W. Lance Bennett

Departments of Communication & Political Science
University of Washington
Box 353530
Seattle, Washington 98195

phone 206-543-2780 fax 206-685-2146
lbennett@u.washington.edu

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EDUCATION

B.A., Political Science, 1970. University of California, Irvine. Magna Cum Laude.

Master of Philosophy, Political Science, 1973. Yale University.

Ph.D., Political Science, 1974. Yale University. With Distinction. Received the E.E.Schattschneider Award of the American Political Science Association for the best dissertation in American politics 1974-1975.

 

ACADEMIC POSITIONS
(not including visiting appointments)

University of California, Irvine: Lecturer in the Social Sciences. January 1973 - June 1974.

University of Washington:

Assistant Professor of Political Science. September 1974 - August 1976.

Associate Professor of Political Science. September 1976 - August 1982.

Professor of Political Science, September 1982 - .

Department Chair, Political Science, 1993- 1996. Acting Chair, 1997-1998.

Ruddick C. Lawrence Professor of Communication, January 2000 - .

Director, Center for Communication and Civic Engagement, 2000 - .

PUBLICATIONS

Books

The Political Mind and the Political Environment: An Investigation of Public Opinion and Political Consciousness. Lexington Books - D.C. Heath, 1975.

Public Opinion in American Politics. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980.

Reconstructing Reality in the Courtroom: Justice and Judgment in American Culture (with Martha S. Feldman), Rutgers University Press, USA, 1981; Methuen-Tavistock, Great Britain, 1981.

News: The Politics of Illusion. Longman, 1983. (Second Edition, 1988; Third, 1996; Fourth, 2001; Fifth, 2003; Sixth, 2005; Seventh, 2007).

The Governing Crisis: Media, Money and Marketing in American Elections. New York: St. Martin's, 1992 (Second Edition, 1996).

Inside the System: Culture, Institutions, and Power in American Politics. Harcourt Brace, 1994.

Taken By Storm: The Media, Public Opinion, and Foreign Policy in the Gulf War (co-edited with David Paletz). University of Chicago Press, 1994.

Democracy and the Marketplace of Ideas: Communication and Government in Sweden and the United States (with Erik Asard). Cambridge University Press, 1997.

Mediated Politics: Communication in the Future of Democracy (co-edited with Robert Entman). Cambridge University Press, 2001.

 

Articles

"Political Scenarios and the Nature of Politics," Philosophy & Rhetoric Vol. 8, No. 1 (March 1975), pp. 23-42.

"Political Sanctification: The Civil Religion and American Politics" Social Science Information Vol. 14, No. 6 (December 1975), pp. 79-102.

"Deep and Surface Images in the Construction of Political Issues, The Case of Amnesty" (with Harris, Laskey, Levitch, and Monrad), The Quarterly Journal of Speech Vol. 62, No. 2 (April 1976), pp. 109-126.

"The Growth of Knowledge in Mass Belief Studies: An Epistemological Critique" American Journal of Political Science Vol. 21, No. 3 (August 1977), pp. 465-500.

"The Ritualistic and Pragmatic Bases of Political Campaign Discourse" The Quarterly Journal of Speech Vol. 63, No. 3 (October 1978), pp. 219-238.

"Storytelling in Criminal Trials: A Model of Social Judgment" The Quarterly Journal of Speech Vol. 64, No. 1 (February 1978), pp. 1-22.

"Imitation, Ambiguity and Drama in the Political Order: The Civil Religion and the Dilemmas of Public Morality" Journal of Politics Vol. 41, No. 1 (February 1979), pp. 104-133.

"Rhetorical Transformation of Evidence in Criminal Trials: Creating Grounds for Legal Judgment" The Quarterly Journal of Speech Vol. 65 (October 1979), pp. 311-323.

"When Politics Becomes Play" Political Behavior Vol. 1 (1979), pp. 331-359.

"The Paradox of Public Discourse: A Framework for the Analysis of Political Accounts" Journal of Politics Vol. 42 (1980), pp. 792-817.

"Issues, Voter Choice, and Critical Elections" (with William Haltom), Social Science History Vol. 4 (Fall 1980), pp. 379-417.

"Myth, Ritual, and Political Control" Journal of Communication Vol. 30 (Autumn 1980), pp. 166-179.

