I'm a Mass Comm Scholar. What about you?
I hold an endowed research chair at Syracuse University and am the John Ben Snow Professor, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse NY, USA, 1-315-443-9255. I teach research methods & theory. I study influences on media content, gatekeeping, cross-cultural news and news values, definitions of newsworthiness, news on multiple platforms.
My recent books include:
-- Gatekeeping Theory (with Tim Vos)
-- News Around the World (with Akiba Cohen)
-- How to Build Social Science Theory (with Jim Tankard and Nick Lasorsa)
-- Mediating the Message (with Steve Reese); 3rd edition under way
please feel free to comment here and to email me at snowshoe@syr.edu. thanks, pam
