods: a “round-doc” discussion. In G. Goggins and N. Brugger (Eds.), Oral Histories of the Internet and the Web. London, UK: Taylor & Francis.

Weber, M. S. (In Press). Systems Theory. In V. Miller & S. Poole (Eds.), Handbook of Organizational Communication. SAGE Publications Inc.

Wei, S.* & Weber M. S. (2022). Communication Strategies of Entrepreneurial Organizations in Mobile Apps Industry: Hidden Communication Prior to Product Launch. International Journal of Knowledge Management, 18(1), 1-15. doi: 10.4018/IJKM.291092

Weber, M. S., & Yanovitzky, I. (Eds.). (2021). Networks of public policymaking. Palgrave.

Weber, M. S., & Haseki, M.* (2021). Social media affordances and analytics in the sales process. International Journal of Electronic Commerce, 25(1), 73-98. doi: 10.1080/10864415.2021.1846855

Weber, M. S. & Yanovitzky, I. (2021) Knowledge Brokers, Networks and the Policymaking Process. In M. S. Weber & I. Yanovitzky (Eds.), Networks of public policymaking. Palgrave.

Yanovitzky, I. & Weber, M. S. (2021). Closing the Theory-Research Gap in Knowledge Brokerage: Remaining Challenges and Emerging Opportunities. M. S. Weber & I. Yanovitzky  (Eds.), Networks of public policymaking. Palgrave.

Weber, M. S. (2021). Local Journalism. In G. Borchard (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Journalism. SAGE Publications Inc.

Weber, M. S. (2021). Advocating for Journalism Studies’ Impact on Policymaking. In Bélair-V. Gagnon & N. Usher (Eds.), Journalism Research That Matters (pp. 45-57). Oxford.