"Assessing Presidential character: Degradation Rituals in Political Campaigns" Quarterly Journal of Speech Vol. 67 (August 1981), pp. 310-321.

"Rethinking Political Perception and Cognition" Micropolitics Vol. 2 (1982), pp. 175-202.

"Repairing the News: A Case Study of the News Paradigm" (with Lynne Gressett and William Haltom), Journal of Communication Vol. 35 (Spring 1985), pp. 50-68.

"Communication and Social Responsibility" Quarterly Journal of Speech Vol. 71 (August 1985), pp. 259-288.

"Toward a New Political Narrative" (with Murray Edelman), Journal of Communication (Autumn 1985), pp. 156-171.

"Toward a Theory of Press-State Relations in the U.S." Journal of Communication, Vol. 40 (Spring 1990), pp. 103-125.

"White Noise: The Perils of Mass Mediated Democracy," Communication Monographs, Vol 59 (December 1992), pp. 401-406.

"Constructing Publics and Their Opinions," Political Communication. Vol 10 (Summer 1993), pp. 101-118.

"A Policy Research Paradigm for the News Media and Democracy," Journal of Communication. Vol. 43 (Summer 1993).

"Taking The Public By Storm: Information, Cuing, and the Democratic Process in the Gulf Conflict," (with Jarol Manheim) Political Communication, Vol 10 (Oct-Dec 1993), pp 331-352.

“News Icons and the Mainstreaming of Social Change” (with Regina Lawrence) Journal of Communication Vol. 45 (Summer 1995), pp. 20-39.

“For Whom the Gates Open: News Reporting and Government Source Patterns in the United States, Great Britain, and Russia,” (with Mikhail Alexseev) Political Comunication Vol. 12, (1995), pp. 395-412.

“The Marketplace of Ideas: The Rhetoric and Politics of Tax Reform in Sweden and the United States,” (with Erik Asard) Polity Vol 28 (Fall, 1995), pp. 1-23.

“Regulating the Marketplace of Ideas: Political Rhetoric in Swedish and American National Elections,” (with Erik Asard) Political Studies Vol. 43, (December 1995), pp. 645-663.

“Media Agency and the Use of Icons in the Agenda-Setting Process: News Representations of George Bush’s Trade Mission to Japan,” (with Megan Dahl) Press/Politics Vol. 1 (Summer 1996), pp. . 41-59.

“An Introduction to Journalism Norms and Representations of Politics,” Political Commmunication, Vol. 13 (October-December 1996), pp. 373-384.

"The UnCivic Culture: Communication, Identity, and the Rise of Lifestyle Politics." Ithiel de Sola Pool Lecture, American Political Science Association, published in P.S.: Political Science and Politics, Vol. 31 (December 1998), pp. 41-61.

"Communication and Civic Engagement in Comparative Perspective." Political Communication. Vol. 17 (Oct-Dec 2000), pp. 307-312.

“Civic Engagement in the Era of Big Stories.” (with Regina Lawrence). Political Communication. Vol. 17 (Oct-Dec 2000), pp. 377-382.

“Rethinking Media Politics and Public Opinion: Reactions to the Clinton-Lewinsky Scandal” (with Regina Lawrence) Political Science Quarterly Vol. 116 (Fall 2001), pp. 425-446.

“Communicating Global Activism: Strengths and Vulnerabilities of Networked Politics,” Information, Communication & Society, (June 2003), 6:2, 143-168.

“The Burglar Alarm That Just Keeps Ringing: A Response to Zaller.” Political Communication. (June 2003), 20:3, pp. 131-138.

“A Semi-Independent Press: Government Control and Journalistic Autonomy in the Poltical Construction of News” (With Steven Livingston). Editor’s introduction to special issue of Poltical Communication (Oct-Dec 2003), 20:4, pp. 359-363.

“Gatekeeping, Indexing, and Live Event News: Is Technology Altering the Construction of News?” (with Steven Livingston) Political Communication (Oct-Dec 2003), 20:4, pp. 363-380.

"Global Media and Politics: Transnational Communication Regimes and Civic Cultures." Annual Review of Political Science. 2004. 7:125-148.

"Managing the Public Sphere: Journalistic Construction of the Great Globalization Debate." (with Pickard, Iozzi, Schroeder, Lagos and Caswell) Journal of Communication. 2004. 54-3: 437-455.

