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W.
Lance Bennett
Departments
of Communication & Political Science
University of Washington
Box 353530
Seattle, Washington 98195
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206-543-2780 fax 206-685-2146
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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. (Japanese translation published 2007).
News: The Politics of
Illusion. Longman, 1983. (Second Edition, 1988; Third, 1996; Fourth, 2001;
Fifth, 2003; Sixth, 2005; Seventh, 2007). (Chinese translation published)
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.
When the Press Fails:
Political Power and the News Media from Iraq to Katrina (co-authored with
Regina G. Lawrence and Steven Livingston). University of Chicago, 2007.
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).
“None Dare call It Torture:
Indexing and the Limits of Press Independence in the Abu Ghraib Scandal” (with
Regina Lawrence and Steven Livingston). Journal of Communication. 2006.
56: 467-485
“The One-Step Flow of Communication,”
(with Jarol B. Manheim), The Annals, No. 608, Nov 2006: 213-232.
“Logo Logic: The Ups and
Downs of Branded Political Communication,” (with Taso Lagos), The Annals,
forthcoming 2007.
“The Disconnection in Online
Politics: The Youth Political Web Sphere in U.S. ElectionSites, 2002-2004” (second
author with Mike Xenos). Forthcoming, Information,Commmunication & Society.
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.
“Press Freedom and Democratic
Accountability in a Time of War, Commercialism and the Internet” (with Regina
Lawrence). In Doris grabber, Pippa Norris, and Denis McQuail, eds., The Politics
of News: The News of Politics. 2nd edition. Forthcoming, CQ Press.
“Young Voters and the Web
of Politics: The Promise and Problems of Youth-Oriented Political Content on the
Web (second author with Mike Xenos). In Brian Loader, ed., Logged On, but
Disaffected? Young People, Citizenship, and ICTs. Forthcoming, Routledge.
“Civic Learning in Changing
Democracies: Challenges for Citizenship and Civic Education.” In Peter Dahlgren,
ed., Young Citizens and New Media: Learning Democratic Engagement. Forthcoming,
Routledge.
“Crossing Political Divides:
Communication, Political Identification, and Protest Organization.” (first author
with Terri givens and Christian Breunig). In Stefaan Walgrave and Dieter rucht,
eds., Protest Politics: Anti-war Mobilization in Western Democracies.
Forthcoming, Minnesota.
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.
Karlstad University (Sweden)
Seminar on Studying Political Action. October 12-14 2006. “Digital media and Protest
Mobilization”
Linkoping University (Sweden)
Seminar on International Governance. October 10, 2006. “When the Press Fails:
Political Power and the American news Media from Iraq to Katrina”
University of Surrey (UK).
Conference on Young People, New technologies, and Political Engagement. July 24-25,
2007. Keynote speaker.
University of Florence.
Conference on Changing Politics through Digital Networks. October 5-7. 2007. Keynote
Speaker.
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