Biography

Assistant Professor of Journalism
Ph.D., Temple University
B.A., University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Steiner is coordinator of Rowan University's Sports Communication & Media (Sports CaM) program and Esports Industry & Entertainment Experience certificate. He was born and raised in Philadelphia, earning a B.A. at the University of Pennsylvania and a doctorate in Media and Communication from Temple University.

Prior to joining the academy, Dr. Steiner was a reporter and editor at The Washington Post and a member of the newsroom awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting. He has written and edited hundreds of articles on all major sports as well as music, travel, politics, and business. During his tenure there he founded The League, The Washington Post's NFL-focused news and discussion platform. He has also been an on-air contributor for BBC, CNN, MSNBC, and NPR. 

Dr. Steiner's research explores how and why people enjoy sports, binge-watch, and create culture through fandom. His award-winning scholarship has been published in peer reviewed journals, presented at international conferences, and translated into Korean, Czech, German, Spanish, and Slovak.  Dr. Steiner teaches News Media Literacy, Sports Journalism, and the Sports CaM Senior Seminar at Rowan. His latest book Binge TV: The Rise and Impact of the Viewing Revolution was published in 2023. Follow him on Twitter @EmilSteinerPhD.

Research Interests

Sports Media, Binge-Watching, Audience Studies, Fandom, Uses & Gratifications

Courses

SPRT 09401  Sports Communication & Media Senior Seminar
JRN 02362  Sports Journalism II
JRN 02101  News Media Literacy

Recent Publications

Steiner, E., Pittman, M., Boatwright, B. (2023). When sports fans buy: Contextualizing social media engagement behavior to predict purchase intention. International Journal of Sport Communication, 16(2), 136-146.

Steiner, E. (2023). Binge TV: The Rise and Impact of the Viewing Revolution. McFarland.

Steiner, E., & Crance, M. (2023, May). First Time, Long Time: How Journalists Shaped the “Authentic” (and Lucrative) Identity of Sports Talk Radio. Presented at the 73rd Annual International Communication Association Conference, Toronto, Canada. (TOP PAPER WINNER)

Steiner, E. (2022). Wann Binge-Watching ungesund ist - und wann nicht. Deutsche Welle. https://www.dw.com/de/wann-binge-watching-ungesund-ist-und-wann-nicht/av-60426354

Pittman, M. & Steiner, E. (2021). Distinguishing Feast-Watching from Cringe-Watching: Planned, Social, and Attentive Binge-Watching Predicts Increased Well-Being and Decreased Regret. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 27(5), 1507–1524.

Steiner, E. (2021). Commercial Constructions of Binge-Viewers: A Typology of the New and Improved Couch Potato as Seen on TV. In M. Jenner (Ed.), Binge-watching and contemporary television research (pp. 65-81). Edinburgh University Press.

Current Projects

Steiner, E., Crance, M. (2023, May). First Time, Long Time: How Journalists Shaped the “Authentic” (and Lucrative) Identity of Sports Talk Radio. Accepted for presentation at the 73rd Annual International Communication Association Conference, Toronto, Canada.

Steiner, E., Steiner, P. (2022, November). Communicating Liberation: Marx, Havel, and the Genre of the Revolutionary Manifesto. Accepted for presentation at the 108th Annual National Communication Association Conference, New Orleans, LA.