“News as Reality TV: Election Coverage and the Democratization of Truth,” Critical Studies in Media Communication. 2005. 22: 171-177.

“Beyond Pseudoevents: Election News as Reality TV,” American Behavioral Scientist. 2005. 49(3): 1-15.

“Evitar a palavra tortura: os media norte-americanos e o enquadramento politico do Abu Ghraib” Media & Jornalismo. 2005. 7(4): 7-38 (first author with Regina Lawrence and Steven Livingston).

 

Book Chapters
(* - Indicates reprinted articles or selections from books):

"Public Opinion: Problems of Description and Inference," in S. Welch and J. Comer, eds., Public Opinion: Its Formation, Measurement, and Impact, Mayfield, 1975.

"Political Perception and Cognition: An Information Processing Framework for Politics." In Samuel Long, ed. Handbook of Political Behavior Vol. I, pp. 69-174, Plenum, 1981.

* "Cuture, Communication, and Political Control," in Myron Arnoff, ed., Culture and Political Change (Political Anthropology Yearbook, Vol. II), Transactions Books, 1983. (reprint of “Myth, Ritual, and Political Control” from Journal of Communication).

"Rational Choice: The Emerging Paradigm in Election Studies" (with Bart R. Salisbury) in Samuel Long, ed. Research in Micropolitics, Vol. 2, JAI Press, 1987.

* "Repairing the News: A Case Study of the News Paradigm" (with Lynne Gressett and William Haltom) in Michael Gurevitch and Mark R. Levy, eds., Mass Communication Review Yearbook, 1987. Vol 6, Sage, 1988. (reprinted from Journal of Communication).

"Marginalizing the Majority: Conditioning Public Opinion to Accept Managerial Democracy" in Michael Margolis and Gary Mauser, eds. Manipulating Public Opinion, Brooks/Cole, 1989.

"Legal Fictions: Telling Stories and Doing Justice," in Margaret McLaughlin, Michael Cody and Steven Read, eds., Explaining One's Self to Others: Reason-Giving in a Social Context, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1992.

"The Postmodern Election," in Richard Merelman, ed., Language, Symbolism, and Politics. Westview, 1992.

"The Media and the Foreign Policy Process," in David Deese, ed. The New Politics of American Foreign Policy. St. Martin's Press, 1994.

* “A Policy Research Paradigm for the News Media and Democracy, “ in Mark Levy and Michael Gurevitch, eds., Defining Media Studies: Reflections on the Future of the Field. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. (reprinted from Journal of Communication).

"The News About Foreign Policy," in Bennett and Paletz, eds., Taken By Storm: The Media, Public Opinion, and U. S. Foreign Policy in the Gulf War. University of Chicago Press, 1994.

"The Cueless Public: Bill Clinton Meets the New American Voter in Campaign '92," in Stanley Renshon, ed., The Clinton Presidency Westview, 1994.

“The Psychology of Mass-Mediated Publics,” (with John Klockner) in Ann Crigler, ed. The Psychology of Political Communication. University of Michigan Press, 1996.

“Cracking the News Code: Some Rules that Journalists Live By,” in Shanto Iyengar and Richard Reeves, eds., Do The Media Govern? Politicians, Voters, and Reporters in America. Sage, 1997.

* “Storytelling in Criminal Trials: A Model of Social Judgment,” in Lewis P. Hinchman and Sandra K. Hinchman, eds., Memory, Identity, Community: The Idea of Narrative in the Human Sciences. State University of New York Press, 1997 (reprinted from Quarterly Journal of Speech).

“Why Government Innovation Is Not News: The View from the Newsroom,” in Alan A. Altshuler and Robert D. Behn, eds., Innovation in American Government: Challenges, Opportunities, and Dilemmas. Brookings Institution Press, 1997.

"The Media and Democratic Development: The Social Basis of Political Communication." In Patrick H. O'Neil, ed., Communicating Democracy: The Media and Political Transitions. Lynne Reiner, 1998.

* "Reconstructing Reality in the Courtroom: Justice and Judgment in American Culture" in Rose and Kiniry, Academic Thinking and Writing. Bedford Books, 1998 (reprinted from Reconstructing Reality in the Courtroom –with Martha Feldman).

“Media Power in the United States.” In James Curran and Myung –Jin Park, eds. De-Westernizing Media Studies. Routledge, 2000.

“Mediated Politics: An Introduction” (with Robert Entman) in Bennett and Entman, eds. Mediated Politics. Cambridge University Press, 2001.

“Communication in the Future of Democracy: A Conclusion.” (with Robert Entman). in Bennett and Entman, eds. Mediated Politics. Cambridge University Press, 2001.

"The Big Spin: Strategic Communication and the Transformation of Pluralist Democracy." (with Jarol B. Manheim) in Bennett and Entman, eds. Mediated Politics. Cambridge University Press, 2001.

“La Globalizacion, La Desregulacion de los Mercados do los Medios de Comunicacion y el Futuro de La Informacion Publica,” in Jose Vidal Beneyeto, ed., La Ventana Global: Ciberespacio, Esfere Publica Mundial Y Universo Mediatico. Madrid, Santillana Ediciones (Spain)-Taurus (South America). (“Globalization, Media Market Deregulation,and the Future of Public Information” in The Global Window: Cyberspace, Global Public Sphere and the Media), 2002.

“New Media Power: The Internet and Global Activism,” in Nick Couldry and James Curran, eds., Contesting Media Power. Rowman and Littlefield, 2003, pp. 17-37..

“Lifestyle Politics and Citizen-Consumers: Identity, Communication, and Political Action in Late Modern Society”, in John Corner and Dick Pels, eds., Media and the Restyling of Politics: Consumerism, Celebrity and Cynicism.London: Sage, 2003, pp. 137-150.

“Branded Political Communication: Lifestyle Politics, Logo Campaigns, and the Rise of Global Citizenship,” in Michele Micheletti, Andreas Follesdal, and Deitlind Stolle, eds., Politics, Products, and Markets: Exploring Political Consumerism Past and Present, Transaction Books, 2004, pp. 101-125.

“Gatekeeping and Press-Government Relations: A Multi-Gated Model of News Construction,” in Lynda Kaid, ed., The Handbook of Political Communication, Lawrence Erlbaum, 2004, pp. 283-313.

“The Internet and Politics: Emerging Perspectives,” (with Doris Graber, Bruce Bimber, Richard Davis and Pippa Norris) in Helen Nissenbaum and Monroe E. Price, eds., Academy and the Internet. Peter Lang, 2004, pp. 90-119.

* “Communicating Global Activism,” in Win van de Donk, Brian Loader, Paul Nixon, and Dieter Rucht, eds., Cyberprotest: New Media, Citizens, and Social Movements, Routledge, 2004, pp. 123-146. (reprinted from Information, Comunication & Society).

"Social Movements Beyond Borders: Organization, Communication, and Political Capacity in Two Eras of Transnational Activism," in Donatella della Porta and Sidney Tarrow eds, Transnational Protest and Global Activism." Boulder CO: Rowman & Littlefield, 2004, pp. 203-227.

"Operation Perfect Storm: la presse at la guerre en Irak," in Jean-Marie Charon and Arnaud Mercier, eds., Armes de communication massive. Informations de guerre en Irak: 1991-2003. Paris: CNRS Editions, 2004, pp. 61-73.

“The Watchdog Role” (with William Serrin) in Geneva Overholser and Kathleen Hall Jamieson, eds., The Press. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005, pp.. 169-188.

“International News and Advanced Information Technology: Changing the Institutional Domination Paradigm?” in Phil Seib, ed., Media and Conflict in the Twenty-First Century. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. (with Steven Livingston as first author and Lucas Robinson).

"The Twilight of Mass Media News: Markets, Citizenship, Technology, and the Future of Journalism." In Timothy Cook, ed. Freeing the Presses. Louisiana State University Press, 2005, pp. 111-138.

 

PUBLIC SCHOLARSHIP
(selected)

Center for Communication and Civic Engagement - responsible for directing projects and creating content aimed at using communication technologies to improve civic engagement.

Directed Seattle Student Voices - a communication and civic education project in 15 Seattle high schools 2001-2002.

"Operation Public Storm: The Press and the Iraq War" a popular essay that was initially published in the Political Communication Report 13(2) Fall, 2003. This piece became widely circulated online and appeared in various publications, including openDemocracy, Chronogram, Mountain Record, numerous blogs, and the French Iraq War anthology above.

"Media, Politics, and Democracy: Understanding the expanding array of media that will define civic engagement in the 21st Century." Threshold (Cable in the Classroom)

"Young Voters and the Web of Politics" (with Mike Xenos) An evaluation and best practices report on youth engagement websites and youth appeals in political campaigns. Commissioned by the Center for Information and Research on civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) 2004.

“Young Voters and the Web of Politics 2004: The Youth Political Web Sphere Comes of Age” (with Mike Xenos) Tracking the development of campaigns and youth web engagement networks through the 2004 election. CIRCLE WP 42.

AWARDS & HONORS

Woodrow Wilson Fellow (1970)

E.E. Schattschneider Award, American Political Science Association (1976)

Communication Policy Research Award for Social and Ethical Relevance, Donald McGannon Communication Research Center, 1994. Co-recipient with Jarol Manheim for “Taking the Public By Storm: Information, Cuing, and the Democratic Process in the Gulf Conflict.”

Ithiel de Sola Pool Career Achievement Award and Lecture, American Political Science Association, 1998.

Doctor of Philosophy, honoris causa, Uppsala University, 2000.

Murray Edelman Career Achievement Award in Political Communication, American Political Science Association, 2003.

GRANTS, CONTRACTS & FELLOWSHIPS

NIMH Graduate Training Grant (1971-1973)

Council for European Studies Language Training Grant (1971)

University of Washington Graduate School Royalty Research Fund

Research Grants (1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 2000, 2001)

National Science Foundation Research Grant: "Psychological Effects of Issue Symbolism" (1981-1984)

Spencer Foundation Research Grant: "The News and Political Learning" (1983-1984)

Kellogg Foundation National Fellow, Class V (1984-1987)

Fulbright Research Fellow, Uppsala University, Sweden (1989)

Fulbright Research Fellow, Uppsala University, Sweden (1990)

Swedish Institute of North American Studies, Uppsala University, continuing funding (1989- 1995) for "The Marketplace of Ideas in Sweden and the United States."

University of Washington, “Tools for Transformation of Communication Studies” (1998-2000)

Pew and Annenberg Policy Center Contract to direct Seattle Student Voices and Justice Talking, a city wide high school experiential, web focused civics program (2001-2002).

CIRCLE (Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement) grant to assess the Youth Web Sphere in the 2002 American National Election (2003-2004).

CIRCLE grant to compare 2002 and 2004 election campaign and youth web spheres. (2004-2005).

Charlotte Martin Foundation. Funding for Student Voices Civic Education in Seattle (2005-2006).

Norcliffe Foundation. Funding for Student Voices Civic Education in Seattle (2005-2006).

Belgian National Science Policy Foundation. ICTs and Political Activism (2006-2007).

 

EDITORIAL BOARDS AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
(Selected)

American Journal of Political Science (1976-1982)

Quarterly Journal of Speech (1984-1987)

Western Political Quarterly (1984-1987)

Communication Monographs (1986-1989)

Journal of Communication (1985-1991)

Ablex Communication and Information Science Series (1986-1991)

Research on Language and Social Interaction (1988-1992)

Press/Politics (1995- )

Political Communication (1998- )

Political Psychology (1998-2005)

Comunicazione Politica (2000- )

Communication, Society, and Politics (book series with Cambridge University Press, co-editor, 1998- ).

Communication Theory (2003- )

Critical Studies in Media Communication (2005- )

IT & Society (2003- )

Journal of Communication (2005- )

e-government (2006 - )

Foreign Policy Studies Committee, Social Science Research Council (1990- 1995)

Chair, Joint Publication Policy Committee, Political Communication Divisions of The International Communication Association, and The American Political Science Association (1994-2001).

Chair, Political Communication Section, American Political Science Association (1996-7).

Chair, Carey McWilliams Award Committee, American Political Science Association, (1997).

Board of Directors (founding member), TVW, the Washington State Public Affairs Network (1994-1999).

Advisory Board, Reliable Resources, PEW and USC Annenberg (2000- ).

Advisory Board, DemocrIT, Swedish National Research Program on Democracy and Information Technology. Orebro University (2001- ).

Advisory Board, Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE). PEW – University of Maryland. (2001 - ).

Annenberg Policy Foundation. National Commission on the Press (2003- ).

Advisory Board, Shorenstein Center on Press, Politics and Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (2003- ).

MacArthur initiative on digital media and learning, coordinator and volume editor, civic engagement group, 2006-2007.

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION

American Political Science Association/ Midwest Political Science Association/ Western Political Science Association/ Western Psychological Association/ Law and Society Association/ International Studies Association/ Speech Communication Association/ International Communication Association/ Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication/ American Ethnological Society/ International Society for the Study of Political Psychology/ International Association of Political Consultants/ E-Voter Institute

SELECTED LECTURES, VISITING APPOINTMENTS, OTHER ACTIVITIES

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Visiting Professor of Political Science, Fall 1984.

Consultant to Seattle-King County and Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Associations in evaluations of Superior and Municipal Court Judges, 1982-1988.

Master's Workshop on Political Communication, International Communication Association, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 28, 1985.

Fieldwork in Asia (China, Hong Kong, Japan, Philippines, Taiwan, South Korea), Latin America (Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Peru) and Europe (Portugal, Spain, Italy, France, Yugoslavia) studying leadership and national conflict. Sponsored by the Kellogg National Fellowship Program, 1985-1987.

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications, guest speaker, "The Media and Elections," Portland, Oregon, July 3, 1988.

Fulbright Research Fellow, Swedish Institute of North American Studies, Uppsala University, Fall Semester, 1989.

Uppsala University, colloquium, "How the U.S. Media Represent Government Opposition," Department of Political Science, September 18, 1989.

Swedish National Conference of Language Teachers, lecture, "The Media and U.S. Elections," October 2, 1989.

Swedish Collegium of Advanced Study in the Social Sciences (SCASS), colloquium, "Where Have All the Issues Gone?: Explaining the Poverty of Rhetoric in American Elections," October 26, 1989.

Fulbright Research Fellow, Swedish Institute of North American Studies, Uppsala University, August-September, 1990.

Danish Commission on National Security and Disarmament, lecture, "U.S. Domestic Politics in the 1990s," Copenhagen University, September 19, 1990.

Conference on American Studies in Sweden, lecture, "Challenges in the 1990s: U.S. Domestic Politics," Visby, Gotland, September 27, 1990.

Report on "The Marketplace of Ideas in Sweden and the United States," (co-authored with Erik Asard) delivered to the board of overseers, The Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation), Uppsala, November 9, 1990.

Social Science Research Council workshop on "The Media and Foreign Policy," New York, November 30-December 1, 1990. Chair and organizer.

Northwestern University, Distinguished Political Communication Lecture, “The Psychology of Mass Mediated Publics," April 1991.

Research Fellow, Swedish Institute of North American Studies, Uppsala University, July-August, 1991.

Seminar for the Swedish national press, "Language, Media and Politics in American Elections," held during "party week," the opening of the national election campaign, Sundsvall, August 12, 1991.

Ford Foundation commissioned paper, "Why Government Innovation Isn't News," Ford Foundation conference on "Public Innovation and the Media: Stimulus or Barrier?," University of Washington, September 13-14, 1991.

Social Science Research Council workshop on "The Media and Foreign Policy, II", Seattle, September 26-29, 1991. Chair and organizer.

Russian - American Democratic Institutions Project, Conference in St. Petersburg, Russia, May 17-21. 1992. Delivered report on press systems in democracies.

Social Science Research Council, workshop on "The Media and Foreign Policy, III", George Washington University, December 10-12, 1992. Chair and organizer.

Special issue of Political Communication, “The Media and the Gulf War” (co-editor with Jarol Manheim), 1993.

Robert R. McCormick Tribune- George Washington University conference on The Media, The Military, and Humanitarian Crises. May 1995.

Northwestern University, Distinguished Political Communication Lecture, “Democracy and the Marketplace of Ideas: The Rise and Fall of the New Deal,” 1995.

Special issue of Political Communication, “Journalism Norms and Representations of Politics” (co-editor with Timothy Cook), Oct. – Dec. 1996.

Minnesota Symposium on Political Psychology, paper, “Media, Technology, and Political Identity” Minneapolis, October 4-5, 1997.

Workshop and conference series on Mediated Politics: Communication in the Future of Democracy. Co-organizer (with Robert Entman). Funded and hosted by the Annenberg Public Policy Center. (May, Washington DC, and October, Philadelphia, 1998).

Arizona State University Symposium on The Media and Social Problems, lecture, "Tabloid Journalism and Civic Decline," March 27, 1998.

Ithiel de Sola Pool Lecture, "The UnCivic Culture: Communication, Identity, and the Rise of Lifestyle Politics." American Political Science Association, Boston, 1998.

Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Laurence M. Lombard Visiting Professor, Shorenstein Center on Press, Politics and Public Policy, 1999.

Holly Brontz Lecturer and University Honors Symposium guest Speaker, George Washington University, 2000.

International Workshop on Communicating Civic Engagement in Europe and the United States. Chair and organizer. Sponsored by Jackson School for International Studies and Center for Communication and Civic Engagement, University of Washington, May, 2000.

Salzburg Seminar, seminar leader, “Political Leadership and Media Democracy” Schloss Leopoldskorn, Salzburg Austria, October 2000.

European Union-UNESCO symposium on Mass Media, Cyberspace, and Global Politics, paper, “Media Market Deregulation and Public Information,” Santiago Spain, November 2000.

Special issue of Political Communication, “Symposium on Commmunication and Civic Engagement,” Editor (Oct-Dec 2000)

Stockholm International Seminar on Political Consumerism, paper, “Consumerism and Global Citizenship: Lifestyle Politics, Permanent Campaigns, and International Regimes of Democratic Accountability” Stockholm, June 2001.

McHugh Faculty Lecture, “The Dawn of Global Citizenship” Colorado College, October 2001.

International Association of Political Consultants, plenary address, “Political Communication in Changing Societies,” Malta, November 10, 2001.

Free University of Berlin, Ernst Fraenkel Lecture, “Civic Engagement Crisis? Social Change and the Rise of Global Activism,” John F. Kennedy Institute, November 21, 2001.

European Union Working Group on New Media and Social Movements, consultant, (2002-2003). Paper presented “Communicating Global Activism.”

Brazilian Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Plenary Address, “Globalization, Democratic Change, and New Patterns of Political Communication,” Rio de Janiero, July 30, 2002.

Breaux Symposium, Louisiana State University. Paper on “The Twilight of Mass Media News: Market Deregulation, Digital Convergence, and the Future of Public Information” symposium on Freeing the Presses, Baton Rouge, March 13-15, 2003.

Politics Online Conference, plenary speaker, “Social Change and the New Politics: Elusive Voters, Techno Leaders and the Rise of Online Activism,” George Washington University, March, 2003

Workshop on Transnational Process and Social Movements, paper, “Communicating Global Activism: Strengths and Vulnerabilities of Networked Politics,” Villa Serbelloni, Bellagio, Italy, July 22-26, 2003.

Federal Center for Civic Education, Germany, and Center for Civic Education, USA, paper presented, “Media Ownership and Civic Education: Commercial Images of Society and the World,” conference on Commonalities and Differences in the Transatlantic Relationship: Current Tensions as A Topic for Political Education. Hamburg, October 5-10, 2003.

Special issue of Political Communication, “Framing,” (co-edited with Steven Livingston), Oct.-Dec. 2003.

Center for Civic Education, Scholars Conference, Manhattan Beach CA. Keynote Address: “Changing Citizen Roles, New Learning Preferences, and Challenges for Civic Education.” February 24, 2004.

Annenberg National Commisison on the Press. Commission member responsible (with William Serrin) for conference presentation on “The Role of Watchdog Journalism.” Rancho Mirage, CA. February 5-8, 2004

Conference on Young Citizens and New Media. Lund University, September 24-25, 2004. Paper on "Civic Learning in Changing Democracies."

Conference on Democracy in the Twenty-First Century: Prospects and Problems. University of Illinois, Champaign, October 24-26, 2004. Paper: "Political Communication and Democratic Governance: From Mass Society to Personal Information Networks."

The Media After 9/11. Speaker at the McClatchey Symposium, Stanford University, May 9, 2005.

University of Lisbon, Instituto Superiore de Ciencias do Trabajos e de Empresa, lecture: “The U.S. Media and Iraq” June 30, 2005.

Conference on the 50th Anniversary of Personal Influence, Columbia University, October 21, 2005. Presentation; “The One Step Flow of Communication.” (w/ Jarol Manheim)

Annenberg Lecture, USC, January 23, 2006. “The Battle for Public Information in the U.S. from Iraq to Hurricane Katrina.”

Santa Barbara Forum on Digital Transitions, advisory committee and presenter, April 9-10, 2006.

MacArthur initiative on digital media and learning, coordinator and volume editor, civic engagement group, 2006-2007.

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